Best sheepie approved laminated floor?
Now, instead of replacing the tiles we want to change our flooring to laminated floors. Do you have recommendations on which brand and type of floor to use? Lennon and Sofa keep coming in and out, so we need something sturdy and durable. Do the dogs slip a lot? When sofa got home, she was the incredible skating sheepie, she never walked on tile before, she had to get used to it. I'm wondering if that will happen when we change the flooring. Thanks for your comments!!! |
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| Wow, I'm surprised anyone would want to go from tile to laminate. That's usually a downgrade.
Personally, I've only experienced slipping on tile floors. Maybe laminate if it's wet, but that's at offices/stores... Of course if the nails are long, you're going to hear the clicking... Outside of that, we have the cheapest crap in our kitchen, and Yuki's always there. We've never had any issues. If it were a house we liked though, we wouldn't get cheap laminate as you have to worry about other things scratching it such as moving a heavy appliance. We chipped ours when my FIL and husband tried to move the fridge with me screaming in the background "NOOOO, you're going to tear the floor!!!!!!!!!" This was the 1st day we moved in. I told them over and over to use what I put underneath but they were stubborn in their efforts to move it. |
| We have Armstrong laminate. Nigel is the third sheepie on it. The first one was old and he had a lot of trouble transitioning from tile to laminate. He was arthritic. Nigel has the puppy zoomies on a regular basis...we just keep area rugs and runners. He runs from rug to rug. The floors have held up very nicely too. |
| I have this question out to flooring experts and generally the answer is higher end is best, 9mm thickness or better and don't skimp on the underpad. Still, it scratches after awhile so don't expect more than 10 years before it starts going downhill. We'll see what others have to say.
Selfish reasons for taking interest in this question......I'm looking at the bedrooms and hallway here.......  |
| I had a friend who recently put laminate over tile.
His Pomeranian's nails echoed when walking, throughout the entire house. It drive him nuts, so he had the floor taken up. 
He also had allergy issues from the flooring, so it just wasn't the one reason. But he did complain about the noise from her walking. It was so bad that he closed his door at night so she wouldn't be roaming in the halls...waking up the entire house. With the noise warning said..... I have laminate in Hayley's bedroom and it looks beautiful. But the dogs are like 50% louder sounding on the laminate then tile or regular hardwood floors we have in the rest of the house. |
| You should hear it when the cats chase each other through the house at night. Someday I would like hardwood, but I love my lamimate...and it's on it's 3rd sheepie and going strong. |
| I have Pergo, Cottage Home laminate, supposedly Pergo's TOP OF THE LINE laminate. NEVER AGAIN, I am more than a little unhappy with it. The dogs nails scratch it and if water gets spilled it marks it. My Christmas tree marked it and there are everal gouges from Tasker's nails. I contacted the company, after being told by the floor store that it was the BEST thing to hold up to dogs nails, and the company told me there was no warranty for that.
I am going to go with hardwood for the rest of the house, At least that can be refinished if marked. |
SheepieBoss wrote: I have this question out to flooring experts and generally the answer is higher end is best, 9mm thickness or better and don't skimp on the underpad. Still, it scratches after awhile so don't expect more than 10 years before it starts going downhill. We'll see what others have to say.
Selfish reasons for taking interest in this question......I'm looking at the bedrooms and hallway here....... You got it, Susan. The underpad is so important. We opted for the best one we could get and our laminate floors are great to walk on and do not have that hallow feeling or sound like a floor with cheap padding can sound like. Not only does it act as a cushion, that pad really stifles the noise, too. Saul, the only time I notice any difficulty in slipping is with Lucy. She's 13+ now and often has trouble getting up but even she has adjusted well and she uses the rugs for leverage. Clyde and Bear scramble sometimes when they're tearing around being crazy but it's more comical than harmful but, with those two, they never have any problems moving around on it during regular activity. That being said, I love our laminate flooring and really wouldn't trade it for anything. Ours is very durable and we slide the furniture around on it quite frequently (when cleaning) and there isn't a scratch on it. The name brand escapes me now but we bought a closeout color and got a great deal. I'll see if I can find the leftover box for the name when I get home. |
I agree with Ginny, no Pergo! We put it in the kitchen and dining room up north and it looks like crap  One drop of water and the whole floor needs to be cleaned. It was top of the line as well and not cheap, but it looks cheap
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| I just uploaded a couple pic of the nail marks Tasker left on the Pergo. will post when approved. . I now have area rugs down to protect it. |
| be careful my dogs slip all the time on the laminate floor i also have real wood and it is alot better for them |
| We've been pondering this as well. I didn't want carpet in this house at all but..............
i have talked and talked to ddifferent flooring people........... what i have been told when i tell them i have BIG dogs........ is to put in commercial grade laminate..........with the best padding you can find...... we're still thinking.............. Ali |
Pergo SUCKS
These are just a couple of the "nail marks" on my "top of the line" Pergo. The response from the company was that the person who sold it to me should have advised me that it was not compatible with "big dogs". |
| General consensus with experts mirrors here:
1. Pergo sucks 2. This is not a lifetime investment. Some floors look bad after 5 years with dogs, kids and scraping furniture (especially Pergo). Consider yourself happy with 10, happy dance with anything more. 3. The underlayment is critical. 4. Big dogs, kids and rough living (furniture scraping, tracking in gravel on shoes, etc) will shorten even the best commercial floor. 5. Once it's damaged, there's no extra wood underneath to sand and repair. If you can stand a distressed look, fill the holes and put down a special spot finish. This isn't for me, drat. I was warming up to the idea. |
| I have Armstrong Laminate. I have had is for 7 years now. I only have 1 small scratch and one chip where I dropped a canister vacuum. My dogs nails have not scratched it. You may want to check out the different companies who make laminate. I have some pergo transitions and I agree...it sucks. |
| We have a 3/4" thick oak tongue and groove wood floor in the kitchen that stands up to anything!!! It was stained and varnished at the lumber company- prior to installation, and has been very duarable.
It holds up to Max and all of the family and kids that are always running around here. Even Skyler's little "Go Cart" with plastic wheels hasn't marred it. And... I only mop it once in blue moon with Murphy's oil soap. Between moppings, a dust mop and a few spot clean ups here and there does the trick to keep it clean and shiney! |
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