Maybe an odd topic but just curious what people's experiences are with the floors in their homes and cats...
We are getting ready to replace floors in our house. I have 3 cats (and a dog). We have issues with cat spraying that we are working to resolve but know that there will always be this issue. We currently have carpet which is quite difficult and time consuming to clean the cat spraying. And unless I find it right away, it stains.
So, what is the most cat friendly floor? Pluses and minuses, care required when kitty pees/marks...
Carpet (w or w/o liquid barrier padding)
Hardwood
Engineered hardwood
Tile would probably be the best for cat pee but not really into having a house full of hard tile :-)
My husband is not real happy about spending a lot of money just to have it stained a week later from cat pee. When we first moved in our house, one of our cats 'made it his home' and my husband still growls at that (he isn't quite the cat lover that I am, but he loves me and thus tolerates).
We are getting ready to replace floors in our house. I have 3 cats (and a dog). We have issues with cat spraying that we are working to resolve but know that there will always be this issue. We currently have carpet which is quite difficult and time consuming to clean the cat spraying. And unless I find it right away, it stains.
So, what is the most cat friendly floor? Pluses and minuses, care required when kitty pees/marks...
Carpet (w or w/o liquid barrier padding)
Hardwood
Engineered hardwood
Tile would probably be the best for cat pee but not really into having a house full of hard tile :-)
My husband is not real happy about spending a lot of money just to have it stained a week later from cat pee. When we first moved in our house, one of our cats 'made it his home' and my husband still growls at that (he isn't quite the cat lover that I am, but he loves me and thus tolerates).