Hi all!
So one of my cats has been having issues and he started peeing on the carpet in the living room. We'd always planned to rip it out (it had just been installed when we bought the house last year) because we have 4 cats and 3 dogs.
Anyway, I've ripped up the carpet (it's concrete slab foundation so that's my subfloor) and the cat pee has soaked into the concrete in a couple of places (not to mention the carpet tacks, but those are history now!).
I would love to put ceramic planks in there but it's going to have to be a DIY job so I am leaning towards LVP/EVP.
1. Once the cat pee is removed, would you seal the concrete before installing the new floor?
2. Recommendations for a good LVP/EVP plank that won't break the bank and that we can do ourselves (we're pretty handy and I think most of these floors are made to be pretty easy.) I'm thinking under ~$3/ft sq. The room is ~347 ft sq and I have a couple of bedrooms I'd probably do too. We live in a small town so have access to Lowes, Home Depot, a Lumber Liquidators,but nothing fancy. Can always order online though.
Keeping in mind I have 3 large dogs, the floor needs to hold up reasonably well against scratches - they're murder on engineered hardwood - and I don't know if not having the carpet means the cat will stop peeing there so the flooring needs to be able to handle some cat pee without letting any through the joints (?), and it also needs to not absorb the odor.
I am open to any and all suggestions you might have if you think there's a better option
Thank you!
So one of my cats has been having issues and he started peeing on the carpet in the living room. We'd always planned to rip it out (it had just been installed when we bought the house last year) because we have 4 cats and 3 dogs.
Anyway, I've ripped up the carpet (it's concrete slab foundation so that's my subfloor) and the cat pee has soaked into the concrete in a couple of places (not to mention the carpet tacks, but those are history now!).
I would love to put ceramic planks in there but it's going to have to be a DIY job so I am leaning towards LVP/EVP.
1. Once the cat pee is removed, would you seal the concrete before installing the new floor?
2. Recommendations for a good LVP/EVP plank that won't break the bank and that we can do ourselves (we're pretty handy and I think most of these floors are made to be pretty easy.) I'm thinking under ~$3/ft sq. The room is ~347 ft sq and I have a couple of bedrooms I'd probably do too. We live in a small town so have access to Lowes, Home Depot, a Lumber Liquidators,but nothing fancy. Can always order online though.
Keeping in mind I have 3 large dogs, the floor needs to hold up reasonably well against scratches - they're murder on engineered hardwood - and I don't know if not having the carpet means the cat will stop peeing there so the flooring needs to be able to handle some cat pee without letting any through the joints (?), and it also needs to not absorb the odor.
I am open to any and all suggestions you might have if you think there's a better option
Thank you!