New House…New Floor...ARGH!!!!

[hdolbow]

man that sucks

yeah, pergo is amazing.. REALLY easy to clean too..

one of my boyfriends friends has a big fat pit.. lol and during thier christmas party she wore pads on her feet.. and she SLID ALL OVER the entire house.. and just kept kicking them off.. lol

[Duke]

Vanessa - my DH's family are carpenters - hardwood floor layers from way back. You might look into having your floors re-finished, with Glitsa. It is an extremely hard finish. You would need your floors sanded to remove the original finish first. If you don't to choose that route, you could have your floors screened (lightly sanded to remove the scratches) and then re-coated with a more durable finish than the original. If they used an oil based finish originally, you have to use another oil base. If it is a water based finished - (my preference) get a more durable brand - 2 coats is best, 3 coats even better. But Glitsa finish is the best finish. You have to move out of the house for at least 24 hours though - it is stinky.

[Basenji_Boy]

There's certain places our younger dogs aren't allowed to go…...cherry floors would be one of them. The older dogs don't rip and play as much as the younger crowd so they get to be in almost all places in the house.

[JazzysMom]

@Duke:

Vanessa - my DH's family are carpenters - hardwood floor layers from way back. You might look into having your floors re-finished, with Glitsa. It is an extremely hard finish. You would need your floors sanded to remove the original finish first. If you don't to choose that route, you could have your floors screened (lightly sanded to remove the scratches) and then re-coated with a more durable finish than the original. If they used an oil based finish originally, you have to use another oil base. If it is a water based finished - (my preference) get a more durable brand - 2 coats is best, 3 coats even better. But Glitsa finish is the best finish. You have to move out of the house for at least 24 hours though - it is stinky.

Oh yeah, hee hee, someone offering actual advice. :rolleyes: I got so caught up in playing "guess the type of flooring", that I didn't even think to
offer a solution. {I was just so proud that I'd guessed Cherry!}

That is another nice thing about wood flooring. It can be sanded or screened and re-finished.
We are going to have to re-finish the floor in our front hall before too much longer. It's 12 yrs old and has taken some really rough treatment from kids running in and out the door, dumping shoes, basketballs, swords, you name it. It's held up extremely well, but really, it's been through a lot.

[renaultf1]

@JazzysMom:

Oh yeah, hee hee, someone offering actual advice. :rolleyes: I got so caught up in playing "guess the type of flooring", that I didn't even think to
offer a solution. {I was just so proud that I'd guessed Cherry!}

That is another nice thing about wood flooring. It can be sanded or screened and re-finished.
We are going to have to re-finish the floor in our front hall before too much longer. It's 12 yrs old and has taken some really rough treatment from kids running in and out the door, dumping shoes, basketballs, swords, you name it. It's held up extremely well, but really, it's been through a lot.

Swords?:D

[Vanessa]

@Duke:

Vanessa - my DH's family are carpenters - hardwood floor layers from way back. You might look into having your floors re-finished, with Glitsa. It is an extremely hard finish. You would need your floors sanded to remove the original finish first. If you don't to choose that route, you could have your floors screened (lightly sanded to remove the scratches) and then re-coated with a more durable finish than the original. If they used an oil based finish originally, you have to use another oil base. If it is a water based finished - (my preference) get a more durable brand - 2 coats is best, 3 coats even better. But Glitsa finish is the best finish. You have to move out of the house for at least 24 hours though - it is stinky.

Aaahhhh Thanks for the advice Duke!!!
I will look into that. I have a call out to the flooring company who installed my hardwood floors. Hopefully they can recommend a finish to fill/hid the scratches that my 2 demons have caused. :mad:
Alex and I will be purchasing more area rugs this weekend and laying them all over the place to try to absorb the impact of the two of them when they horse around.

[MacPack]

I recommend rubber-backed area rugs, or you will find them all in a pile against the wall as they skid along…..

Anne

[JazzysMom]

@renaultf1:

Swords?:D

Oh yeah. My kids collect actual Medieval weaponry. :rolleyes:
We have real swords, battle axes, daggers, Scottish dirks, etc.

It started out so simply, and then sort of snowballed. No, we're not Renaissance people, just a normal ol' family with a son interested in film,
who purchased some weaponry for the sake of authenticity, which caused siblings to become enthralled…. and it kinda went from there. LOL

The bigger kids {teens} keep theirs in their rooms, but in safe locations. The younger boys { 9 and 11} have to keep theirs in my room.

Actually, they're pretty cool.......:p

[tanza]

@Vanessa:

Aaahhhh Thanks for the advice Duke!!!
I will look into that. I have a call out to the flooring company who installed my hardwood floors. Hopefully they can recommend a finish to fill/hid the scratches that my 2 demons have caused. :mad:
Alex and I will be purchasing more area rugs this weekend and laying them all over the place to try to absorb the impact of the two of them when they horse around.

No one told the "Demons" that they would scratch the floor….:eek:

[JazzysMom]

@MacPack:

I recommend rubber-backed area rugs, or you will find them all in a pile against the wall as they skid along…..

Anne

And watch them closely. After 3 yrs w/Jazzy and 11 mos w/Keoki, they suddenly decided to eat an area rug.

Okay, not exactly "eat" it, but they certainly ruined it in a big way. :mad:
Why? Why? after all that time?

Because they are Basenjis.:p