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Replacing Carpet In Home With Lots Of Dogs

My carpets have had it. We live in a mobile home and have six dogs. We are on a very limited income, as we are disabled. I'm aware we probably shouldn't own so many dogs with are limited income but they bring us great joy and were almost all rescued from really bad homes. Just looking to ask what the most affordable thing to replace the carpet with? It would need to be something that can be easily cleaned since we have so many dogs. Thanks and God Bless You

Shannon from Florida

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RE: Replacing Carpet In Home With Lots Of Dogs

The new Laminent flooring would be great, it is really not that expensive, & it is really tuff! I had it in my master bath, & I will put it in my new home when the carpeting gets worn & needs to be replaced. It is not hard to put down either, if you are a do it yourselfer. It is stronger that linoleum & it is stronger that hard wood floors too.

Post By Wanda (Guest Post)

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I forgot to say that after you remove your carpeting you may notice the floor is cold. You can put a thick throw rug under your feet while you sit to watch tv or use the computer.

Good luck

Post By Carol in PA (Guest Post)

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I"d go to Lowes or another home improvement store, and try to buy a remnant of vinyl flooring. Now that I think of it I remember that I was able to buy irregular vinyl flooring at Big Lots. It was $10 for a six foot roll. We bought two of them to use in the foyer area and laundry room.

Good luck PS Keep your dogs. Change your flooring (smile).

Post By Carol in PA (Guest Post)

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The freecycle route is a great idea. See if anyone has any indoor/outdoor carpet tiles. These can be picked up, washed off, dried and reset! I have cats and use these.

Post by catastrofy

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I agree with the other answers. I went to peel and stick tile in most of my house as I have four dogs and three cats. It has made my life ever so much easier. My pets mean a lot to me.

Post By Pat (Guest Post)

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Tile or linoleum sheet goods. Check on Freecycle.org; sometimes you can get tile for free that someone has left over from a remodeling job.

Post By Marna (Guest Post)

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I would also suggest freecycle in your area. Perhaps post and ask if anyone has some they were going to throw away. The site is about recycling and not throwing usable things into the garbage and landfill. I got two older tvs from a very sweet freecycle user!

Post By t (Guest Post)

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Is it really important for you to have carpet at all? Why not take up the old carpet, clean the floor really well, and then paint the subfloor? I used a good quality floor and porch paint and painted a wood floor and it was very durable and easy to clean. Then, if the dogs do scratch it up in a year, or two, you just run another coat of paint over it.

Post by Persnickety Paula

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alot of salvage stores much like lowes has rolls of cheap linolium flooring at cheap prices. check your local yellow pages for salvage stores. easy to lay down and keep clean.

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