Fun fact, did you know that 44% of UK households have a pet? Pets in homes are increasing year on year, with 4% more households owning them this year, than in 2016! This is our guide on the best floors for your pets, and how to maintain them!
Practical Flooring
Our best suggestion would be Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVT). The durability of LVT is probably the main factor in this, as it’s made for heavy footfall. It’s unlikely to show many signs of damage, compared to other floorings. It also has good friction, to ensure your pets aren’t sliding around the house! It’s also very water-resistant, so if your pets has an accident, it’s very easy to clean up.
What To Avoid
We’d suggest you try to avoid hardwood floors for a number of reasons. Hardwood isn’t overly water-resistant, unless you have a lacquered finish. Lacquer is somewhat resistant to water, and can be easier cleaned, be oiled floors will leave marks and damage behind. The main issue with wood flooring is the that scratch marks do show, and unless you pet’s nails are getting trimmed, they can very quickly become damaged.
Hard Wearing Flooring
If you’re most worried about the damage caused to your floor, then laminate may be the one for you, it’s also incredibly cost effective. Laminate will vary rarely mark or scratch unless great stress is put upon it. The main issue with laminate is the lack of friction, will mean if you have a lively pet, it is likely to be skidding around your house!
Overall
Many places would suggest to you that laminate is the best option on the market, and we can’t argue it is certainly the most cost effective flooring out there. However, if you’re willing to push the boat out a little more financially then Luxury Vinyl Tiles is definitely the best out there, due to it’s durability, water resistance, and good levels or friction, and we that would be our top recommendation. For any more advice, visit www.poshflooring.co.uk!
Stunning!!!This is so useful, we’re thinking of getting a dog and I hadn’t even considered our flooring as our house is mainly carpets but I am loving the floors here. They look easy to maintain.Thanks for sharing such an inspirational post.
My partner had laminate flooring at his last house and it was much easier to keep clean than carpet but we don’t want to dig up the floor in our new house as I like warmth beneath my feet! It would make it so much easier for cleaning up after messy mealtimes with the kids too…
We don’t have hardwood flooring, mostly carpet and slate stone in our kitchen. Our dog finds that cold I think even though he has his own bed. He likes to sleep in our landing 🙂
We used to have a dog and I agree hard flooring is not great because of their nails. When we used to visit my parents and he came, I used to feel so bad about it!
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Excellent advice! I reckon its transferable to toddlers and babies too!
Love your blog!
Stunning!!!This is so useful, we’re thinking of getting a dog and I hadn’t even considered our flooring as our house is mainly carpets but I am loving the floors here. They look easy to maintain.Thanks for sharing such an inspirational post.
Get some carpet stain remover in before hand!!
there is so much to think about when you have a pet isn’t there? x
So many things!!
Our house is mainly carpets but I am loving the floors here. They look easy to maintain.
It is very easy to keep clean, keep those muddy paws marks away!
Good read! Not everyone considers this when having pets. I think LVT is a great suggestion.
I really like what the LVT offers as well, so many different colours and textures
My partner had laminate flooring at his last house and it was much easier to keep clean than carpet but we don’t want to dig up the floor in our new house as I like warmth beneath my feet! It would make it so much easier for cleaning up after messy mealtimes with the kids too…
I have carpet all of upstairs coz of getting out of bed with bare feet!
We don’t have pets but this sounds a lot like having small children – which is why we opted for laminate.
Yes so do we, great with kids isn’t it
We have laminate in our lounge/ dining room as our cat always scratches and ruins carpets with his caws and fur. Really useful post x
It is surprising how much their little claws cause so much damage!
We have vinyl that looks like wood and its great for kids and pets
yes that’s perfect, easy for everyone!
I know what you mean about lack of friction on laminate – we have 2 cats who go skidding around if going too fast lol x
My dog goes flying too!
We don’t have hardwood flooring, mostly carpet and slate stone in our kitchen. Our dog finds that cold I think even though he has his own bed. He likes to sleep in our landing 🙂
Bet he loves it on a hot day though!
We used to have a dog and I agree hard flooring is not great because of their nails. When we used to visit my parents and he came, I used to feel so bad about it!
Oh gosh that would have made me really nervous too!
This is so useful! We’re thinking of getting a dog and I hadn’t even considered our flooring!
Have fun deciding what one you want, there are so many lovely breeds to chose from