Laminate Floors, Furry Friends and I Need $100 more...

Because we're trashing our carpeted rooms and "going laminate", we actually had to spend more money than we originally thought.

Was it because someone made a mistake measuring or something was damaged? No. Everything is great and actually came in "under bid". The extra cost was finding tools and tricks to take care of the fur from our dog and cat that will show more pronounced than the old worn out carpet did. 'Used to be that we could vacuum once a week and knew (or so I thought) that everything was clean, picked up, de-haired or furred...

But having concrete floors for a week while preparing for the new surface, we discoverd that either our dog and cat only started shedding tremendously a week ago, or that the weekly vacuuming of previous was tremendously ineffective and hair and fur was lurking despite our efforts.

We have been scooping up mounds of the stuff daily with a broom and dustpan for a solid week off the bare concrete. Because of that, I went to the local big box Pet store and bought the "Furminater". Great tool. With the cat, after using the tool, we reduced her in size from roly poly to skinny minny... With the dog, not so bad but still tons of dead hair and fur "wenta packin". Okay so what expense am I talking about? Well the "furminater" set us back about $30 bucks. But it is sure worth it.

So later, I get to go purchase a dust mop (which I have never owned) and some sort of "swiffer" style mopping thing and all the non-recylable pads. So if you have pets, plan to pull up carpet and put in a hard surface floor, plan on another $100. for the daily regimen tools that you will now need. Will I miss my carpet? Absolutely not! The dog and the cat might as I chase them around with the new "furminater"!