Floorway Vinyl – Crux

Description

Crux Floorway: Pet Friendly Flooring for Households With Paws

Anyone who shares a home with a dog or a cat knows the sound of claws on a hard floor and the sight of a muddy trail leading in from the back door. Crux from the Floorway range is worth a look as pet friendly flooring, a wood look surface meant to take daily animal life in its stride rather than record every moment of it.

The Three Things Animals Do To Floors

Claws come first. Every landing from the sofa and every sprint towards the front door puts a point load on the surface, and softer floors show it as a fine network of marks. A vinyl plank carries a protective wear surface over its decorative layer, which is why this category is so often described as scratch resistant flooring for homes with animals in them.

Accidents come second, and they are what finishes off a carpet. Liquid soaks into the pile, then into the underlay, then into the subfloor, and the smell settles in for good. A water resistant plank surface keeps the problem on top, where you can actually deal with it. Third comes the ordinary mess of a walk in a Waterloo Region spring, when paws come back wet, gritty and salted from the roadside.

Traction, Older Dogs and Honest Limits

Grip is the part people forget. A very glossy surface can leave an older or arthritic dog scrabbling for purchase, particularly when turning a corner at speed. A textured plank surface helps, and runners laid along the routes your animals genuinely use, the hallway, the stair landing, the path to the water bowl, help a good deal more. Watch how your own dog moves through the house before you settle on a finish.

The honest note is this. No floor is scratch proof. Scratch resistant flooring resists, it does not refuse, and a large dog with untrimmed nails will eventually leave a signature on any surface you can buy. Keeping nails trimmed, placing a mat at every entrance and lifting grit promptly will do more for the life of your floor than any single product claim.

Clearing Up After Them

• Sweep or vacuum hair before it gathers along the baseboards
• Deal with an accident straight away, then dry the area properly
• Keep a towel and a mat at the door your dog comes in through
• Trim nails on a schedule rather than when you start to hear them
• Put a washable mat under the food and water bowls

An easy clean vinyl surface is forgiving in a way textiles cannot be, because nothing disappears into it. Easy clean vinyl also means there is no sanding and no refinishing to plan for, only a short routine you can keep up with while the dog supervises from a doorway.

Fitting and Checking Suitability

Pet households are hard on edges and transitions, so a tidy installation repays the cost of doing it properly. We recommend professional installation, and we ask that you confirm the specification, the installation method and the suitability of this product for your rooms with the Petun Flooring team before ordering.

Surfaces photograph differently from the way they look at home, and a floor in a pet household is a decision you will live with for years, so examine the product photo carefully or call in and handle a sample. Crux can be picked up in Kitchener and Cambridge, inventory is limited, and if you bring your measurements along with a sense of where your animals spend their day, we will help you plan a floor that suits the whole household.