In this blog article, I’m going to give you 5 great reasons you should choose polished concrete floors for your new home or for your home renovation, and I’ll explain why polished concrete is the best flooring for dogs from your dog’s point of view.
1. Nobody likes dog hair unless it’s on the dog.
According to answers.yahoo.com ALL dogs shed, even the short-haired ones. “It is just a matter of which ones that shed less,” says the author, and he’s right. It’s not just the hair, either. Dog hair will be the first thing that visitors to your home (and prospective buyers when you decide to sell) will detect. According to ABC NewsFifteen percent of the public is allergic to pet hair and that is a significant number of people who will not want to visit or walk into your home. This makes polished concrete the best flooring for dogs because concrete floors don’t absorb hair, they actually repel it and it’s easy to sweep. I think any dog would tell you that they don’t like hairballs laying around either, so eliminating surfaces that are a magnet for hair makes your dog happy, too.
2. Concrete is cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Very few surfaces have the ability to absorb the heat and the cold as well as hard surfaces like concrete. “With polished concrete, your flooring serves as a heater and chiller and many people see a reduction in their heating and cooling costs,” says Mack Kimbrough of Concrete Creations. “In areas like the South where temperatures can rise over 100 degrees consistently in the summer months, homes get hot, but your polished concrete floor has the capability of absorbing your air conditioning and being a great surface for your indoor pets, like your dog, which makes it the best flooring for dogs,” he continues. If your dog could talk, he’d tell you that the thickness of his skin and his hair (even after shedding) can make a dog’s life miserable. Nobody’s happy when the family dog isn’t happy.
3. Polished concrete is easy to clean.
Regardless of how well your dog is house trained, there’s no dog who is perfect. Next to allergic reactions that pet hair could cause for guests and potential buyers, the smell of dog accidents will be a huge turn-off to anyone who walks in your home. A recent article on U.S. News advises homeowners who are looking to protect the value of their home to vacuum every day and apply something that will kill odors every day if they have a dog or other pets in the house. Who wants to do that? Your dog wants a clean surface to live on just like you do and the low-maintenance of polished concrete works well for your dog and you, too.
4. Polished concrete is beautiful.
Everybody loves the picture in the magazine of the living area that is beautifully furnished with the family dog snoozing in the corner. “We can make concrete flooring look as beautiful as a reflective body of water. Polished concrete is not like stained concrete and there’s no coating on the top; it’s a natural surface that has been polished to shine for a very long time,” says Mack Kimbrough of Concrete Creations. With a beautiful floor, you’ll have that picturesque view that you’re looking for, and you’ll find that it’s the best flooring for dogs.
5. Polished concrete lasts and looks good for a long time.
People tend to cringe every time a piece of furniture is moved or someone working in your home irresponsibly drags something into your house or across your floors. The cost of cleaning carpet or repairing damage to floors can be hundreds of dollars. From a dog’s point of view, trimming nails can be painful and an unpleasant experience for the dog and for their owner. If you never had to worry about scratches on your floor from your dog’s nails, you would probably live a happier life, and the dog would too.
These are just 5 reasons that a polished concrete floor is the best flooring for dogs from a practical perspective and from a dog’s point of view. Concrete surfaces can stand up to any other flooring surface (including hardwood floors, bamboo flooring, a vinyl floor, and a laminate floor) in every area that you consider when you look for flooring options. There are clear advantages over the other types of flooring, so remember to listen to your dog when you build or renovate your home. When the dog is happy, you will be too!
For more information on polished, scored, and other decorative concrete ideas, contact Mack Kimbrough at Concrete Creations.
Front Door Content gives polished concrete floors a five star rating because our dogs unanimously approved it as the best flooring for dogs!
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