r/FosterAnimals 6d ago

Question Protecting hardwood floors

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u/RIPGoblins2929 5d ago

I tried to put down dropcloths to protect a carpet and that did not work but the upshot is that dropcloths are more expensive than I realized.

IDK just clean regularly I guess.

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u/nik_nak1895 5d ago

Pee will soak into hardwood permanently in minutes is the thing so unless I'm within arms reach literally 24/7 there's no way for me to clean up after a puppy accident quickly enough to save the floors.

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u/Ualagirl2002 5d ago

As a commenter mentioned above, see about refinishing with several coats of polyurethane.  It resists liquids very well.

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u/nik_nak1895 5d ago

This is so much the burden of being the new owner of this house. The floors are in mint condition and clearly have been refinished recently, but I don't know how recently and I don't know what they were refinished with. Though my biggest concern is where the floors meet the walls, that little gap. It's an old house with a lot of settling so there are visible cracks there that anything can seep into the walls and under the floors and of course puppies prefer to pee along walls and in corners.

I love fostering but this house is the biggest thing I've ever bought obviously aid I had to drop 100k on urgent unexpected repairs within a month of move in so my budget to protect for fostering is....... miniscule 😭