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I am to to this ... but I used to have indoor outdoor carpeting in my Kithchen and other areas (70s era). I was at a Home Depot the other day and asked about it .. they said they still make it but usually it is a special order. Might be worth looking at ... --- Mary Ann Ryan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Jeannie wrote: > . I was thinking of vinyl, but Gordie > > sometimes goes stocking footed, so I am concerned about > slipping. Has > > anyone ever > > solved this problem and can give me some help deciding > what to do? > > We had a similar question when we were constructing our > new addition. We > already had a tile floor in our Den (we have a farm and > two large dogs so > lots of dirt is tracked into the house). Although a > occupational therapist > had warned us that Jamie would fall harder on a tile > floor, he sustained > most of his severe falling injuries on our vinyl floor. > We talked with my > impaired daughter-in-law and her severely impaired, > wheelchair-bound friend. > Both are heavily involved in the disability community. > They both said that > there was essentially no difference between vinyl and > tile (carpeting, of > course, was out of the question). > > We decided to go with Italian porcelain tile (gold and > rust mix) and we love > it. It cleans easily and it doesn't make any difference > what the dogs bring > in - it is always attractive. We went with white tile > for the > bedroom/bathroom. Although I love the tile, I hate the > color. I find > myself washing that floor every day because it shows > every bit of dirt. > But....that tile takes on all of the accessibility > devices that we have for > Jamie quite well. Our 8 year old vinyl flooring looks > like it needs to be > replaced already because of wear and tear - and it was a > very expensive > floor to begin with. When we replace it, we will replace > it with tile. > ---------- > God bless > Mary Ann (CG Jamie 65/25) > > P.S. The initial expense of tile exists in the > preparation of the floor. > The tile, itself, is competitive with vinyl flooring. If > you decide on > tile, make sure that you have a very competent installer > - otherwise you'll > have nothing but trouble in the future. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn