basilisk wrote:
I'm considering building a whelping house for my dogs
and the flooring solution needs to offer easy clean up
and be bullet proof durable.

Think crap, ****, afterbirth, blood and vomit from
one wall to the other, plus all the clawing and chewing
a confined dog can do.

One option is ceramic with a splash up the wall, but I
perfer something that wasn't inherently so cold.
Latched on, nursing puppies get drug out of the
whelping box and chill quickly.

I have seen continous vinyl floor used in hospital
hallways that ran up the wall several inches on either
side with radiused corners. Is the flooring made this
way or is it laid against a form built into the wall?


Dilbert's Ultimate House (DUH) is currently offline but you can find a
picture he
http://insomnic.wordpress.com/2007/1...ltimate-house/

As I recall, he had a pet room that was tiled. Again, from my porous memory,
it had:

* Sloped floors to a central drain.
* A shelf next to the windows that held kitties looking out as well as their
needs (food, water, litter box). The cats could jump up to take care of
business, but the dogs couldn't get to the cat's food.
*. A hose bib and hose hanger on the wall.
* Storage cabinets.
* Double doors, one with a cat/dog door. Homeowner could close the second
door preventing exit by the animal from the pet room.
* Room also opened to the outside of the home.