Flooring Woes and Questions - Help and Advice Needed Please

[Linda Weygant]

Hi All,

I'm having flooring issues I'm hoping somebody can help with.  I'm in the middle of a full remodel and the carpeting and linoleum had to go - one due to pet odors and the other due to age and poor repair.  I'm tiling the kitchen, but I'm wanting to go with Coretec for the living and bedroom areas.  Here is a link to it:

Coretec Flooring

I have a couple of issues:

1.  The salesperson said that installing this on stairs is a tripping hazard.  I kinda blinked at him hard when he said this and thought "excuse me?  How is this product any better or worse than any other flooring product for tripping?  If you install it properly, how is this an issue?"  When I questioned him further, he wasn't really able to explain himself.  Anybody have experience with Coretec and can comment on whether this product is more of a tripping hazard than any other?

2.  When pulling out the old carpet, I got the carpet and a middle "pad" type material out, which had the majority of the pet smell in it.  However, there is a soft black material that has been glued to the cement floors and getting it up is proving to be a total nightmare.  It also carries a pet smell.  It's coming apart in small chunks and walking across it now means picking black fuzz off of everything.  The amount of dust and fibers and just plain YUK that's being kicked into the air is annoying, particularly as I'm finding it in my fresh paint now and it's really pissing me off.  Talking to the sales guy for Coretec, he says just install over it.  Again, I'm thinking this is not correct, particularly since this stuff is carrying pet odor and I just want it out.  Anybody know how to get rid of this stuff (and the layer of glue)??

Any and all help and advice appreciated and desperately needed.