Post #555627 by woofmutt on Thu, Sep 23, 2010 9:00 AM

If you put some sort of sheet of material or liner right on the floor you should consider a way of installing it so there is air flow between the protecting material and the floor. That way if (or considering it's water the better word might be when) water gets between the protecting material and the floor it won't be sealed in against the wood floors and will dry out.

If I had floor I wanted to protect and a heavy water fountain I wanted to install on that floor I'd build a platform for the fountain to sit on. It wouldn't be difficult or expensive, just a sheet of heavy plywood, some basic supports made from 2x4 or 4x4 and a decent looking material to cover the plywood with (a stone pattern sheet vinyl floor covering would be ideal).