
Just wanted to post our solution to placement of the litter. I researched earlier and found a few posts of putting the litter in the shower or in the basement. after calling monaco, I was able to determine a location that suits us and the kitties!
I removed the vent panel under the fridge and took out 3 of the slats toward the bottom of the panel. I then drilled some pilot holes from the basement up to determine a location to cut a hole about 8 x 8. using a reciprocating saw, I cut a hole through the floor. we then used some old bath carpet to put on the hole. a small ramp/ladder covered with a piece of typical floor carpet to take them down under.
I made a 3 piece barrier with duct tape and brown board from lowes. we then taped plastic to the floor and partly up the brown board. put their litter box and a light for them. have been getting them to practice going up and down over the last couple of days!
we leave thursday; hope this works out as I don't like the box in the shower!
hope this helps anyone else out there