We did…when we moved in, the master bath had rug in it. It was immediately removed and it wasn’t nearly as disgusting as the left behind shower mat! Should have worn a haz-mat suit!
@PantHeist What’s wrong with cork floor in a kitchen? We have vinyl tile on concrete, but have often considered overlaying with cork tiles: water-resistant, soft touch, easy to clean…
@PantHeist Then they’re using the wrong kind, or rather, it hasn’t been sealed (properly). It’s got to be treated just like any other wood product. My cousin in WI has something like this in their farmhouse & says it’s impervious to damn near everything.
@compunaut It seemed to happen every time someone put down cork. One time a new dishwasher leaked, they got a small puddle on the floor, wiped it up as soon as they saw it, and still the floor got warped and had to be replaced.
I wonder if it is a geographical thing. My parents carpeted every square inch of our home in Illinois as soon as they could afford it, to avoid cold floors in winter. It was all I ever knew. Even my cheap college apartments had carpeting in every room. I do recall that the joy of moving into my first solo apartment in Texas was tempered somewhat by the sight of linoleum in my kitchen and bath. I distinctly remember staring at it and thinking “what is this and how do I clean it??”
But yeah, when I go back home to visit my parents, I try not to think about the carpet cooties lurking in the bathroom.
I think any carpet is icky but bathroom and kitchen are the worst. My other half likes carpet.
We just bought a smaller home. Nothing like the tiny homes thread but maybe half the size we have been accumulating stuff in. The new place is all wood and linoleum. The old place had carpet everywhere except the bathroom and kitchen. It also has shag carpet on the walls of the master bedroom. I never tackled the project of removing it. We used that room as storage so I didn’t have to look at it often.
@RiotDemon I mean, I never called my hair “the drapes” either (back before age redecorated me in this sleek, modern style, which eschews window treatments altogether)
Wood, tile and vinyl floors show the dirt and dust, and you can mop it up. Carpet just collects it. Vacuuming gets a little of it, but when you pull up old carpet you see what total yuck is held in the padding. No more carpet for me.
We actually got rid of every carpet in the house & we live pretty far North.
We tiled the bathrooms, oak hardwood floors upstairs & installed Pergo in the finished basement.
There are rugs here & there that can be cleaned/tossed.
When we were house shopping, we looked at one house where the master bath had a raised black tub with gold fixtures in the middle of the bathroom on a stepped platform, with terrible shag carpeting up to the edge of the tub. There was also a wall of floor to ceiling mirrors. It looked like it came out of a pimp’s limo van in 1983.
Also gross, though: wood bathroom floors that aren’t properly sealed. My old, cheap apartment has all kinds of awful things going on in there. The wood around the toilet is BLACK, and there’s a weird soft crinkly spot near the ancient clawfoot tub. I swear, someone’s gonna fall through that floor someday.
@looseneck Sigh… Why do all women think every guy pees all over the toilet? I know there are more men than just me that make sure to wipe up any splashes every single time. I don’t want to look at a disgusting toilet either!
@cinoclav 50 years of experience looking at or even sitting on a pee-stained toilet gives me the right. I know not every guy does it. I dated a guy who sat to pee and even wiped!
Women in public toilets are just as bad. I want to put up signs “If you want to hover, lift the seat up.”
I have carpet tiles in my bedroom, and bathroom. I’ve been in this room before the carpet tiles and since i put them in, and it was WAY colder before.
worth noting that this is in my parents basement, and the old floor under the tiles is linoleum atop concrete slab. 6 feet underground. in part of ohio that is naturally a swamp(kept drained for the last 150 yrs by various ditches)
yes, i am the stereotypical mid 30’s slacker basement dweller.
go ahead and tease me about it, see if i give a shit.
My 2 story rental townhouse in Phoenix had long green and white 60s style shag carpet throughout except for the tiled kitchen. My parents were helping me pack up and move to California. Mom was running the vacuum upstairs as we had cleaned out the upper level. Suddenly I heard a shrill scream and Dad and I raced upstairs. Mom was using the vacuum by the tub and it had sucked up all of the carpet leaving just the backing. Luckily it wasn’t wet or moldy just very old and dried out . We opened the bag, pulled out the carpet fibers and pieced it back together. Lived there 18 months and obviously I had never vacuumed the bathroom.
Nope, that’s disgusting. I’ve only seen that in videos of older homes.
We did…when we moved in, the master bath had rug in it. It was immediately removed and it wasn’t nearly as disgusting as the left behind shower mat! Should have worn a haz-mat suit!
It’s gross. Less gross but equally confusing is when people on house shows put cork floors in kitchens.
@PantHeist What’s wrong with cork floor in a kitchen? We have vinyl tile on concrete, but have often considered overlaying with cork tiles: water-resistant, soft touch, easy to clean…
@compunaut Cork is not waterproof- spills happen in kitchens and destroy it. Happens every time in the house shows.
@PantHeist Then they’re using the wrong kind, or rather, it hasn’t been sealed (properly). It’s got to be treated just like any other wood product. My cousin in WI has something like this in their farmhouse & says it’s impervious to damn near everything.
@compunaut Damn. That makes it even more infuriating that it happens all the god damn time on those shows.
@PantHeist I used to watch a bunch of those home shows - can you describe a ‘cork incident’?
@compunaut It seemed to happen every time someone put down cork. One time a new dishwasher leaked, they got a small puddle on the floor, wiped it up as soon as they saw it, and still the floor got warped and had to be replaced.
I wonder if it is a geographical thing. My parents carpeted every square inch of our home in Illinois as soon as they could afford it, to avoid cold floors in winter. It was all I ever knew. Even my cheap college apartments had carpeting in every room. I do recall that the joy of moving into my first solo apartment in Texas was tempered somewhat by the sight of linoleum in my kitchen and bath. I distinctly remember staring at it and thinking “what is this and how do I clean it??”
But yeah, when I go back home to visit my parents, I try not to think about the carpet cooties lurking in the bathroom.
@Trillian
Do they also have wallpaper?
@Trillian come to think of it, my rental house in Indiana had carpet in the bathroom too. And it had a big water stain from the tub.
I think any carpet is icky but bathroom and kitchen are the worst. My other half likes carpet.
We just bought a smaller home. Nothing like the tiny homes thread but maybe half the size we have been accumulating stuff in. The new place is all wood and linoleum. The old place had carpet everywhere except the bathroom and kitchen. It also has shag carpet on the walls of the master bedroom. I never tackled the project of removing it. We used that room as storage so I didn’t have to look at it often.
I thought this thread was gonna be about intimate grooming
@matthew
@matthew do you normally call your intimate parts the bathroom??
@RiotDemon I mean, I never called my hair “the drapes” either (back before age redecorated me in this sleek, modern style, which eschews window treatments altogether)
@RiotDemon
THAT’S what @Matthew was talking about?
Ugh…
I seriously thought he takes keeping his living area clean seriously.
Once you have pulled up a 30 year old carpet for renovations, you realizing they are disguising and gross in any room.
I am not sure what happened when I typed this
here is my corrected version:
Once you have pulled up a 30 year old carpet for renovations, you start realizing they are disgusting and gross in any room.
Wood, tile and vinyl floors show the dirt and dust, and you can mop it up. Carpet just collects it. Vacuuming gets a little of it, but when you pull up old carpet you see what total yuck is held in the padding. No more carpet for me.
My parents had a carpeted bathroom. If any of the bathroom fixtures leak you end up with moldy/mildewy carpet. No bueno.
No way… starting with carpet and young boys learning how to use the toilet standing up are not a good mix.
We actually got rid of every carpet in the house & we live pretty far North.
We tiled the bathrooms, oak hardwood floors upstairs & installed Pergo in the finished basement.
There are rugs here & there that can be cleaned/tossed.
Absolutely, that’s disgusting. Just think of the mold and bacteria growing in it. Especially if you have boys… It’s not carpet, it’s a pee sponge lol.
I’ve removed carpet from bathrooms before.
When we were house shopping, we looked at one house where the master bath had a raised black tub with gold fixtures in the middle of the bathroom on a stepped platform, with terrible shag carpeting up to the edge of the tub. There was also a wall of floor to ceiling mirrors. It looked like it came out of a pimp’s limo van in 1983.
@djslack I would want a bathroom like that for the first three weeks after it was installed.
Probably.
Bathroom carpet is gross, gross, gross.
Also gross, though: wood bathroom floors that aren’t properly sealed. My old, cheap apartment has all kinds of awful things going on in there. The wood around the toilet is BLACK, and there’s a weird soft crinkly spot near the ancient clawfoot tub. I swear, someone’s gonna fall through that floor someday.
I had carpet in the bathroom of a condo I was renting years ago. It was nice for passing out on when the vomiting never ends.
@looseneck Dunno… I always thought the cold tile on my forehead helped ease the pounding
@compunaut No, that’s what the side of the toilet is for (I kept a very clean bathroom and no men lived there to pee all over it.)
@looseneck Sigh… Why do all women think every guy pees all over the toilet? I know there are more men than just me that make sure to wipe up any splashes every single time. I don’t want to look at a disgusting toilet either!
@cinoclav 50 years of experience looking at or even sitting on a pee-stained toilet gives me the right. I know not every guy does it. I dated a guy who sat to pee and even wiped!
Women in public toilets are just as bad. I want to put up signs “If you want to hover, lift the seat up.”
@looseneck I can imagine… Some of the worst bathrooms I’ve ever seen are woman’s.
Our home has carpet in the master bathroom, but it has an approximate 2 foot buffer of tile around the tub and toilet.
No.
I have carpet tiles in my bedroom, and bathroom. I’ve been in this room before the carpet tiles and since i put them in, and it was WAY colder before.
worth noting that this is in my parents basement, and the old floor under the tiles is linoleum atop concrete slab. 6 feet underground. in part of ohio that is naturally a swamp(kept drained for the last 150 yrs by various ditches)
yes, i am the stereotypical mid 30’s slacker basement dweller.
go ahead and tease me about it, see if i give a shit.
@earlyre
/giphy in a van down by the river
@Kevin hey, where’d you find my picture?
I don’t remember yelling at those kids…
@earlyre As long as you are not a swamp dweller you should be fine…
My 2 story rental townhouse in Phoenix had long green and white 60s style shag carpet throughout except for the tiled kitchen. My parents were helping me pack up and move to California. Mom was running the vacuum upstairs as we had cleaned out the upper level. Suddenly I heard a shrill scream and Dad and I raced upstairs. Mom was using the vacuum by the tub and it had sucked up all of the carpet leaving just the backing. Luckily it wasn’t wet or moldy just very old and dried out . We opened the bag, pulled out the carpet fibers and pieced it back together. Lived there 18 months and obviously I had never vacuumed the bathroom.