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Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on January 29, 2003, 02:26:09 pm
OK, so what are people's opinions about having carpet in the bathroom. A lot of people seem to think that it is sinful, but I disagree. I have a carpet in the bathroom, I mean, you want warm feet when you get out of the bath, right?

I believe it is predomininantly a Northern Britain thing, though I could be wrong.
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Thorn on January 29, 2003, 02:28:09 pm
nothing wrong with it, so long as you dont mind mold growing on it when it gets wet...
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Stryke 9 on January 29, 2003, 02:30:20 pm
And so long as it isn't a public bathroom. I don't even want to THINK of an absorbent surface in one of those...
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Shrike on January 29, 2003, 02:31:59 pm
Sinful?  I think it's a bit silly - tile is far better - but what does sin have to do with it?
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on January 29, 2003, 02:32:14 pm
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Originally posted by StrykeIX
And so long as it isn't a public bathroom. I don't even want to THINK of an absorbent surface in one of those...


Hmm... true. Especially when you consider all the, ermm.... antisocial behaviour that goes on within.

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Originally posted by Shrike
tile is far better


Why? It only makes your feet cold.
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: kode on January 29, 2003, 02:44:03 pm
not a carpet on the whole floor, but a small one to keep your feet warm.
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Shrike on January 29, 2003, 03:11:39 pm
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Why? It only makes your feet cold.
Because tile is waterproof?  And when you get out of the shower, you're generally wet?
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Thorn on January 29, 2003, 03:17:20 pm
Carpet can stay wet for days...
trust me...
Person in the apartment above mine had a "little" flood..
It was raining in one part of mine.....
Had someone come and clean most of it up with one of those huge carpet cleaning things, but it was still wet for two days afterwards....
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Nico on January 29, 2003, 03:58:06 pm
:wtf:
you guys are weird.
ok, at my home: I have a carpet, when I go out of the showe, that way, I won't play wipeout in real time coz my feet are wet, and I don't like walking on cold tiles. Ok, after, it's wet. Oh! End of the world I tell you!!! of course it might occur to you all that you can hang a carpet so it can dry?
geez. And I thought I was reflecting over silly problems.
what will be the next question?
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Thorn on January 29, 2003, 04:06:35 pm
I think he meant a carpet like you'd have in your bedroom... one thats attached... not a rug....
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: aldo_14 on January 29, 2003, 04:25:37 pm
My brothers flat had a carpet in the toilet when he bought it.  When we pulled it up, the plywood flooring underneath had large pish stains.  At least with tiles, you know when someones been pissing on the floor........
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Knight Templar on January 29, 2003, 04:30:51 pm
*has a 2 foot by 2 foot rug in bathroom*

works great, and when its in the wash, I use a towel.

Done and Done
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Post by: karajorma on January 29, 2003, 04:38:07 pm
Get tiles with underfloor heating :) Best of both worlds
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Stealth on January 29, 2003, 04:44:17 pm
what we've got in two of the three bathrooms (and i've only heard about this in America) is this platic looking stuff, made to look like tiles, but it's actually completely smooth, and looks like tile.  it's kind of like a plastic wallpaper, that goes on the floor... very effective
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: aldo_14 on January 29, 2003, 04:54:35 pm
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Originally posted by Stealth
what we've got in two of the three bathrooms (and i've only heard about this in America) is this platic looking stuff, made to look like tiles, but it's actually completely smooth, and looks like tile.  it's kind of like a plastic wallpaper, that goes on the floor... very effective


Linoleum?

We used to have that on the kitchen floor.  

And, 3 bathrooms :eek2:
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Zeronet on January 29, 2003, 04:58:11 pm
The intelligent solution, is to have tiles, but place a rug over them, to stand on. Course, oddly, the floor is never my main concern in regards to difference of heat when leaving the bath. Usually the surrounding air, but seeing as my house is heated, i,ve not considered the coldness.
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: J3Vr6 on January 29, 2003, 05:03:18 pm
I have a small rug by the bathtub so when I get out, but I try to dry myself off as much as I can before I exit the tub.   that way the rug doesn't stay that wet and I don't have to worry about it molding.  I make sure to keep the rug away from the toilet, though.  I have a very old uncle who likes to miss.... ruined a perfectly good rug that way :sigh:
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Stealth on January 29, 2003, 05:15:22 pm
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Originally posted by aldo_14


Linoleum?

We used to have that on the kitchen floor.  
that's it, yeah, the kitchen floor kind of stuff.  it works good![
And, 3 bathrooms :eek2:
what?
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Knight Templar on January 29, 2003, 05:17:35 pm
3 Bath rooms is usually considered a lot, especially if you don't have an overly large family.
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Stealth on January 29, 2003, 05:30:28 pm
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
3 Bath rooms is usually considered a lot, especially if you don't have an overly large family.


five people?
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Knight Templar on January 29, 2003, 05:32:10 pm
5 People would not be considered an overly large family by my terms. Thus the ":eek2: "

Besides, that's a **** load of toilet paper..  no pun intended.
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Stealth on January 29, 2003, 05:33:58 pm
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
5 People would not be considered an overly large family by my terms. Thus the ":eek2: "

Besides, that's a **** load of toilet paper..  no pun intended.


i lived in a house for almost 8 years that had 4 bathrooms
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Stryke 9 on January 29, 2003, 05:34:43 pm
... Was the previous owner incontinent?
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Stealth on January 29, 2003, 05:38:46 pm
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Originally posted by StrykeIX
... Was the previous owner incontinent?


no, my dad built the house
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Knight Templar on January 29, 2003, 05:44:46 pm
...

Your dad have an uncontroable bladder?
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Shrike on January 29, 2003, 05:44:47 pm
What an amusing discussion.
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Post by: Thorn on January 29, 2003, 05:45:56 pm
Indeed....
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Stealth on January 29, 2003, 05:47:23 pm
the main bedroom had a bathroom, my sisters each had a room and they shared a bathroom by their room, we had a bathroom downstairs which was for the guest room, and we had one in the garage
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Stealth on January 29, 2003, 05:58:19 pm
i'm going to find some pictures of the houses that my dad built and we lived in
3 alltogether.
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Anaz on January 29, 2003, 06:20:09 pm
carpet in the bathroom is simply harder to clean up. That is why tile is prefered, as it doesn't stain, and things come off of it very easily
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Fetty on January 29, 2003, 07:04:11 pm
and its disgusting if "friends" vomit on it :rolleyes:
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on January 30, 2003, 03:14:16 pm
Stealth, why not just settle for one of something? Why do you have to have so many. bathrooms, avatars....

Anyway, Carpet rules!

It's all very well saying "get under floor heating", but when you're poor, like we are, you can't afford such frivoliites.
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Shrike on January 30, 2003, 03:20:12 pm
Get a tile floor and put a throw rug or bath mat over it.  Easy to clean, easy to dry.
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on January 30, 2003, 03:27:44 pm
Make me.
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Gortef on January 30, 2003, 03:31:22 pm
nothing wrong with having a carpet in the bathroom... nothing at all
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Shrike on January 30, 2003, 03:38:32 pm
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Make me.
You're not worth it. :p
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Stealth on January 30, 2003, 04:04:27 pm
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB

It's all very well saying "get under floor heating", but when you're poor, like we are, you can't afford such frivoliites.


true dat brotha!
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on January 31, 2003, 06:44:08 am
Are you suggesting that you're poor? You've got inorddinate numbers of bathrooms.
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Stealth on January 31, 2003, 04:16:11 pm
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Are you suggesting that you're poor? You've got inorddinate numbers of bathrooms.


i'm suggesting i'm not rich.

perhaps not poor, but not rich either... and 3 bathrooms isn't "inordinate" ;)
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: beatspete on January 31, 2003, 04:35:55 pm
...nothing wrong with carpets, its warmer on your feet when you get out the shower.


Personally one of my bathrooms has a  wooden floor, with a rug over part of it.  The other bathroom is just lino tiles.
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: phreak on January 31, 2003, 06:55:15 pm
now all we need is fart jokes.. :nervous:

having carpet in the bathroom would be a good idea as long as:
-it wasn't shag carpeting (the stuff from the 70s)
-it had stain resistant materials "built" into it
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 01, 2003, 07:40:13 am
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Originally posted by Stealth
and 3 bathrooms isn't "inordinate" ;)


'course it is! 1 Bathroom is sensible, maybe two for convenience. Or one bathroom, and a separate toilet.
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Stealth on February 01, 2003, 10:39:34 am
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB


'course it is! 1 Bathroom is sensible, maybe two for convenience. Or one bathroom, and a separate toilet.


naaa ;)
Title: Having carpet in your bathroom
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on February 02, 2003, 04:51:20 am
I see you have lost an avatar.