clicky poll: Is this gross?

RobinSparkles214

Are there any people who actually think carpeting in bathrooms is not gross? What the hell do you do when/if the toilet overflows? I just don't understand why anyone would think to themselves, "Hmm you know what would be great in that place we sh.it and p.iss in? Carpet, that's what". It just seems extemely unsanitary. [Poll]

isacdimi10

I'm absolutely skeeved out by it. Mold.

 

Kitchen is also pretty nasty/hard to deal with.

When I buy neither will have carpet.

JenniCollins

When I was house hunting a few years ago I was amazed at the number of carpeted bathrooms.  And the stains...YUCK!  I just walked out. 

[Deleted User]

Yeah, my MIL has that.  I had previously thought that trend died, but I guess not.  She's not the best decision maker ever though.

klondikebar

Unless you are my grandma in 1950, this should be utterly gross and never acceptable in a home.

ougrad1

I've never been in a bathroom with carpet....yep, yuck.

 

catycate

I lived in an apartment with carpet in the bathroom and there was one corner by the tub that NEVER dried. After living there for 6 months, I just started pretending it wasn't there. By the time I left after a year, it was this pastel gray color I had never seen before.

RobinSparkles214

My mom and MIL both have carpeted bathrooms. It grosses me out so much. I just want to ask why they think it's a good idea. Rip that sh!t up. They sell self adhesive bathroom flooring that you can cut to fit around sinks and sh!t for less than a dollar per tile.

I just don't get it. It shall remain one of lifes mysteries.

bumpuser260585

Yep, gross.
When we bought our house it had carpet in the kitchen. It was so stained and angeles like grease. It was almost a deal breaker for me, but dh assured me the kitchen was the first roomto be remodeled. I had to work the day they demo'd the kitchen bc I couldn't stand the carpet.

ChristinaDawn

Um yeah, no.  That's gross.  Two of my good friends got married and  ought a house and their bathroom is carpeted with a blue tub, sink and toilet lol.  They're saving up to redo it but dealing with it for now.  Theirs is clean, at least it looks and smells clean but it still has to go.

Manateearmz

I think I got a case of foot fungus just thinking about bathroom carpet. Ewww. What do you do if your SO dribbles on the carpet, or even worse if you drop a tampon (don't act like it has never happened to you). 

pawstech09

I don't even like carpet in dining rooms, although I can deal with it, it just seems like a big bulls eye for stains, crumbs, and food.

Bathroom carpet, he!! to the no.

pawstech09

MollusksWrangler:

Super gross, they inevitably smell like mildew too.

And I know someone will say "but I have carpeting in my bathroom and it doesn't smell".  Yes, yes it does, you just don't notice it because you live with it, it's like swearing your house doesn't smell like dogs.  

My MIL and FIL have these disgusting dogs that permeate odor wherever they go. You walk into either of their homes and it's like a wall of disgusting dog/wet dog slaps you in the face, and neither of them can smell it and get pissed off at the mention. It's nasty, and MIL seriously has no clue why her condo isn't selling over a year on the market...

ThePolishHammer

Very gross. I don't understand why people do this. Just buy mats! So you can wash them and keep your floor clean. 

penguingrrl

I'm grossed out by carpeting in general, so carpeting in the bathroom is even worse than elsewhere. Yucky!!!

Wufroggy79

Carpet in general kinda skeeves me out.  

nikip6454

I am a kitchen designer, people still ask for carpet in their kitchens and bathrooms.  It tends to be the older crowd and I am able to reason with them and get them into an appropriate floor covering!  They typically just want something softer than tile and never really thought of the nast that is in their carpeted kitchen until I point it out!

 Carpet in a bathroom/kitchen is pure nasty.  I also think dinning room (or where ever the main eating area is) can get pretty gross too but it just doesn't compare!

IrishEyes0530

I didn't even know people did that. I've never seen a bathroom or kitchen with carpet. Who even thinks of this shiit?

mrebecca

Yes. Totally disgusting.

a2pfunk

Our family business while I was growing up was carpeting/tile.  I can't beleive how many times my dad tried talking people out of carpet in the kitchen/bathroom and they insisted on it.  We often returned a few months later to replace it with something that made sense.

 

Wufroggy79

jackieboyd:

I didn't even know people did that. I've never seen a bathroom or kitchen with carpet. Who even thinks of this shiit?

True story.  My parents built a house in the late 80s with berber (sp?) carpeting wall to wall in the kitchen.  My friend and I were home alone one day melting old crayons in muffin tins in the oven with zero parental permission (they make one giant multicolored crayon when they cool), and well, the hot tin somehow touched my skin.  I tipped the pan and liquid crayon wax went all over the carpet.  I was grounded for weeks.  The stain sorta came out with LOTS of cleaning.  I have no clue what they were thinking when they chose that carpet.  

a2pfunk

nbeseau:

jackieboyd:

I didn't even know people did that. I've never seen a bathroom or kitchen with carpet. Who even thinks of this shiit?

True story.  My parents built a house in the late 80s with berber (sp?) carpeting wall to wall in the kitchen.  My friend and I were home alone one day melting old crayons in muffin tins in the oven with zero parental permission (they make one giant multicolored crayon when they cool), and well, the hot tin somehow touched my skin.  I tipped the pan and liquid crayon wax went all over the carpet.  I was grounded for weeks.  The stain sorta came out with LOTS of cleaning.  I have no clue what they were thinking when they chose that carpet.  

To be fair, melted crayon wax would have damaged ANY carpet. Not just ugly carpet.

chach916

KlondikeBar:

Unless you are my grandma in 1950, this should be utterly gross and never acceptable in a home.

I put mildly gross.  That was the style in the 50s so if I was in an older person's house and there was carpet, I wouldn't think it was odd and I give them a pass.

However, if someone today purposely put carpet in the bathroom, yeah, thats odd and very gross.

aforst

The house we moved into 3 years ago had carpet in both bathrooms upstairs.  We had a 1 y/o at the time that was soon to be potty training.  That shiz got ripped right out and tile went down.  I couldn't fathom why someone would put carpet in their bathroom.

Our neighbor said he likes his carpet in the bathroom b/c it's nice to step on carpet when you get out of the shower.  Uh....wet carpet = mold.  Also, he has two small boys.  I can't even begin to imagine the amount of piss around his toilets.