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n0tqu1tesane posted:Could be, but it was also partially underneath the cabinets. Seems likely that at one point the entire kitchen was carpeted, then the island that the dishwasher was in was added, then the carpet ripped out because carpet in a kitchen is a terrible idea, and that little bit was left underneath the dishwasher. were the bathrooms carpeted too? Carpeted kitchen? I cant think of why you would do that
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SneakyFrog posted:Carpeted kitchen? I cant think of why you would do that It was a different time, with different values. Mistakes were made. Bad Munki fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Oct 23, 2015 |
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Oct 23, 2015 16:09
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I lived in a double wide around that was purchased new in 2000 and it had carpet in the master bathroom, never had problems with mildew that I can remember. My mother-in-laws house (10 or 20 years old) also has carpet in the kitchen, but it's extremely short carpet like what you would find in a school or office building.
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Oct 23, 2015 16:32
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I went to an estate sale once. There was table upon table of fabric and old patterns (McCall's, Vogue, etc) for dirt cheap. It was a sewer's dream. I was going to excitedly call my sister. She would have loved it. Would have. Only I was too distracted by the carpet in the kitchen to call her. I could not get over the fact that there was loving carpet in the goddamn kitchen. Gross.
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Oct 23, 2015 16:35
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topenga posted:I went to an estate sale once. There was table upon table of fabric and old patterns (McCall's, Vogue, etc) for dirt cheap. It was a sewer's dream. I was going to excitedly call my sister. She would have loved it. Would have. Only I was too distracted by the carpet in the kitchen to call her. I could not get over the fact that there was loving carpet in the goddamn kitchen. Gross. All I Can think of is all the little drips from things. Pull an espresso shot - go to clean the portafilter - little drop of espresso every day. Or cooking bacon and the general splatter area. Or cooking anything greasy. Or that time you spill a little beer or wine. I have one of those shark steam cleaner guys and I use it every couple of weeks because little drips. I can't imagine it being stuck in loving carpet and how gross the carpet would smell.
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Oct 23, 2015 16:44
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topenga posted:I was too distracted by the carpet in the kitchen to call her. I could not get over the fact that there was loving carpet in the goddamn kitchen. Gross. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWoWHzq21tA
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Oct 23, 2015 17:20
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When I visited the UK I stayed in a country manor (for a wedding), and in the bathroom there was a) wall-to-wall carpet and b) no shower. I hadn't had a bath since I was a child and wasn't sure how to do anything but splash around and play with a toy submarine. Also, try as I might I could not help but make some occasional splashes while washing myself.
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Oct 23, 2015 17:28
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SneakyFrog posted:were the bathrooms carpeted too?
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Oct 23, 2015 19:08
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good luck with maintenance
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Oct 23, 2015 23:10
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Meh, the side with the electrical bits and the service ports are still perfectly easy to get to. Now, if he needs a new fan motor things might get interesting. And actually it looks like you might be able to get at the motor from the side anyways. But as far as preventative maintenance goes, that's not too bad. Hardly the worst AC layout I've seen. People never think about AC in terms of future service. Or any service. People only care about AC when it breaks. #HVACTechproblems.
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Oct 23, 2015 23:48
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I've seen carpets in bathrooms in some places in Switzerland and Germany. The ones I saw were in pretty good state but I would definitely not go for that... My grandparents had this great thing in their bathroom before they remodeled. It was all cork on the walls and floor. So very 70s. ExplodingSims posted:Hardly the worst AC layout I've seen. 
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Oct 24, 2015 00:03
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We had carpet in bathrooms growing up (Texas). Then the city cleaned the sewer and managed to pump sewage up through every pipe in our house. That sucked. Then it happened again a year later.
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Oct 24, 2015 00:22
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Nothing super interesting, but just poor design, like this: Which has about 1' of clearance from the wall there, and that's the compressor side. Good luck getting in there, and opening the doors. And that unit was also full of wasps. Also, you see lots of people who love putting the condenser side of the RTU near exhaust vents. Exhaust vents that do nothing but blast grease in the air 24/7. Then, after about a month, the AC stops blowing cold, and you clean it, and this happens:  Note: Coil cleaner foams up white. And sometimes you see fun stuff. Need more air to go somewhere?  But 90% it's pretty boring problems, like putting air handlers with like "1 clearance from a wall. Putting the service side of a condenser right up against the wall.
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Oct 24, 2015 00:26
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In the 80's in the UK, putting carpet in bathrooms was common. When I bought my house in 2005 or so it had a dark blue bathroom suite (dated 1984) with light blue floral tiles and a dark red deep pile carpet. The memories of removing that carpet - especially from around the bath and toilet still haunt me. It was disgusting.
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One time when I was living in the UK I got up in the morning, went into the bathroom, had a nice piss, and passed out. I can tell you I was pretty thankful when I came to, that the floor was carpeted. I'm not saying I love carpet in a bathroom but for safety it sure beats wet tile.
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Oct 24, 2015 01:04
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I'd honestly love to do some study on what sort of psychology or culture or lack of understanding of liquids and cleaning and the things that happen in a bathroom possibly could have ever lead to anyone even considering putting carpet in a bathroom, let alone it becoming almost popular for a while. Was cheap wall to wall carpet just this exciting new thing and people just had to put it everywhere?
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Baronjutter posted:I'd honestly love to do some study on what sort of psychology or culture or lack of understanding of liquids and cleaning and the things that happen in a bathroom possibly could have ever lead to anyone even considering putting carpet in a bathroom, let alone it becoming almost popular for a while. It doesn't feel cold in winter. That's the reason.
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Oct 24, 2015 01:23
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Speaking of which, I got to check out the Olympic Club in San Francisco once, which is basically a super-expensive gym for people with too much money. Their locker rooms are carpeted. I don't know how much they spend on keeping the place clean, but they manage it somehow; I didn't notice any stink, let alone any fungus or mold.
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Oct 24, 2015 01:40
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My house as a kid had a carpeted bathroom when we moved in, which lasted roughly as long as it took my dad to find a cheap linoleum remnant big enough to replace it with. I think he haggled the cost of professional replacement off the price of the house, too, so net gain.
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XmasGiftFromWife posted:It doesn't feel cold in winter. That's the reason. heat lamp! A bath mat! sorry I'm vigorous this evening. It just ugh. I had to remove one set of carpeting from a bathroom and it was one of the most vile things i have ever done
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Oct 24, 2015 04:15
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SneakyFrog posted:were the bathrooms carpeted too? My grandmother put bright white carpet in the kitchen as well as all the bathrooms. Really nice house too. The mothers would freak out if the grand kids had anything but water to drink, because of potential spilling.
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Oct 24, 2015 06:47
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Anubis posted:My grandmother put bright white carpet in the kitchen as well as all the bathrooms. Really nice house too. The mothers would freak out if the grand kids had anything but water to drink, because of potential spilling. ghaa white carpet just seems like a bad idea anywhere.
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Oct 24, 2015 13:23
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Anubis posted:My grandmother put bright white carpet in the kitchen as well as all the bathrooms. Really nice house too. The mothers would freak out if the grand kids had anything but water to drink, because of potential spilling. Well, at least you can bleach white pretty easy. Hope you like fumes!
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Oct 24, 2015 13:27
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SneakyFrog posted:ghaa white carpet just seems like a bad idea anywhere. White carpet is a sign of a soul repulsed by the idea that a house could be sufficiently clean. I always think of carpeted bathrooms as an old people thing I guess.
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Oct 24, 2015 18:08
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My grandma's kitchen had the weirdest carpet. It felt like a felt covering, like the floor was a giant pool table. I've never seen i since.
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Oct 24, 2015 18:45
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canyoneer posted:My grandma's kitchen had the weirdest carpet. It felt like a felt covering, like the floor was a giant pool table. I've never seen i since. That sounds like Flotex http://www.forbo.com/flooring/en-uk/products/flotex-flocked-flooring/ctbual Feels like carpet, waterproof like lino. A really good idea.
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Oct 24, 2015 20:03
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spog posted:That sounds like Flotex "Flotex Metro Neon". For the weird neon sex dungeon home, or weird neon sex dungeon office.
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Suspect Bucket posted:"Flotex Metro Neon". For the weird neon sex dungeon home, or weird neon sex dungeon office. I'm thinking "laser tag foyer"
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Flotex Bacteria. When you want your floor to look like this for some reason: Apparently it looks like "a constellation of stars". Uh huh.
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Flotex Calgary is the perfect choice for application areas that require a muted ambiance. Have you been to Calgary? We have. We... :thousand yard stare towards TIm Hortons: go stamps edit: Oh. Because of this thread, I now follow a tumblr devoted solely to a traveling salesman taking pictures of ugly carpet he finds in hotels. http://uglycarpetlife.tumblr.com/ Suspect Bucket fucked around with this message at 01:46 on Oct 25, 2015 |
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Oct 25, 2015 01:41
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spog posted:Feels like carpet, waterproof like lino. A really good idea. It's still pretty gross.
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Oct 25, 2015 02:12
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spog posted:That sounds like Flotex 
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Suspect Bucket posted:edit: Oh. Because of this thread, I now follow a tumblr devoted solely to a traveling salesman taking pictures of ugly carpet he finds in hotels. http://uglycarpetlife.tumblr.com/ At first glance, most of the "ugly" carpets actually own bones.
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Leperflesh posted:At first glance, most of the "ugly" carpets actually own bones. Oh yeah, people love that kinda carpet. Heck, even the Portland airport carpet has a cult following where people have gone so far as to tattoo themselves with the carpet design. There's even a whole industry of carpet patterned souvenir clothing as well.
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Oct 25, 2015 07:21
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Leperflesh posted:At first glance, most of the "ugly" carpets actually own bones. They kinda do. A lot of them look great as a small carpet sample. I'd love an area rug of most of those. But then you imagine that this carpet probably covers every walking surface in an entire hotel. Swoopy geometric patterns as far as the eye can see. A busy, high-traffic canvas to mask high-traffic areas. Skewed shapes and jarring colors chasing you down an infinite hallway forever.
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Suspect Bucket posted:"Flotex Metro Neon". For the weird neon sex dungeon home, or weird neon sex dungeon office. Color choices include "shock", "flame", "lava", "acid" and "zest".
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OSU_Matthew posted:Oh yeah, people love that kinda carpet. Heck, even the Portland airport carpet has a cult following where people have gone so far as to tattoo themselves with the carpet design. There's even a whole industry of carpet patterned souvenir clothing as well. People cosplay as the carpet in the Marriott hotel that's part of DragonCon in Atlanta: http://io9.com/cosplayers-threatened-with-legal-action-for-hotel-carpe-1366152096
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Suspect Bucket posted:They kinda do. A lot of them look great as a small carpet sample. I'd love an area rug of most of those. But then you imagine that this carpet probably covers every walking surface in an entire hotel. Swoopy geometric patterns as far as the eye can see. A busy, high-traffic canvas to mask high-traffic areas. Skewed shapes and jarring colors chasing you down an infinite hallway forever.
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Vulture Culture posted:Most importantly, they hide stains from beer, wine, vomit, blood, semen, and most other things you'll find on any given square inch of a hotel's carpet. perfect to put in the kitchen and bathroom
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I think the real question we need to be asking is can I use some of this carpet to hide my 400 pounds of concrete?
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