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Default Carpet Tile in bathroom

On Aug 25, 3:45*pm, Higgs Boson wrote:
Yes, I know; you're not supposed to use c.t. in bathroom.

But my old white vinyl tile is so beat up, and I can't afford to redo
the whole floor, that I thought I'd take a desperate leap and install
some carpet tile over it until things pick up. *I know I'm not
building for the ages g
just want it to look better.

This bathroom is small and well-ventilated. *I would put sink and
toilet rugs over the c.t. to protect high-traffic areas.

I have been on-line and looked at so many c.t.s that my head is
swimming. *Home Despot doesn't have a very attractive selection.

If I do this, should I opt for indoor/outdoor, or outdoor, or will
indoor do it.

Any advice appreciated


Instead of tiles, have you considered a single piece, rubber backed
rug made for bathrooms?

My parents have one in their house - have for years.

I know this because every 5 or so years Mom buys a new one and I have
to cut it to fit.

I make a pattern from newspaper, flip it over, tape it to the rubber
backed side, trace it and cut.

Mom (actually Dad, when Mom tells him too) takes it out a couple of
times a year and washes it in one of those big machines at the
laundromat and hangs it in the backyard to dry.

If SWMBO would let me have one, I'd put one in my bathrooms. It's soft
and toasty on the feet.