On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 19:38:18 +0100, Andrew Gabriel
wrote:

Just a heads-up...
Porcelain tiles can be very slippery when you step out of
a bath or shower onto them. I have them in a bathroom and
I like them, but I keep a rubber-backed bath mat in front
of the bath/shower to avoid slipping. I would think twice
about installing them in a bath/shower room which might be
used by an elderly or infirm person.

Seconded. As I commented earlier cork tiles are my choice and while I am
not particularly into tree-hugging, they are from a renewable resource. I
was quite taken aback when I saw my first /Quercus suber/ which had been
harvested. They just ring-bark it, a procedure which would kill most
trees. Four or five years later, the bark has grown back and is harvested
again.

Quite a number of years ago, in my Scout Leader guise, I was involved in a
trip to the now defunct Fantaseas in Chingford.This water park had smooth
tiles in the changing room and I found enough difficulty keeping a
foothold with wet feet. Worse still the boys by their nature were running
around on this treacherous surface. When they were all in the minibuses,
the leaders breathed a collective sigh of relief, knowing that their
charges were all intact.

John Schmitt

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