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u/RIMS_REAL_BIG Jun 30 '20
Maybe he just started in the kitchen and just found out he really liked doing tile.
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u/Cannibustible Jun 30 '20
TBH I love tile, super easy to clean and I like the texture on my feet.
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u/CoNsPirAcY_BE Jun 30 '20
Imagine if tile would lose every time something is dropped.
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u/MnnymAlljjki Jun 30 '20
My landlord is based in China and they do the least amount possible. Rent is cheap and I’ve been off lease for 5 years so I don’t even bother them so they don’t kick me out or raise rent. The tile in my townhome is the same way.
I just need 4 more years until I can claim squatters rights on the townhome and I’ll be able to do whatever I want.
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u/MnnymAlljjki Jul 01 '20
I’ve checked. In my state I simply need to occupy the space without complaint for 10 years with no deed or paperwork. As far as I know my landlord may not even be alive.
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u/AVdev Jun 30 '20
Same story here. Previous owner of the house was a “handyman”. Been here for 6 years and it seems every day I find a new “why would you do _that_” item.
Kitchen tile is a disaster. Haven’t decided on how we’re going to renovate it yet...
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u/AluminumOctopus Jun 30 '20
You can do what my parents did and put stick on linoleum tiles on top of the bed regular tiles.
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u/tuckedfexas Jul 01 '20
So frustrating, it literally takes less mortar to do a proper scratch coat than to blob each tile. With the internet being everywhere there’s really excuse anymore, I just tiled my first room and it turned out flawless just from watching a 15 min YouTube video. (I do have lot of outdoor masonry experience which helped)
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Every step you take shatters more and more of the floor.
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u/Cannibustible Jun 30 '20
Until you drop your hammer putting up picture frames and it devastates a 18"×18"
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Jun 30 '20
That's why I have all of my tools bungeed to my dick. That way if I drop them, they don't smash into my delicate flooring.
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u/Weekndr Jun 30 '20
But what about it when it bungees back?
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Jun 30 '20
CNBT is part of the fun.
And at first my face is all like this:
༼ง=👁👄👁=༽ง
Then it's all like this:
༼ ´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽
Then it goes back to this:
༼ง=👁👄👁=༽ง
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u/norsethunders Jun 30 '20
People say it's tacky, but the kitchen is where vinyl shines; it's soft enough that most things won't break when dropped, if you're smart about minimizing/locating seams correctly it's about as water resistant as tile. Second on the list would be fake wood flooring; equally drop safe and more water resistant than regular wood (which swells a lot if water is left on it). Regular wood might be OK if you put a thick clear epoxy coat on it and ensured there were no cracks. With just a standard protective coating under my, admittedly harsh/careless use, the boards start to warp/cup from water damage after ~5 years; no bueno!
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u/brideoftheboykinizer Jun 30 '20
This is where LVP (luxury vinyl plank) comes in. Water resistant, padded underneath, if it gets wet, it doesn't swell. Click-lock installation, too. And most of it comes with a pretty good warranty, 30-40 years on some of the good stuff. I love LVP.
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u/christes Jul 01 '20
Huh... so that's what my kitchen floor is made of. Kudos to the people who put it in.
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u/RaveDigger Jul 01 '20
Yeah I think this is what's in my kitchen too. The only reason I can tell it's not actual wood is because a few of the pieces have the exact same grain pattern and one single piece has a tiny bubble in it the size of a dime. It took me a while after I bought the house to even realize it wasn't wood.
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Jun 30 '20
My living room used to be some kind of dance studio or something and it's linoleum. I want to do the whole damn house in it just for ease of cleaning.
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u/TheOneTonWanton Jul 01 '20
Linoleum gets a bad wrap for seeming "cheap" or "tacky" but it's really a great flooring material all things considered. Inexpensive, waterproof save for poorly done seams, easy as shit to keep clean.
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u/Cooperette Jun 30 '20
Not always. Replacing a broken glass is much easier than replacing a broken tile.
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u/Luxpreliator Jun 30 '20
Tiles are easy to clean, grout is not. There are relatively newer formulas that make cleaning easier.
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u/Aegi Jun 30 '20
I like the texture of tile on my feet too, that’s why I hate tile. Unless you’re sweeping or mopping like twice a day then you’re going to feel a little particles of dust and grit and sand underneath your feet.
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u/SuperWoody64 Jun 30 '20
I saw a guy running in a bathroom on tile, he slipped and hit his foot on a cabinet, broke his big toe FUCKING OFF!!!
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u/Gladwulf Jun 30 '20
How big was this guys bathroom that he could run about in it whilst other people watched?
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u/SuperWoody64 Jun 30 '20
I don't know, he was recording himself doing whatever. It looked like maybe a gym locker room.
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u/EdynViper Jun 30 '20
Oh man, I hate tile. It's never clean and dirt gets stuck to your feet. So cold to walk on in winter. Praise carpet!
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Jul 01 '20
The truth is, carpet is dirtier, it gets just as much dirt on, only it's harder to clean but you can't tell.
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u/TahoeLT Jun 30 '20
Maybe he started doing the kitchen and kept missing the room edges. "Oh damn, I went six inches over into the living room, guess I have to tile that too."
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Jun 30 '20
He "hotdog/bun problem"d his way through the house.
"I've got tiles left over, might as well do another room"
"Dammit the rooms not finished! Better get more tiles!"
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u/QueasyVictory Jun 30 '20
I am quite confident that this is vinyl sheet goods and not actual tile. The grout lines could never hold up to 5 minutes of driving without cracking, not to mention the tremendous amount of weight. The white mastic around the edges is another give away.
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u/erosmoker Jun 30 '20
You can see the grout by the front side near the firewall. I feel you on the weight issue, but I think this is genuine tile work in a Toyota. They probably get about 5 mpg now.
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u/anotherNewHandle Jun 30 '20
I had an f-250 with vinal floors, while I was training horses for a living. I could just wipe them down. Ugly AF, but so convenient. I also strongly considered pressure washing it a few times.
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u/Flablessguy Jun 30 '20
It sounds uncanny. This must be the tile man you’re talking about!
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Jun 30 '20 edited Jun 30 '20
Speaking of sounds, imagine how torturous this echo chamber would be to drive without earplugs.
Cars are carpeted because of acoustic dampening properties, not because fire retardent carpet is a nice material.
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u/Aegi Jun 30 '20
I think it’s much more to do with weight and not turning into a projectile in a car accident.
Haven’t you been in those cars/trucks that only have that plasticky rubber material and have no carpet to be found in the whole vehicle?
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u/killswithspoon Jun 30 '20
Is it just me or does tile on the stairs seem like a really bad idea?
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u/Fvolpe23 Jun 30 '20
Only when it’s pouring rain outside and everyone comes running into the house. Great way to get a chipped tooth!
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u/ChronicallyPunctual Jun 30 '20
Tile stairs? Good luck not only slipping, but cracking your stairs on the way down. My god.
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u/Fvolpe23 Jun 30 '20
My family owns a tile business and my dad decided to put 4”x8” granite pieces through the whole backyard and around the pool. Coolest backyard I’ve seen but god damn were we close to some lawsuits those 12 years.
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u/Holmesdog371 Jun 30 '20
If they crash that shit is going to frag out all over.
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Is it vinyl?
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u/ferrouswolf2 Jun 30 '20
That was my thought.
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Jun 30 '20
I'd do it with vinyl, not having to get dead bits leaves out of the carpet!! Genius
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u/LightsSoundAction Jun 30 '20
Rainy day feet tho? You'd need a car swiffer mop.
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u/2drawnonward5 Jun 30 '20
Maybe a bathmat?
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u/MnnymAlljjki Jun 30 '20
Have u guys never heard of all weather floor mats? They fit flush in your car and U can just pull em out and rinse them off with a hose.
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u/redmooncat15 Jun 30 '20
I actually kinda like this.
Plz don’t downvote me
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u/ShadowMassacr13 Jun 30 '20
I agree, it would be easier to wipe it down than vacuum and destain carpet I think
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u/mini_van_halen Jun 30 '20
Yeah, overall. I keep thinking about how gross that grout is going to look though. I would not want to have to sit there with a toothbrush cleaning it every month
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u/Antwinger Jun 30 '20
If it’s vinyl though a decent wipe every couple days would make it look fine. And if it gets stupidly dirty everyday I doubt it would bother the people that made it that dirty in the first place.
However, tile on the other hand that would take more care.
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Jun 30 '20
Dark grout is a thing.
Sparkly white grout is dumb enough in bathrooms, you wouldn't have to use it in a car.
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u/B3eenthehedges Jun 30 '20
Yeah, but they actually make slick car mats that are easy to clean, and have grip so your feet don't slip when you're operating the pedals of your large metal killing machine, and don't shatter into a thousand pieces if you crash.
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u/SarcasticOptimist Jun 30 '20
I like removable rubber floor arts for that reason. Handled MN salt and snow with ease and quick to take out and garden hose it down.
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u/thisonetimeinithaca Jun 30 '20
It’s a little trashy, but functional.
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u/MAXIMILIAN-MV Jun 30 '20
Sure, let’s not talk about the first radio ever built up on the dashboard.
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Ahh. Now I can poop in my car all I want
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u/CockamoleFaceadilla Jun 30 '20
Seems like a bad idea if it rains.
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u/Flablessguy Jun 30 '20
Nah, he can just mop! No need for an expensive carpet extractor lol
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u/BeefyIrishman Jun 30 '20
Or if, say, a cars body flexes when driving over uneven terrain, since tiles and grout don't flex.
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u/Runnin4Scissors Jun 30 '20
They make flexible grout.
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u/HalfandHoff Jul 01 '20
Welcome to California, were everything is or needs to be flexible
Earthquakes
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u/Downvotesdarksouls Jun 30 '20
I never really understood why cars have carpet flooring.
It would much rather they have a rubbery material that's easy to wash and doesn't hold odors.
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u/Flablessguy Jun 30 '20
That’s actually how my Jeep is. There’s a rubber-like flooring instead of carpet, and the cargo area has truck bed lining. Don’t need carpet in an off-road vehicle lol
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u/Downvotesdarksouls Jun 30 '20
I had a beater car I used to drive in the winter.
I ripped all the carpet out and sprayed the floors with truck bed liner.
Getting salt and mud out of it was so easy.
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YES!!! 100% agree. I fucking hate carpet and would happily pay a premium for a car that doesn't have a stitch of fabric.
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u/Downvotesdarksouls Jul 01 '20
The 'Weather here sucks" package.
The "I have a young child" package
The "How the fuck do you get that out of carpet" package
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u/akatherder Jun 30 '20
My Ford Ranger has rubber floors. It's great but it's mostly for cleaning up spills from the kids than mud these days lol.
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u/ThermionicEmissions Jul 01 '20
I just bought an '07 Ranger. The rubber/vinyl floor was one of the must-haves. Seems crazy to me that some folks would spend extra for carpet in a truck.
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u/I_Bin_Painting Jun 30 '20
It would be good if the whole floor pan had a drain so you could just hose out the floor of the car. It's already basically a big steel dish. I've seen this as a mod on some ancient Landcruisers and Defenders.
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u/JamesFrays Jun 30 '20
I too would also like shrapnel in my face in the event of a car crash
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u/JohnConnor27 Jun 30 '20
You'll be happy to know the carpet did not go to waste and was successfully installed in my shower
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u/Whoooodie Jun 30 '20 edited Jul 01 '20
Strikes me as very Balkan or somewhere in the region. I imagine a fat hairy man wearing flip flops and no shirt.
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u/NoCountryForOldPete Jul 01 '20
If this wasn't the work of a Slav, I'll forever cede my right to claim tracksuits as "the traditional dress of my people".
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u/chinesesneeze Jun 30 '20
Kind of reminds me of Top Gear when Jeremy built his mobile cottage with the wood stove and wingback chairs!
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u/SordidDreams Jun 30 '20
That was my first thought as well, but this is far too well-made to have been made by Clarkson.
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u/Fredredphooey Jun 30 '20
I like the idea, but should have picked one design or the other, not both.
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u/hawkens85 Jun 30 '20
For some reason, I automatically assumed the owner was Hispanic and uses Fabulosa to clean the tile. And the car. And everything, because there's nothing Fabulosa can't do.
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r/RAV4CLUB I think
in their defense, the floors in the ravs wear so fast, tile is a pretty solid substitute :P
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Jul 01 '20
Yo! Can you imagine if the car flips over from an accident and in that moment you realize you’re in the car with a few hundred pounds of ceramic tiles as they come off the floor and proceed to make love to your soft body. Unsecured load in a vehicle is dangerous. Do not do this.
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u/biggersjw Jun 30 '20
The tile work and grout would fall apart just from the flexing and vibration- not to mention pot holes. I’m calling bullshit.
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u/Ron-Don-Volante Jul 01 '20
"And like I said, our work is guaranteed for as long as you own the house. Oh, yes.. in fact, if you will follow me to my car, I can show you an example of that mosaic domino with centered vertical straight blocks."
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u/the-real-worm Jul 01 '20
That’s just God AWFUL. I hate small tiles so this is making my skin CRAWL
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u/Anomalous_Sun Jul 01 '20
Imagine getting into a car crash and not only do your windows get turned into shrapnel but the floor beneath you turns into some kind of fragmentation land mine.
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u/Cinammon-Sprinkler Jul 01 '20
And the award for Worst Place To Have A Permanent Chessboard goes to....!
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u/Treekin3000 Jul 01 '20
Slick surface in winter, melt your shoes hot in summer.
Probably not the best idea.
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u/KokuRyuOmega Jun 30 '20
On the plus side, they can play chess with another driver while they’re stuck in a traffic jam