>Interesting
If old spilled food, water soaked into the carpet, grease, spit, and blood are "interesting" to you then you probably have brain damage from black mold from your kitchen carpet. Rip it out and seek medical help
>Move into an old house that has 80s style carpeting everywhere, including the bathrooms. >Rip it out of the house to discover hardwood floors or tiles underneath
The bathroom carpets were soaked with decades of dried urine and blood. Utterly disgusting.
when i was like 15-17 I worked for my friend's dad who bought foreclosures and reno'd them and flipped/rented them. We would do unskilled labor which often meant pulling old carpet and pad. they would be so disgusting (even in decent homes) that I can't imagine how people ever use carpet. some were so soaked in urine and shit it was almost unbearable. i made minimum wage, no protective gear at all lol. I'll probably get cancer from it someday. i honestly can't imagine how my parents let me do that shit, we weren't even poor.
I worked for my friend's father for two summers doing similar shit. $20 a day flat rate, usually worked from dawn til dusk. The worst we ever did was when he put us in a basement and had us break up the concrete floor with sledgehammers, then put it in an old recycling bin and haul it up through the house, then outside to the dumpster. My arms didn't work for a fricking week. I never in my life slept better than I did that night.
>My arms didn't work for a fricking week
did you try drinking milk?
I've found after particularly body-wrecking work if I go hard on drinking milk I seem to heal faster
I've heard a story of a dog who lost an eye and was put on an all-milk diet, I forget how long, maybe a month and a half. anyway the dog actually regrew (!!!) a new eye. the milk might have been an unusual milk like goat's milk, I don't remember exactly.
We wore gloves, masks, and eyewear. The worst was the carpet around the toilet itself. It had a dusty yellow cloud and the smell alone made me vomit into the bathtub.
Who the frick is bleeding on their bathroom floor
Maybe younger girls who are not used to their periods or something? There were large blood stains that had been semi-treated with stain removal but the wood and carpet underside was awful.
The rules are destined to change. When I own a house I will have wallpaper on the floor and linoleum on the walls and a shag carpet splashback. This will only be the beginning. I can not be stopped.
really disgusting, in a living room its ok since only dust which is dead skin cells will land. But in a kitchen, food can become rancid and seep into the carpet.
Carpet nowhere. Take the LVP pill. So much easier to clean, waterproof, won't discolor, lasts forever, easier to lay, can replace single planks if necessary, looks better. There is literally no downside.
You know what?
If it was those carpet tiles that were removeable and you could take it outside and waterblast it... I don't hate it.
But then again you probably have to wash it once a month and that seems like more of a hassle than it's worth, just wear slippers I say.
Just wear shoes. If you ever have guests there are going to be people walking in your house with shoes, anyway. Unless you're the type of person rude enough to demand they strip for you.
they should take their shoes off by default unless they are a degenerate piece of shit, who walks around outside and then has the lack of awareness and courtesy to trample whatever is on their shoes all over someones house, disgusting uncivilised mongrels.
as long as you have a bissell big green or similar carpet cleaning machine (I have one) then I say yes.
the first reason is that carpet is naturally non-slip. 99.9% of the time that doesn't really matter but the other 0.1% could be life or death someday.
second reason is it's just easier on your feet. you're always standing in the kitchen and sometimes you need to do one of those special dinners which requires a lot of preparation. that's a lot of standing on your feet, which is pretty punishing on floors like tile.
third reason is sound absorption. carpet is a fantastic sound dampener. kitchens are full of devices that humm and make awful noises, especially modern refrigerators. it will just about drive you mad if you're like me. carpet alleviates that tremendously.
the hygeine issue is real, I don't deny it, but it forces you to pick up cleaner habits so eventually it's not as big a deal. also, nobody ever talks about "the five second rule" on carpet.
Also it's true that carpets can retain a lot of bad stuff including bacteria, but for the most part, as long as it's IN the carpet and not being brought to the surface it's not doing a lot of harm.
lastly, and this is not a big deal but it's worth mentioning, dropped plates and glasses are less likely to break on carpet. that said, if glass DOES shatter on carpet, that's a nightmare.
>second reason is it's just easier on your feet.
lol. I actually have a dedicated pair of Skechers Gogamat slippers which I wear in my kitchen since I pretty much spend 3-4 hours in the kitchen every single day (housewife here). It really does do wonders for my feet (highly recommended) and no need to worry about filthy carpets. Even with the best kitchen habits (and I’m autistic) minor spills happen all the time and I just don’t see carpet being feasible. My kitchen floor are tiles and thanks to my slippers they’ve shown pretty much zero wear over the past decade; I think I’m on my third pair of these slippers since moving in.
>sound absorption
Very underrated point. You can't cover a kitchen in plush seats and thick curtains, by nature they tend to be full of hard surfaces. Carpets are one of the few areas where you can make an improvement. And it's true modern appliances are so noisy, like they are hissing at you all day long.
In general this is just something that gets ignored these days. Restaurants are getting so noisy it's unbelievable. People run their screaming loud laptops in public cafes and nobody even considers it rude. And when you add up all the cell and bluetooth signals there's a kind of inaudible hissing that you feel everywhere you go now
Neigh, unhygienic same as bathroom
This. Its disgusting. Kitchen is for tile or cheap vinyl
Imagine being this poor. Hardwood floors in the kitchen you serf.
But its soft and develops an interesting smell
>Interesting
If old spilled food, water soaked into the carpet, grease, spit, and blood are "interesting" to you then you probably have brain damage from black mold from your kitchen carpet. Rip it out and seek medical help
>Move into an old house that has 80s style carpeting everywhere, including the bathrooms.
>Rip it out of the house to discover hardwood floors or tiles underneath
The bathroom carpets were soaked with decades of dried urine and blood. Utterly disgusting.
Who the frick is bleeding on their bathroom floor
menstruation
Hooker parts crammed up my ass
when i was like 15-17 I worked for my friend's dad who bought foreclosures and reno'd them and flipped/rented them. We would do unskilled labor which often meant pulling old carpet and pad. they would be so disgusting (even in decent homes) that I can't imagine how people ever use carpet. some were so soaked in urine and shit it was almost unbearable. i made minimum wage, no protective gear at all lol. I'll probably get cancer from it someday. i honestly can't imagine how my parents let me do that shit, we weren't even poor.
I worked for my friend's father for two summers doing similar shit. $20 a day flat rate, usually worked from dawn til dusk. The worst we ever did was when he put us in a basement and had us break up the concrete floor with sledgehammers, then put it in an old recycling bin and haul it up through the house, then outside to the dumpster. My arms didn't work for a fricking week. I never in my life slept better than I did that night.
>My arms didn't work for a fricking week
did you try drinking milk?
I've found after particularly body-wrecking work if I go hard on drinking milk I seem to heal faster
I've heard a story of a dog who lost an eye and was put on an all-milk diet, I forget how long, maybe a month and a half. anyway the dog actually regrew (!!!) a new eye. the milk might have been an unusual milk like goat's milk, I don't remember exactly.
anyway that's my 2c
I haven't had a glass of milk in probably twenty years.
well that's not good
I'm very sorry to hear that, anon. If I went that long without a glass of milk I'd probably kill myself.
to be fair he might be east asian or some other lactose intolerant group
We wore gloves, masks, and eyewear. The worst was the carpet around the toilet itself. It had a dusty yellow cloud and the smell alone made me vomit into the bathtub.
Maybe younger girls who are not used to their periods or something? There were large blood stains that had been semi-treated with stain removal but the wood and carpet underside was awful.
My childhood home had carpets in the bathroom. It was kind of nice actually. Just don't piss on the floor.
Linoleum is the only acceptable kitchen flooring
ceramic > linoleum
The rules are destined to change. When I own a house I will have wallpaper on the floor and linoleum on the walls and a shag carpet splashback. This will only be the beginning. I can not be stopped.
wienerroaches
YOU PISS ANTS
Die in a fire for even asking.
no room with a sink should have a carpet
>kitchen floor has a linoleum cover that slowly turns into a scuffed, dented, chipped mess
really disgusting, in a living room its ok since only dust which is dead skin cells will land. But in a kitchen, food can become rancid and seep into the carpet.
Carpet nowhere. Take the LVP pill. So much easier to clean, waterproof, won't discolor, lasts forever, easier to lay, can replace single planks if necessary, looks better. There is literally no downside.
My house has it, and people think it's actual hardwood all the time. Best of all worlds
Except carpet is cushy and pleasant to walk on.
Carpets>carpeting. Learn the difference and embrace true greatness.
polished concrete
carpet in general is disgusting
nay af
You know what?
If it was those carpet tiles that were removeable and you could take it outside and waterblast it... I don't hate it.
But then again you probably have to wash it once a month and that seems like more of a hassle than it's worth, just wear slippers I say.
Just wear shoes. If you ever have guests there are going to be people walking in your house with shoes, anyway. Unless you're the type of person rude enough to demand they strip for you.
they should take their shoes off by default unless they are a degenerate piece of shit, who walks around outside and then has the lack of awareness and courtesy to trample whatever is on their shoes all over someones house, disgusting uncivilised mongrels.
Sure, let me just release the pheremones from my feet into your house. I really want to signal lust during this platonic visit.
Normal people don't exude pheremones from their feet, anon. You should go see a doctor.
I go barefoot in the kitchen and then I brush my feet off with my hands and then I cook the food :^)
Carpets are nasty as frick. Sponges for bacteria.
as long as you have a bissell big green or similar carpet cleaning machine (I have one) then I say yes.
the first reason is that carpet is naturally non-slip. 99.9% of the time that doesn't really matter but the other 0.1% could be life or death someday.
second reason is it's just easier on your feet. you're always standing in the kitchen and sometimes you need to do one of those special dinners which requires a lot of preparation. that's a lot of standing on your feet, which is pretty punishing on floors like tile.
third reason is sound absorption. carpet is a fantastic sound dampener. kitchens are full of devices that humm and make awful noises, especially modern refrigerators. it will just about drive you mad if you're like me. carpet alleviates that tremendously.
the hygeine issue is real, I don't deny it, but it forces you to pick up cleaner habits so eventually it's not as big a deal. also, nobody ever talks about "the five second rule" on carpet.
Also it's true that carpets can retain a lot of bad stuff including bacteria, but for the most part, as long as it's IN the carpet and not being brought to the surface it's not doing a lot of harm.
lastly, and this is not a big deal but it's worth mentioning, dropped plates and glasses are less likely to break on carpet. that said, if glass DOES shatter on carpet, that's a nightmare.
>second reason is it's just easier on your feet.
lol. I actually have a dedicated pair of Skechers Gogamat slippers which I wear in my kitchen since I pretty much spend 3-4 hours in the kitchen every single day (housewife here). It really does do wonders for my feet (highly recommended) and no need to worry about filthy carpets. Even with the best kitchen habits (and I’m autistic) minor spills happen all the time and I just don’t see carpet being feasible. My kitchen floor are tiles and thanks to my slippers they’ve shown pretty much zero wear over the past decade; I think I’m on my third pair of these slippers since moving in.
Ywnbaw
t.
>sound absorption
Very underrated point. You can't cover a kitchen in plush seats and thick curtains, by nature they tend to be full of hard surfaces. Carpets are one of the few areas where you can make an improvement. And it's true modern appliances are so noisy, like they are hissing at you all day long.
In general this is just something that gets ignored these days. Restaurants are getting so noisy it's unbelievable. People run their screaming loud laptops in public cafes and nobody even considers it rude. And when you add up all the cell and bluetooth signals there's a kind of inaudible hissing that you feel everywhere you go now
What the frick???
You know that episode of The Office where Kevin spills a bucket of chili? I think of that scene every time I see a carpeted kitchen.
dumb idea
I have literally never seen such a thing in my life. I saw a carpeted bathroom once and that was disturbing enough.
>Culinaly - Food & Cooking
Frickin nay as shit, what the frick you moron
>mold in kitchen
nay