Is it bad form to have carpet in the downstairs toilet?

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Alarming_Carpet_@reddit

Don't put carpet in a room with water mains it.

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Not-not-a-Dr-guy@reddit

Any carpet in the vicinity of a toilet is… odd

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My comment has not been down voted by 400 people. I prefer carpet because I slipped on a hard floor because water was on there... If it was completely carpet I would have been fine and not hurt myself.

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Not-not-a-Dr-guy@reddit

Enjoy. Still odd though.

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I_Bin_Painting@reddit

My grandparents had a fully carpeted 70s bathroom, including carpet side panel for the bath. I have no idea how they did it looking back, but they kept it pristine.

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Lessarocks@reddit

Same with my parents. Carpeted bathrooms were seen as luxurious back then but everybody had the washable toilet pedestals with matching bath mats. These were rubber backed so nothing would get through to the carpet underneath. We had two sets so one in the wash and one in use. Despite the carpeting, the bathroom was pristine and never, ever had any damp or mould. But my mother insisted on the window being open much if the time to let moist air escape.

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b1tchlasagna@reddit

I saw a house where they basically put new carpet everywhere and with the spare bit of extra carpet they thought it's a good idea to put that in the bathroom Like, honestly it'd sell better if you had absolutely nothing but bare wood in the bathroom. Who the hell has carpet in there?

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ShadyAidyX@reddit

Did your grandparents strangely stink of BO and the locals foxes scared of that corner in the garden?

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GoldFreezer@reddit

The first house I bought had a carpeted bathroom. When we took it up, the underside from next to the toilet was stained yellow 🤮

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I_Bin_Painting@reddit

Gross but expected really

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PaulBradley@reddit

Wet/dry vacuum after every use?

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I_Bin_Painting@reddit

It realistically must have been something like that because like I said, it remained pristine and they had a fair few male grandkids using it.

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PaulBradley@reddit

What colour was the carpet? 👀

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I_Bin_Painting@reddit

Pink.

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ClaustrophobicSting@reddit

What about those little horse-shoe shaped rugs that are specifically designed to round the bottom of a toilet?

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Mumfiegirl@reddit

You mean the piss trap

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Disastrous_Air_3156@reddit

Ew but you can wash them at least

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CabinetOk4838@reddit

You know you need to wash them when you go back to bed with wet feet.

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EyezOnMakaveli@reddit

I wash it when they start to grow fungi. I also only hoover when the cockroaches start wearing slippers.

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Wonderpants_uk@reddit

Well la di dah! I only wash mine when it has a whole ring of mushrooms growing from it.

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ronnie_dickering@reddit

What is 'wash'?

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cybertonto72@reddit

Tell me you harvest the mushrooms first!

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h2man@reddit

The ones that you can replace without calling a tradesman to replace? What about them?

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AlexRichmond26@reddit

Those are washed in a washing machine twice per week with bleach and double washing powder as per instructions. Please do read them.

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ClaustrophobicSting@reddit

I tried to read it, but the label has gone a greenish-black colour so the text isn’t really legible anymore.

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tmstms@reddit

They can be washed if soiled, so they are better.

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Roger_Tchouttabouffa@reddit

Those are okay as they can be washed or replaced as necessary.

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edfosho1@reddit

I thought they are shaped that way to fit round pedestal basins?

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Ruskythegreat@reddit

You are correct, they are.

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Open-Sea8388@reddit

And more so in bathroom. Everytime you get out of bath or show your gonna be moving carefully

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GlitchingGecko@reddit

Are you more likely to piss on the carpet in the bathroom? Both seem equally disgusting to me. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

When men urinate standing there’s a fine mist that forms, also when you flush the loo

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Peppl@reddit

"a fine mist" how the fuck are you pissing?

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Longjumping-Buy-4736@reddit

You can’t see it but you should be able to feel it… and at time smell it. https://www.qssupplies.co.uk/splashback-study

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

When the stream hits the porcelain some splashes up into a mist

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Peppl@reddit

The same is true from seated pissing, or flushing

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

There’s less coming out from sitting and for flushing you can close the lid

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Peppl@reddit

And nobody does, so why fret?

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

Ok

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jaynoj@reddit (OP)

lol the hygiene anxiety is palpable in this thread

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Peppl@reddit

No

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GlitchingGecko@reddit

... No shit, Sherlock.

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EsmuPliks@reddit

Yes, shit too gets aerosolised, if you don't close the lid before flushing.

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jaynoj@reddit (OP)

What are you using to flush the toilet? A soda stream?

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raspberrih@reddit

Dude........... please go look it up. The particles go in the air.

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PaulBradley@reddit

All smells are particulate. If it smells when you poop, then that's enough.

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raspberrih@reddit

It's not about the smells...

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PaulBradley@reddit

No, it's about the particulate.

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jaynoj@reddit (OP)

Its all good mate because I don't eat off the bathroom floor.

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

Those poo smells don’t disappear

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Far_Asparagus1654@reddit

Standing is for outside and the worst of public loos.

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

Yeah

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Emergency-Aardvark-6@reddit

Personally, I wouldn't. I have a couple of friends who are nightmares with their aim after a couple of drinks!

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cleb9200@reddit

I haven’t seen these “lots of carpets in downstairs toilets” you decribe. That sounds like a really gross example of ineffective interior design

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Pedal_bin@reddit

Our downstairs toilet had carpet. We got rid of it when we found mushrooms growing behind the cistern from an undiscovered leak.

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Boardgamer421@reddit

My bathroom has carpet, I hate it. Please just come take mine 🙏 😭 I will be getting it tiled during renovation. Unless your old/have health/disability issue which would make having a carpet much safer/comfortable for you. It's got to be tiled/laminate/vinyl all the way. I should add we bought the house like this. I didn't stick carpet in.

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Sensitive_Committee@reddit

Carpets in bathrooms? Is that really a thing?

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Wongon32@reddit

I can’t even stand those stupid toilet mats. Used them when I first moved out of home, then I realised how disgusting they are even with regular washing. No carpet, no rugs for toilets imo.

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MaxwellsGoldenGun@reddit

I have never seen a carpet in a downstairs toilet

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Limp-Archer-7872@reddit

The house I bought in 2001 had carpet in both the main bathroom (pink deep pile) and the downstairs toilet (green normal carpet until it got motheaten). It was built in the early 80s and the bathroom fittings were cocoa coloured. One day I had a sizeable water spillage accident and it 'activated' the latent dried up stains on the carpet. It was noxious. I bought lino the day after and installed it.

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

Our house had carpet in the downstairs toilet when we moved in. It was literally damp. When we peeled it back to throw away, we could see so many 'water' stains. And the smell! We had to use cat urine neutraliser before it was boarded and tiled.

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rokstedy83@reddit

Hey I've worked in houses and had to pull the living room carpet and it looked like that where there cats had pissed everywhere,didn't stink until I lifted the carpet and underlay ,was disgusting

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Barn_Brat@reddit

Oh god is this still the case with enzyme cleaner? My pup used to wee in the house before she was trained. It wasn’t a lot and I was quick to clean up and spray enzyme cleaner down. I really hope it won’t be like that because I want to replace the carpets 😭

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

I've used enzymatic cleaner on rugs on wood floors, and no issues underneath. So you may be okay!

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Roger_Tchouttabouffa@reddit

Ours was like that - previous owner's little dog had a thing for pissing at the end of the hallway - had soaked through to the wood underneath. Painted it with stain/odour blocking primer before laying wood floor.

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imsoggy@reddit

Perhaps it's a euphemism for an unshaved. . .

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Other_Exercise@reddit

My grandparents had carpet in the downstairs loo. It was always smelly

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vesselposting@reddit

Yeah gross.

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FuxieDK@reddit

Didn't we abandon carpets in toilets/bath rooms, back in the 70s?

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Seasidedan@reddit

If you like the smell of piss then yeah do it

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scottynoble@reddit

I don’t personally but some of my relatives do and recently I discovered my neighbours do: I raised the issues over a glass of wine and they said it’s was warmer and felt better on the feet, we now call the male in the partnership ‘Sit down Simon’

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Few_Letter_2066@reddit

Carpet as a whole should stop being a thing. They're horrible for your health and a nightmare to wash. Avoid if you can.

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StandFreeAndy@reddit

The only fabrics that should be in a bathroom are towels.

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Leifang666@reddit

And a bathmat.

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StandFreeAndy@reddit

Nope. They’re just as unhygienic.

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OneCatch@reddit

Both are fucking gross.

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NefariousnessNext840@reddit

Fuck that, absolutely a 1000% yes that’s disgusting 🤮

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buttersismantequilla@reddit

We had it when I was young and it could Roll up and go in the washing machine 🤣

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uchman365@reddit

We moved into a newish (about 10 years old) rented house last year. The house is perfect in every other way except the two upstairs bathroom and toilet are both fully carpeted. Absolutely fucking HATE it.

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jezmaster@reddit

normal lounge carpet or made-for-purpose, properly treated 'Bathroom Carpet' ?

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Kid_Kimura@reddit

I've literally never seen a carpeted downstairs bathroom. If I did I would think it was very odd and gross.

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b1tchlasagna@reddit

I saw a house where I think it was actually worse. They put a downstairs toilet in which is fine and well but instead of getting a toilet with in built taps which is also fine and well, they thought it's a good idea to basically have nothing there at all, and walk to the kitchen sink instead There's no way I'd want to touch any door handles without first washing my hands. Also what if you've got say chicken in the kitchen sink? I wouldn't want to wash my hands straight after I've been to the toilet and had a number two. Screw that

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FlyBuy3@reddit

That's like the old style split bathroom with separate WC. No place to wash your hands. Disgusting.

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Typical_Arm_8008@reddit

The house we brought had carpet in 2 of our bathrooms. Was the first thing that got ripped up 🤢🫢

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zibafu@reddit

My nanna had some spare AstroTurf, she decided to put that in the downstairs toilet 😂😂 It looks so stupid....buuuut feels nice on the footsies when taking a dump 😂😂

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arc4angel100@reddit

As someone who has done some work in the past with a carpet fitter, that carpet will be sodden underneath around the toilet. The same goes for any plant pots sitting on top of carpet indoors. The same goes for anyone who has cats, 90% of cat owners say theirs doesn’t pee on the carpet. They do.

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anonbush234@reddit

Iv had 5 cats in my lifetime and never had one piss on the carpet.

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arc4angel100@reddit

I've heard this countless times, yet when the carpet gets ripped up in a house with cats there are piss stains on the backing.

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jaynoj@reddit (OP)

I've worked with ex TV repair men who have told me tales of dogshit behind the telly, but I don't think it's a common occurrance. We have cats and they've never pissed on the carpet.

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wlondonmatt@reddit

How you clean the shit off when you miss.

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overheadfool@reddit

How does one miss getting a shit in the toilet?

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wlondonmatt@reddit

When you have been out for a Ruby Murray and the poo arrives with little announcement

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overheadfool@reddit

Whilst I don't agree with a carpeted convenience, I feel like making home decorating choices based on the off chance that you might have a dodgy curry and spatter it with an unexpected liquid shit is overly cautious.

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Pan-tang@reddit

Bad in any toilet

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heyyouupinthesky@reddit

I'm a carpet fitter, I haven't fitted carpet in a toilet in 20 years for good reason, get some vinyl or lvt.

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TRFKTA@reddit

Yes, it’s still odd. Just because it’s the downstairs toilet doesn’t mean the piss is gonna do some airbender shit and avoid the carpet.

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Tourettecherous94@reddit

We used to have a small carpet in our downstairs because it used to get obscenely cold as it was near the back door.

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just_some_guy65@reddit

The thing is like war crimes you can find reasons why it happens but there is no justification good enough

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Common_Move@reddit

Slippers

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Tourettecherous94@reddit

Probably, yeah. We weren't really slippers people tbh

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just_some_guy65@reddit

Carpet in any room with a toilet, bath, shower or wash basin is totally minging.

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animalwitch@reddit

Nope, no carpet anywhere near a toilet or really anywhere watery. I remember on an episode of Homes Under the Hammer a guy put carpet down after speaking to "several people". The presenter was like 😬🤢

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millyloui@reddit

Disgusting! i hoped that decades old trend had disappeared forever. My sis & I did up my dads house when he passed away. He had carpet in his bathroom/ loo for decades the stench of that thing when we ripped it up nearly knocked us out. No kids in that house my dad was almost ocd clean freak in bathroom.

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Kit-on-a-Kat@reddit

My place had a carpet when I moved in. There was also a distinct lack of shower curtain. When I pulled it up it was black with mold

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Driftwood420991@reddit

No sane person puts carpet in any toilet and especially not the smaller ones where you're more likely to get piss on it. It's gross

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Sarge19846@reddit

But good form to have it upstairs?

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GodOfThunder888@reddit

I don't understand the Brit's obsession with carpetted floors in any room. It's incredibly difficult to clean and looks outdated. Bathroom or toilet... I personally wouldn't step foot in there. Much more prefer a rug.

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kbm79@reddit

Would some plush deep pile mats be a better alternative? Easier to clean, but still feels grand enough when you're sitting on the throne?

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mandyhtarget1985@reddit

Ive a tiled bathroom floor, but bought a handful of different colour mats that are machine washable. Soft for underfoot while one the throne browsing reddit, and the bathroom is small enough that the one mat doubles up to step out of the shower on to. Usually about once a fortnight i swap them out to wash.

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Foundation_Wrong@reddit

As a proud 80s housewife I was proud to have a fully carpeted bathroom, but now? Ewww wee all soaking in when a man pees or a lady misses. No toilet carpet is disgusting

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Noggs-@reddit

ITT: Brits that don't know how to sit down. P.S. oof, ouch owie. My prostate.

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Igotanewpen@reddit

Ew!

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buggerific@reddit

I mean look, it's weird, but you've worse problems if you're pissing on the carpet.

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katielizw@reddit

unless it’s that small rectangle carpet outside of a shower (which i’m guessing it’s not since it’s downstairs) id say give it a miss😵‍💫

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chonkyclouds@reddit

Our rented house has carpet in the downstairs toilet. I think it's a bit weird but on the other hand if it's *just* a toilet, it's not as risky. Having a carpet in an actual bathroom with a shower and a bathtub etc where the floor frequently gets wet is really bad, but the carpet in the downstairs toilet never gets wet and that toilet is rarely ever used to begin with. So we can get away with it. If we actually owned the house maybe I'd change it.

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Rock_Robster__@reddit

Shudder

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SwordTaster@reddit

It's a toilet. If there are men using that toilet there should not be carpet except for the mat

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SongsAboutGhosts@reddit

My parents' house has a carpeted downstairs bathroom. Everything but the kitchen was carpeted when they moved in. They now have two tiled en suites, but still one loo, one bathroom and one en suite with carpet. Next door pulled up their carpet in their downstairs loo for years because their youngest couldn't aim. They didn't even replace it with anything, they just had no real flooring until he learned to piss properly (though, that said, his girlfriend says he's still awful at 28). I'm conclusion, rich people be weird.

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johnnymeow2@reddit

I used to have one in my downstairs toilet for 25 years

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RedbeardRagnar@reddit

If I see carpet anywhere in any bathroom i automatically think any child that lives there would be better off in a foster home

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ilikecocktails@reddit

Tiles or wood/laminate? I remember my parents had both bathrooms decorated about 20 years ago and had carpet in both, didn’t think anything of it at the time but looking back it was awful! Even a toilet on its own shouldn’t have carpet.

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Mytoenailshurt@reddit

It’s not good but I wouldn’t say it’s bad. Depends on how much you clean. I certainly wouldn’t go as far as getting new carpet installed in there but if you are struggling to replace it or simply cannot face renovating there’s no harm in leaving it for a while. Some people find carpet in any room unhygienic. I can agree but sometimes it’s just a good cover up and can be cheaper sometimes.. and just feels nicer on the feet. Sure you could get a rug or a mat but you also need to have nice floor under the rug or mat first.

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Purple_Plus@reddit

It's completely unhinged.

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Charming-Two1043@reddit

Yes, and you should be banned from the UK for putting carpet in a bathroom.

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lyta_hall@reddit

No. carpet. in. toilets.

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Life-Breath-1706@reddit

Why would piss on a downstairs carpet be acceptable?

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AshSays_LGBT@reddit

My bathroom and my downstairs toilet both have carpet and I’m not sure why, it’s just how my mum decided to do it. I’m just kinda used to it atp. It beats having to be woken up even more by the sudden change from warm to cold flooring in the middle of the night I guess. Not only does it catch any piss that doesn’t reach the bowl, it’s also amazing at catching other bodily fluids and if you fall off the toilet it won’t hurt as much.

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IhaveaDoberman@reddit

Any room that has a water source shouldn't have a carpet.

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Bertybassett99@reddit

No, no, no, no. Never should have happened. The designers who thought it was a cracking idea to put carpet near water need the heads smashing in. Water devices and carpet do. Of mix. And never should have.

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_Yangsi_@reddit

We had carpet in the bathroom when it was pretty common. There was a wooden box for towels that was slightly raised with an edge that touched the ground all the way around so you couldn't see underneath, and it wasnt something that got moved often. When we did move the box one day, we were horrified to find a patch of mushrooms growing underneath. We have not had a carpet in any bathroom since.

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MadMuffinMan117@reddit

Never seen carpet in a bathroom and I don't want to.

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Economy-Current2742@reddit

It could get a wet and smelly if you will .

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Graham2405@reddit

Carpet in bathrooms, gross.

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hhfugrr3@reddit

Still gross IMHO.

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GetNooted@reddit

I tried shaving my ass and found it itchy and chaffing so the ‘carpet’ stays 👀

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jareer-killer1@reddit

Nasty as anything. What if say someone has an accident in the bathroom or you have a weird kid using the loo and he misses the toilet now how you gonna clean it up? You’ll have to throw the whole carpet out. Personally, I prefer tiling on the floor or even laminate.

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SomewhereOutside9832@reddit

So 1990s....

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crankyandhangry@reddit

Mate, it's a war crime. Someone call the Hague.

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Steups13@reddit

My house came with carpeted bathroom and downstairs toilet. I hate it! I use toilet rugs that I can wash, and carpet shampoo, and carpet spray because I don't want the lingering smell of pee.

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great_blue_panda@reddit

🤢

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itsaslothlife@reddit

My downstairs toilet has a small square of carpet. It's grim but since it's practically an outhouse you need every layer against the elements you can get. Once I have my feet under me it's getting Reno'd - new loo, a sink, insulated walls and ceiling.

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cathjen@reddit

When we were looking for somewhere to rent 6 years ago, I was shocked at the amount of properties that had carpet in the bathroom. It's disgusting. Downstairs toilet is no exception.

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blumpkinator2000@reddit

No different to having it in a main bathroom - it looks and feels nice, but invariably turns into a cleaning nightmare. Seriously, try running a carpet shampooer over a bathroom carpet sometime. No matter how long you clean for, the yellow tinted water just never stops coming up. Once piss lands on that carpet, and it will, you ain't ever getting it all out again.

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Rexel450@reddit

Not bad form really, potentially smelly tho

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lilgatitou@reddit

Please don't. Unhygienic and outdated.

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