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Offline GROWLER

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Another £100 wasted
« on: April 03, 2008, 06:16:33 PM »
Had a new kitchen installed about 5 years ago, complete with 'teracotta' coloured floor tiles. Looked fine, but bloody dangerous when even damp. Many falls and tears over the last few years, and as for dropping anything on it............ eeek:
If you were to drop a flamin' bomb on the house, the kitchen floor would remain intact.
Many dishes and milk bottles have sucumbed to it's evil hardness, disintergrating into millions of pieces upon impact.

I told Mrs G that we needed somethin' a bit softer in there, so she went out and ordered some random floor covering after actually agreeing with me.
It arrived today, and was fitted by the time I got back off me hike.

It looks virtually identical, feels nearly as hard, and now the bloody kitchen door won't close 'cus of the increased floor height. Banghead
Another 'in a minute' job beckons.

I thought she'd ordered kitchen carpet tiles! I despair. evil:
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Re: Another £100 wasted
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2008, 07:48:08 PM »
Have a kebab!
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Re: Another £100 wasted
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2008, 07:51:53 PM »
Quote from: Nick on April 03, 2008, 07:48:08 PM
Have a kebab!

Why? I've had spaghetti bolanais #2 tonight, and it DIDN'T end up on the floor this time either.
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Re: Another £100 wasted
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2008, 10:37:24 PM »
Quote from: GROWLER on April 03, 2008, 07:51:53 PM
I've had spaghetti bolanais #2 tonight, and it DIDN'T end up on the floor this time either.

It would have been softer than the tiles.
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Re: Another £100 wasted
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2008, 06:43:31 AM »
Quote from: GROWLER on April 03, 2008, 06:16:33 PM
I thought she'd ordered kitchen carpet tiles! I despair. evil:

I feel the same about 'kitchen carpet tiles' as you feel about 'wimmen smelling of lavender' I think  evil:

Nasty nasty things that are supposed to be easy to clean (lies) warm and comforting (lies) and easily replaceable (lies lies and more damn lies)  cussing:

We had them once (as you might have guess) in the UK and they sucked.................. I back Mrs. G in her WISE CHOICE of not going for the blooming things

 redface:Sorry if I offend anyone with kitchen tiles, not intentional honestly  redface:
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Re: Another £100 wasted
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2008, 07:40:20 AM »
Quote from: Landlady on April 04, 2008, 06:43:31 AM
Quote from: GROWLER on April 03, 2008, 06:16:33 PM
I thought she'd ordered kitchen carpet tiles! I despair. evil:

I feel the same about 'kitchen carpet tiles' as you feel about 'wimmen smelling of lavender' I think  evil:

Nasty nasty things that are supposed to be easy to clean (lies) warm and comforting (lies) and easily replaceable (lies lies and more damn lies)  cussing:

We had them once (as you might have guess) in the UK and they sucked.................. I back Mrs. G in her WISE CHOICE of not going for the blooming things

 redface:Sorry if I offend anyone with kitchen tiles, not intentional honestly  redface:


See also carpets in bathrooms!  sick2:
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Re: Another £100 wasted
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2008, 07:43:52 AM »
I agree with Landlady! Carpet in kitchens and bathrooms should be banned! My only requirement of flooring in those rooms is that they be easy to clean and don't suck up liquid. But then I'm the sort of person that grew up with terracota tile and marble flooring so I'm used to it and much prefer it. Especially now I'm supposed to clean the bloody floot!  evil:
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Re: Another £100 wasted
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2008, 07:45:17 AM »
And you don't even have two small boys + their friends using your bathroom  sick2:
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Re: Another £100 wasted
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2008, 07:46:20 AM »
No I have a drunken Mr Wench and his friends.  evil:
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Re: Another £100 wasted
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2008, 07:48:26 AM »
Mrs S assures me that rubbing their noses in it is no longer an acceptable training procedure. evil:
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Re: Another £100 wasted
« Reply #10 on: April 04, 2008, 07:51:42 AM »
Strange that is what Mr Wench said.  rubschin:
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Re: Another £100 wasted
« Reply #11 on: April 04, 2008, 07:51:49 AM »
Quote from: Landlady on April 04, 2008, 06:43:31 AM
'kitchen carpet tiles' . . We had them once in the UK and they sucked
Now I understand why Snoopy spends so much time lying on the floor in the kitchen.
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Offline GROWLER

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Re: Another £100 wasted
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2008, 07:51:58 AM »
Any of you wimmen ended up crackin' your head open on these floor tiles then?

Mrs G ended up in hossy during our disatrous holiday in Zante last October.
Shower, wet, floor, slip, smack...BIG smack, ended up for a day in something akin to an 1800's prison.

Mini moose went into the kitchen one day last year, bare feet granted, floor was a bit damp due to cooking, slipped and head butted the cooker.
I've fallen over in there too, but it didn't knock any sense into me sadly.

Tiles? Swimming pools and karzi's only.

I'll grant you that they do look nice and are easy to clean....apparently. ;)
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Re: Another £100 wasted
« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2008, 07:54:55 AM »
You have the wrong sort of tile old man.
The Dutch use "hard" tiles in all kitchens and bathrooms and in all the years we have been going over there none of us has ever slipped.
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Re: Another £100 wasted
« Reply #14 on: April 04, 2008, 08:00:59 AM »
Quote from: GROWLER on April 04, 2008, 07:51:58 AM
Any of you wimmen ended up crackin' your head open on these floor tiles then?

Mrs G ended up in hossy during our disatrous holiday in Zante last October.
Shower, wet, floor, slip, smack...BIG smack, ended up for a day in something akin to an 1800's prison.

Mini moose went into the kitchen one day last year, bare feet granted, floor was a bit damp due to cooking, slipped and head butted the cooker.
I've fallen over in there too, but it didn't knock any sense into me sadly.

Tiles? Swimming pools and karzi's only.

I'll grant you that they do look nice and are easy to clean....apparently. ;)

In my experience it only takes one bad slip to be more careful. We were never allowed to barefoot in the house mainly because of that reason. We all had espadrilles that were used as summer slippers because of the wet issues. In the bathroom we had mats with antislip bottoms. See always an answer. ;)

I did have one big fall where I slipped in the bathroom and smacked my lip on the bidet. It swelled up a treat!
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