To think this is unhygienic?

[TrainsandDiggers]

AIBU to think that my PILs decision to lay full carpets in their bathroom and kitchen is unhygienic? I’d also have thought a fire hazard in the kitchen??

I really struggle with hygiene practices in their home generally (e.g. not installing sinks in two of their three toilets, so people have to wash their hands in the kitchen if they bother at all), so not sure if I’m just making this into something it’s not? They say they like it as they like warm feet...?!

I have 8 x ds. Would never have considered a carpet in a bathroom.
Aiming correctly is an art!!

Not sure what I find more disgusting kitchen carpets or sink less toilets. Your in laws sound very dirty.

Yes it is foul. My husband grew up in a house full of boys with bathroom carpets. Makes me feel a bit ill just thinking about it.

I’d be taking wellies to wear indoors when visiting them. Bleugh.

Bathroom - absolutely not.
Kitchens? hmm depends - carpet tiles or similar can work - if you imagine very heavy duty industrial style ones that are extremely resilient to spillage and stains. I don't think I'd ever go down that route, but it can be ok.

These definitely aren’t stain resistant! 😬

I don’t have carpets anywhere - I’m an artist, husband has an unnecessary number of greasy bicycles and the baby throws up a lot. Moppable surfaces all the way, thanks!!

I agree with you about carpets in kitchen and bathroom but remember when it was fashionable years ago. Not ordinary carpet but a bristly, resilient type supposed to be easy to clean. I also rented somewhere that had carpet in bathroom, it was the same type as in living room and bedroom! I had to be so careful but remember tipping over a bottle of Stergene onto it and it was so difficult to clear up, left a mark too.

Friends of mine bought a really nice house that had no wash basin in the downstairs loo, nor was there room to install one. As it was near the kitchen, they put a small basin in there.

Anyway it's your parents-in-law's house, not yours so won't affect you much. They may decide to do something different in a couple of years.

Carpets and carpet tiles used to be common in kitchens and bathrooms in the 1950 to 1970's, because these rooms rarely had heating and if carpeted were slightly less Arctic and felt less damp. When it baca me more usual to have central or space heating, the 'fashion' changed to much more hygienic hard flooring.

No sinks in the toilet - gross.

Baca me - became

I can remember my mother having a sort of towelling loo seat cover - and a matching bit for the floor around the loo.

I think I need a G&T to get over these memories flooding back.

I wouldn't have it, but have never heard of a kitchen carpet being called a fire hazard before

Didn't there used to be carpet specifically for kitchens? Some dim and distant corner of my mind thinks it was called Flotex. It was nasty. We viewed a house once that not only had carpet in the bathroom but it extended up the side of the bath. Double nasty. You're absolutely right, OP.

I grew up with carpet tiles in the kitchen and carpet in the bathroom. We all had hardy constitutions and came to no harm

The bathroom carpets seemed OK, but the house was old so they were bedroom sized and well ventilated sash windows.

We had carpet in our previous ensuite as it was small enough to lift regularly and put in the washer. Having young sons, we are glad to have wipe clean only flooring in this house.

What ever happened to those lovely fluffy toilet seat covers and mats? Must be due a revival

I had forgotten about the toilet seat covers!! Gross! My aunt had one I think!

Kitchen and bathroom carpets are truly revolting.
A lack of handbasin is also fairly rum.

Carpet in a bathroom? It will piss soaked in weeks around the toilet!

Carpet in a bathroom? It will piss soaked in weeks around the toilet!

We've all managed to avoid actually saying that.
Sometimes, it just takes someone to say it.
lol

YANBU! Urgh, carpets in either makes me shudder!

I don’t understand how the kitchen carpet won’t be covered in tiny splatters from pans, etc, within days?

We always had toilet mats growing up. I got one automatically when I moved out until I thought, ‘what the hell as these for!?’ Are they to absorb wee splashes!? Surely it’s more hygienic to let any potential splashes go onto a solid floor and then disinfect every couple of days with a wipe down!? Someone please enlighten me on toilet mats!

There was a CREAM carpet in my last London rental. Was a nightmare to keep completely stain-free but judicious use of bath mats kept it clean.

Meh it was accepted and fashionable at some point and probably would be again in the future. And elderly people would find carpet safer underfoot anyway.

No sink in toilet? As long as there's somewhere to hand wash I don't see a problem, it doesn't have to be in the same room.

I have 2ds in their 20s and dh. Tiles everywhere but l have never seen even one drop on the floor in 30 years.
Still wouldn't put in carpet but hate all that about boys being messy.
They are messy around the house in other ways but toilet habits are perfect.
But l would not like loos without sink. Is that even allowed or it it breaking all health regulations.

There was a CREAM carpet in my last London rental.

Erm, it was white when they put it down ;-)

Used to be common when houses were uniformly cold. I actually put in a carpet in our bathroom. But had no kids so was fine.