Okay hear me out. Earlier I had the worst case of itchy back and it was right in that spot that's impossible to reach without help.
Not high thoughts brought to you by Zamfire......so what is it about the back and being itchy? Does any other part of your body become that itchy? Is it possible to go insane from itchiness? Do people with that shut in disorder get itchy?
A woman had a persistent itch on her head that was so bad she scratched through her skull.
The doctors assumed it was psychological, so she was committed to a mental health hospital.
Turns out she had a staff infection in that spot. She said she would fantasize about taking a metal wire brush and dragging it across her exposed head wound.
I read that article when it came out almost twenty years ago, and i've never forgotten it. It is such a powerful story about how intense itching can be.
One isn't really supposed to get wet and one is made to literally shed water for 25+ years enduring wind speeds 100+ mph and up to class 3 hail. Also, algae proof.
Pretty sure the Greeks beat the Spanish as far as that since they started in at least the Bronze Age. And China probably started well before them during the late Stone Age.
This led me to an interesting rabbit hole. So, Pottery (molded clay finished in a fire) has been around for about 30K years. Fired Bricks to make buildings began about 7K years ago in the Middle East. But roof tiles as a distinct product seem to have been independently developed in China and then in Greece. China was first with evidence going back to the Longshan Culture in Northern China about 4 to 5K years ago. But the Greeks developed their own roofing tiles about 2.7K years ago.
I mean... uhh... that is a thing. They're just hung with nails or screws, however. Made in fired clay(like mission tiles, pantiles), slate stone, concrete, plastic, glass, etc.
Totally unrelated to this thread, but while I have you here I got a question that's been nagging me for a couple decades.
In the mid 2000's I installed satellite TV, and I couldn't help but think we were seriously fucking up some roofs. Just hammer drilling in some beefy lag bolts through a square tar sort of sealant thing without a care in the world. If the location didn't work, or was loose, no real effort was made to remedy the holes.
How often have you come across leaks related to satellite dish installs?
lol just leaving them is wild. I get you're not a roofer but did you at least report to the person/building maintenance that they need to fix them? I would assume not because it meant you would lose your job but still damn, sucks for all parties involved there(except your boss).
Like at the very least your boss shouldve supplied you with some sealant and patches of some sort to keep water out until the next re-roofing.
Yeah, the whole thing was a shit show. It was some sub sub contractor outfit that only hired naive no experience 18-25ish year olds. So unsafe as well in hindsight, with very high turnover. I was there about 3 months if I remember right.
I have a similar wonder about solar panels, like people pay a bunch to cover their roof nicely then have some outfit come along and drill loads of holes in it?
At this point, if a roofer or a home inspector sees satellite dishes, they pretty much flag that as an old roof anyways since most of those installs were long enough ago that the typical roof with those still mounted are nearing end of life.
Yes. Have you ever seen the roof of a house that sits shaded under trees at all times? The roof is covered in it usually. At least in Florida, all the old, uncared for houses under old oak trees are like that.
I had Owens Corning on my roof from 1994 that I only had to replace in 2023 because some were damaged in a storm. My garage still has the original 31 year old shingles on it right now and they're just fine.
Some shingles are advertised 25 to 30 years. We had cheap, shitty 10 year shingles, so I can't attest to how well better shingles are. But they certainly try to sell it that way.
I've seen it as an extension to existing floor carpet going up a bit, I'd guess because they just had that much extra and were already making a poor decision so thought, what the hell
Yup. It was a low shag too. Almost as disgusting as carpet on the floor.
I ripped out some 70s vintage bathroom floor carpet and installed vinyl plank a while back. One of three boys who grew up in the house used that bathroom. There wasn't much left of the jute backing around the toilet. It was in a basement, so at least the subfloor wasn't affected.
That was meant to be like an ornate tapestry in the living room though, done by the working class who couldn't afford an actual tapestry. I imagine OP is describing actual cut-to-size carpeting on the bathroom walls...
Hanging a fancy area rug with pretty patterns on a large wall helps deaden the sound bounce while adding visual interest into a difficult to decorate situation. It's also helpful at noisy restaurants, especially back before ceiling tiles. However I would not compare it to someone adding regular single color shag to an entire wall.
Went to an estate sale a year or 2 ago, not only was the bathroom carpeted, but the carpet went all the way up to the rim of this massive corner bath tub. It was vile.
Did get some nice night stands for 10 bucks though….
Quite the opposite. You’ve got amazing traction there. It’s basically one giant safety grab surface, just hold on and you won’t slip. It’s almost like a Velcro shower.
I’ve worked in a few older house before, with carpet on the bathroom walls. It used to be a thing back in the day. They would even put carpet on the bathroom floors, or kitchen floors too lol.
Pretty awful choice, if you ask me.
You can probably search on YouTube and find videos of carpet on the bathroom walls.
The house we bought in 2005 had linoleum used as a tub surround in a DIY masterpiece of a basement bathroom. That shit was Mad Max level ghetto. We tore it out and put in a proper bathroom shortly after that, and good thing we did... my uncle (who was an electrical engineer and licensed residential electrician, RIP Henry miss ya) found highly questionable wiring behind the walls for the light fixture and the three prong (not-GFI) outlet in that bathroom. More wild discoveries (mostly electrical) were found as we continued to tear out the previous owners genius solutions to not-real-problems of his own making.
The home inspector warned us that the basement did not appear to be up to code when buying the place, but it wasn't until we "got behind the linoleum" so-to-speak that we discovered the level of insanity. Real redneck engineering level stuff.
Wow- that sounds like an awful time dealing with that! Some people should just understand, they are not skilled enough for certain things!
I see some outstanding things in house I work at.
One time I had demoed out a shower, to bare studs. Well there was a 6 inch gap behind the shower studs, to another finished wall, with an open outlet there.. definitely not safe!
Rest in peace to your uncle Henry, my condolences 🙏❤️
Gosh ancient memory unlocked, my house growing up had pink carpeted bath room walls with a pink toilet and bathtub.
The house was built by the original owners in the 40-50's and they split up every room to be either male or female rooms. So the bathrooms, bedrooms, and basement were split in half, red/pink for the female zones, blue for the male zones. Larger rooms would have a wooden barristers and stair railing to split them in half as if the red velvet wallpaper bordering blue carpet wall wasn't a noticeable boundary already.
It was so weird and my parents removed it all within the first 5 years of living there.
I was brought in to do some demolition work decades ago and found a bathroom that had been entirely covered in untreated/coated cedar which had warped/cracked/etc. Smelled great at first, then once you'd been in there a while you could smell the mold. Worse yet, after it was all torn out we found out that they'd also cut a 4' gap in the main 8"x8" pillar that used to support the stairs and roof. Walked out and took a look at the roof and it was pretty obviously sagging significantly. Oof. Glad I didn't buy the place.
I mean, I can see the logic, but if you fall against that, it's gonna hurt, and then you still have the issue of all the loose granules to get rid of. You're gonna clog the trap.
Thinking about it shingles might not be terrible. They keep the rain from getting in your house. But I also don’t think there water tight or designed to be cleaned.
*Slaps wall*
This baby can exfoliate like none other
You might be on to something
He might be on something
🎶 Gonna put the pipe down... 🎶
He probably is on something
I bet those make a suitable replacement for that apricot scrub crap that destroys your face lol
Okay hear me out. Earlier I had the worst case of itchy back and it was right in that spot that's impossible to reach without help.
Not high thoughts brought to you by Zamfire......so what is it about the back and being itchy? Does any other part of your body become that itchy? Is it possible to go insane from itchiness? Do people with that shut in disorder get itchy?
A woman had a persistent itch on her head that was so bad she scratched through her skull.
The doctors assumed it was psychological, so she was committed to a mental health hospital.
Turns out she had a staff infection in that spot. She said she would fantasize about taking a metal wire brush and dragging it across her exposed head wound.
I have chronic hives. I fantasize about getting a fork in there and just stir around like a manic. Can totally relate to this…
staph, not staff
Here's an article about it might be of terrifying interest to you:
Source: The New Yorker https://share.google/JdcNXWjcBTt8AkBE1
I read that article when it came out almost twenty years ago, and i've never forgotten it. It is such a powerful story about how intense itching can be.
Sauna/tub room in my grandmothers house was all wood walls cabin style, some parts were splintery as hell though omg
wait a sec though, you've seen carpet on bathroom walls?
Sadly this makes more sense than carpet.
One isn't really supposed to get wet and one is made to literally shed water for 25+ years enduring wind speeds 100+ mph and up to class 3 hail. Also, algae proof.
I'm starting to think shingle shower wall isn't so bad.
Tile guy here, please don't
Roofer here, looks fine to me.
What about tiling my roof?
The Spanish learned to do that centuries ago
Pretty sure the Greeks beat the Spanish as far as that since they started in at least the Bronze Age. And China probably started well before them during the late Stone Age.
This led me to an interesting rabbit hole. So, Pottery (molded clay finished in a fire) has been around for about 30K years. Fired Bricks to make buildings began about 7K years ago in the Middle East. But roof tiles as a distinct product seem to have been independently developed in China and then in Greece. China was first with evidence going back to the Longshan Culture in Northern China about 4 to 5K years ago. But the Greeks developed their own roofing tiles about 2.7K years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roof_tiles
True, true. I think at the very least, the ancient Romans also did it.
I mean... uhh... that is a thing. They're just hung with nails or screws, however. Made in fired clay(like mission tiles, pantiles), slate stone, concrete, plastic, glass, etc.
"Unglazed tiles" are basically the standard in many european countries.
I don’t know if HOA is going to like that….
Carpet
Totally unrelated to this thread, but while I have you here I got a question that's been nagging me for a couple decades.
In the mid 2000's I installed satellite TV, and I couldn't help but think we were seriously fucking up some roofs. Just hammer drilling in some beefy lag bolts through a square tar sort of sealant thing without a care in the world. If the location didn't work, or was loose, no real effort was made to remedy the holes.
How often have you come across leaks related to satellite dish installs?
lol just leaving them is wild. I get you're not a roofer but did you at least report to the person/building maintenance that they need to fix them? I would assume not because it meant you would lose your job but still damn, sucks for all parties involved there(except your boss).
Like at the very least your boss shouldve supplied you with some sealant and patches of some sort to keep water out until the next re-roofing.
Yeah, the whole thing was a shit show. It was some sub sub contractor outfit that only hired naive no experience 18-25ish year olds. So unsafe as well in hindsight, with very high turnover. I was there about 3 months if I remember right.
I have a similar wonder about solar panels, like people pay a bunch to cover their roof nicely then have some outfit come along and drill loads of holes in it?
At this point, if a roofer or a home inspector sees satellite dishes, they pretty much flag that as an old roof anyways since most of those installs were long enough ago that the typical roof with those still mounted are nearing end of life.
We get it. You don't want to lose your job to the superior shower wall material.
How about using tiles but applying them shingle style? ;-P
I'm picturing this with large format tile - when one inevitably breaks loose that shit will cleave off a couple toes lmao
big tile shill here
I'd rub the shit out of those roofing tiles while showering. Such an interesting texture for bathroom walls.
A new shower sensation, from the people who brought you Scrub Daddy... The Roofah!
Exfoliating. Its dual purpose.
I mean, if the water will always come down from The very top of your restroom, then I guess lol
Also sheds pebbles constantly and grows mold
More traction!
And bonus mold!
And mold dissuades spiders.
shingles grow mold??
Yes. Have you ever seen the roof of a house that sits shaded under trees at all times? The roof is covered in it usually. At least in Florida, all the old, uncared for houses under old oak trees are like that.
They also contain asphalt and aren't supposed to be in warm, moist, and enclosed rooms. I'd be careful.
I love the smell of asphalt in the morning. Smells like, cancer.
I don't know where you're getting your hot mopped shingles, but they definitely don't last 25 years.
I had Owens Corning on my roof from 1994 that I only had to replace in 2023 because some were damaged in a storm. My garage still has the original 31 year old shingles on it right now and they're just fine.
they do, source: owns a home that was built in 1999, original roof still looks fine.
Some shingles are advertised 25 to 30 years. We had cheap, shitty 10 year shingles, so I can't attest to how well better shingles are. But they certainly try to sell it that way.
I shall keep that in mind when I refurbish.
Floors*
It’s still carpet, just on the walls
The 70's were a weird time, especially when it came to interior decoration.
Indeed. My grandmother carpeted her toilet. Even being small in 1980 I knew that was a poor decision.
My family did this during the 80s. Carpet around the lid and carpet surrounding the toilet on the floor.
I'll just drop this here: https://lileks.com/institute/interiors/index.html
This is exactly what I was talking about.
I've seen it as an extension to existing floor carpet going up a bit, I'd guess because they just had that much extra and were already making a poor decision so thought, what the hell
Not a full wall though
"What the hell, we got all this extra carpet which was a bad idea to start with, might as well make it even worse"
Some cabins in northern Michigan have carpet walls. It's bizarro
Cabins in northern michigan need boocoo insulation.
Beaucoup
Tu dois détester quand les gens massacrent of the french language hey? :D
c'etait fried my brain
/r/bonappletea When you've only heard it said and never seen the spelling
Edit: Whoa, I did not know that sub got banned. RIP I guess
Edit 2: I am an idiot
/r/BoneAppleTea
I guess that's one way to spell that...
Yup. It was a low shag too. Almost as disgusting as carpet on the floor.
I ripped out some 70s vintage bathroom floor carpet and installed vinyl plank a while back. One of three boys who grew up in the house used that bathroom. There wasn't much left of the jute backing around the toilet. It was in a basement, so at least the subfloor wasn't affected.
I was in a trailer that had carpet on the floor, up the walls, and even up the sides of the bathtub.
It was a thing
Included on the movie get him to the Greek
Stroke the furry walls
Just pulled orange carpet off the bathroom walls of my basement. Twas nasty. Thanks, 70s.
I've seen fur.
I think it's a Russian thing. They hang carpets on all their walls.
That was meant to be like an ornate tapestry in the living room though, done by the working class who couldn't afford an actual tapestry. I imagine OP is describing actual cut-to-size carpeting on the bathroom walls...
Hanging a fancy area rug with pretty patterns on a large wall helps deaden the sound bounce while adding visual interest into a difficult to decorate situation. It's also helpful at noisy restaurants, especially back before ceiling tiles. However I would not compare it to someone adding regular single color shag to an entire wall.
Moldtropilis
Went to an estate sale a year or 2 ago, not only was the bathroom carpeted, but the carpet went all the way up to the rim of this massive corner bath tub. It was vile.
Did get some nice night stands for 10 bucks though….
I imagine it smells terrible. Those things are full of tar
Don’t eat the tar toast
Why would you walk around with it at a party!
I don't work here man!
Love a good WKUK reference in the wild
You asked me what I was holding. I said that it was tar toast. Then you just took a piece without asking and ate it.
Who would eat tar toast?
Ever heard of Vegemite?
I had an encounter with Mermite one time... I'll take the tar.
Consider also what that’s doing to the plumbing. Ever cleaned out rain gutters? Bet the pipes are worse.
i dont think pine needles are falling inside their bathroom though
He’s referring to the roof shingle pebbles that always gather in the gutters
ohhhh duh, they always just got mashed in with the other debris so I never thought about it
They are waterproof.
Not easily cleanable though. You can wipe down tiles.
yeah i imagine mold growth can be an issue.
Im imagining all the moisture getting under the shingles and just sitting there growing mold
I don't know about the smell but the tub will definitely have more of a crunch to it now for sure.
Anti slip texture
Yes but the exfoliation benefits cannot be undersold
Especially after a nice steamy shower lol, starts oozing out
So use cedar shingles
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Best I can do is 60 Watts
Maybe put one of those UV germ killing lights in there. ;-P
No need, they have zinc in them
OK see now there's ANOTHER advantage to these, you can lick them and get your vitamins. ;-P
Everything in a shower accumulates mold and bacteria
Thats mostly to dry them. If you have a bathroom fan and reasonable household humidity levels, it should be dry.
Ehh, depending on how much water gets trapped underneath the shingles idk
Oh look, a house built by John Stupid
Bloody Stupid Johnson?
If that's a BSJ shower, the tiles being wind and hail proof may be the most sensible part of the design
Did that Trading Spaces show get a hold of that bathroom? This should be cross posted to diwhy thread. Lol
First thing I thought of ... this looks like a "Hildi" special lol
Won't ever need to invest in a pumice stone or a nail file with that setup.
Just soap up your back and rub against the wall. Nice and exfoliating.
The bare necessities. 🎶
Kinda genius…works on my roof
No kidding. Waterproof, 20+ year life, easy to install if you’re on meth. I think it’s a great idea.
Picard would say “make it so”
Waterproof if the rain water is running down over them, not steam rising up and permeating all the spaces between them
Doesn't it shed...grit and stuff?
You mean my exfoliating material!
Yeah, got a callous on your foot? Just rub it on the wall!
most likely, but to be fair, no exposure to sun/wind/rain/hail etc probably pushes that window and shed rate back pretty far.
I'd be worried about friction burns from falling into it, or chemical exposure from the tar.
But it also sheds off the errant man spray! ;-P
Plus you get extra traction in the tub with all the pebbles
I have a feeling your roof experiences slightly less soap scum
TBF he showers on the roof.
Except your roof doesn't get a daily steam bath. The mold under those shingles will be legendary
Well it does handle water 😂
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Considering moss and lichen don't spontaneously appear, I'd wager a mold wall is in their future instead.
Nah, those are definitely Atlas Pinnacle shingles that mold and algae resistant - backed by ScotchGard and 3M.
Bro didn't cheap out.
A moss wall sounds cozy.
Right? People charge good money for "living wall" installations.
The same because moss and lichen reproduce through spores, they don’t just grow out of thin air lol
Soap scum. The fucking soap scum would get so bad
You've seen carpet on bathroom walls??
Shit looks like it came out of Minecraft
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Roughstic
well, that's new.
No it’s been there for a while.
Ok fairly new, relative to the universe
Strangely, I’m sure I’ve seen pics of a bathroom with shingles before on Reddit.
imagine slipping, falling, hitting the wall. you'd get grated like a carrot
But exfoliating is supposed to be a good thing right?
Quite the opposite. You’ve got amazing traction there. It’s basically one giant safety grab surface, just hold on and you won’t slip. It’s almost like a Velcro shower.
climbing around the shower like a gecko
Now I can scratch my back.
Cedar shakes, great. Asphalt? F dat.
at least this shit is waterproof. when the fuck did you ever see carpet on a bathroom wall??
I’ve worked in a few older house before, with carpet on the bathroom walls. It used to be a thing back in the day. They would even put carpet on the bathroom floors, or kitchen floors too lol.
Pretty awful choice, if you ask me. You can probably search on YouTube and find videos of carpet on the bathroom walls.
That’s it. I’ve seen it. The ugliest bathroom.
Somehow I'd probably still take that over carpet on the floor in the bathroom which invariably also has pee dribble marks. Ug.
That fake tile on the wall around the tub, I have it on my bathroom floor.
r/redneckengineering
I mean, this makes slightly more sense than carpet on the bathroom walls, as far as moisture resistance goes.
Even carpet sounds horrible.... whats with people. :(
Mmmm abrasive
Literal shit on a shingle.
Judging by the everything in this photo I'm guessing the rest of the home is also cobbled together with random "meh, that'll work for now" tricks.
Carpet on the walls??
Mmm, hot steamy asbestos.
Washing my hair, turning around and degloving my elbow
when the renovation budget hits the year 2025. so, what's left in the garage?
And as they naturally "shed" it'll provide anti-slip in the tub!
At least it's a good moisture barrier I guess?
The top of that roof wall looks improperly vented
Not sure if needs /r/roofing or /r/tile or /r/diwhy
On the bright side they're waterproof and rated for 50mph winds, so there's that.
The house we bought in 2005 had linoleum used as a tub surround in a DIY masterpiece of a basement bathroom. That shit was Mad Max level ghetto. We tore it out and put in a proper bathroom shortly after that, and good thing we did... my uncle (who was an electrical engineer and licensed residential electrician, RIP Henry miss ya) found highly questionable wiring behind the walls for the light fixture and the three prong (not-GFI) outlet in that bathroom. More wild discoveries (mostly electrical) were found as we continued to tear out the previous owners genius solutions to not-real-problems of his own making.
The home inspector warned us that the basement did not appear to be up to code when buying the place, but it wasn't until we "got behind the linoleum" so-to-speak that we discovered the level of insanity. Real redneck engineering level stuff.
Wow- that sounds like an awful time dealing with that! Some people should just understand, they are not skilled enough for certain things!
I see some outstanding things in house I work at. One time I had demoed out a shower, to bare studs. Well there was a 6 inch gap behind the shower studs, to another finished wall, with an open outlet there.. definitely not safe!
Rest in peace to your uncle Henry, my condolences 🙏❤️
Gosh ancient memory unlocked, my house growing up had pink carpeted bath room walls with a pink toilet and bathtub.
The house was built by the original owners in the 40-50's and they split up every room to be either male or female rooms. So the bathrooms, bedrooms, and basement were split in half, red/pink for the female zones, blue for the male zones. Larger rooms would have a wooden barristers and stair railing to split them in half as if the red velvet wallpaper bordering blue carpet wall wasn't a noticeable boundary already.
It was so weird and my parents removed it all within the first 5 years of living there.
...then you might be a redneck. - Jeff Foxworthy
r/DIWHY
Built in back scrubber. Big brain moves.
Is this the new shiplap?
Out door shower? Will be dropping grit for years.
Oh memory leak artifacts. Let me open a JIRA for it.
/r/diwhy
Creative. Though the drain will require more frequent cleaning, and all the exposed nail heads will absolutely start to rust after a while.
I mean, less wear if you miss pretty badly?
Looks like when you play a survival video game and you ran out materials halfway through building your house
Tbh that is genius
The house is inside out
This posting should be under r/mildlyinteresting. It would be a appropriate WTF posting if the bathroom walls were covered with human skin.
I was brought in to do some demolition work decades ago and found a bathroom that had been entirely covered in untreated/coated cedar which had warped/cracked/etc. Smelled great at first, then once you'd been in there a while you could smell the mold. Worse yet, after it was all torn out we found out that they'd also cut a 4' gap in the main 8"x8" pillar that used to support the stairs and roof. Walked out and took a look at the roof and it was pretty obviously sagging significantly. Oof. Glad I didn't buy the place.
Once upon a time, I had an ALL CEDAR bathroom. Cedar shakes and panels
It smelled GLORIOUS after a shower
brilliant. don't need a brush to scrub your back. just rub up against those granuals!
I mean, I can see the logic, but if you fall against that, it's gonna hurt, and then you still have the issue of all the loose granules to get rid of. You're gonna clog the trap.
brilliant. i could scratch my back
Better than carpet. Shingles can be hosed off.
i've seen wood shingles done before, but never asphalt ones. this baby can fit so much fucking cancer in it
Thinking about it shingles might not be terrible. They keep the rain from getting in your house. But I also don’t think there water tight or designed to be cleaned.
Shingle bells, shingle bells, shingle all the wall