shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
Sep 6th 2006, 11:35 am
#16
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
Originally Posted by cov lad
on my house there will be a sign outside PLEASE KEEP YOUR SHOES ON
We have one of those signs.
Sep 6th 2006, 2:00 pm
#17
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
You will find if people leave their shoes on the amount of yuk that gets traipsed throught the house is.....well yuk! And when you take your owns shoes off and walk around your house the yuk gets stuck to your feet. This is ok if you are a slave to swiffering, personally more than once a day is a waste of time - even sometimes their are not enough nano seconds for that!
However now I have not a single piece of carpet in our house, I will say NO CARPET EVER PLEASE, because of all the yuk you don't see getting trapped into the fibre ........double yuk :scared:
However now I have not a single piece of carpet in our house, I will say NO CARPET EVER PLEASE, because of all the yuk you don't see getting trapped into the fibre ........double yuk :scared:
Sep 6th 2006, 5:30 pm
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
Originally Posted by Piff Poff
You will find if people leave their shoes on the amount of yuk that gets traipsed throught the house is.....well yuk! And when you take your owns shoes off and walk around your house the yuk gets stuck to your feet. This is ok if you are a slave to swiffering, personally more than once a day is a waste of time - even sometimes their are not enough nano seconds for that!
However now I have not a single piece of carpet in our house, I will say NO CARPET EVER PLEASE, because of all the yuk you don't see getting trapped into the fibre ........double yuk :scared:
However now I have not a single piece of carpet in our house, I will say NO CARPET EVER PLEASE, because of all the yuk you don't see getting trapped into the fibre ........double yuk :scared:
Though as someone here pointed out before if you are visiting and want to wear shoes indoors then you could take some with you.
Sep 6th 2006, 5:49 pm
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
We've got tiles in our hallway, then laminate all throughout the downstairs except for the lounge. It looks nice but forget and step into the hall with wet shoes and it becomes a skating rink, plus the tiles are not very forgiving when you land on them ( trust me i know 
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Sep 6th 2006, 6:14 pm
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
Originally Posted by mandyg
We've got tiles in our hallway, then laminate all throughout the downstairs except for the lounge. It looks nice but forget and step into the hall with wet shoes and it becomes a skating rink, plus the tiles are not very forgiving when you land on them ( trust me i know )
Stuart
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Sep 6th 2006, 6:16 pm
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
Nevermind the mud! People sh1t and piss and bleed all over the streets of Vancouver.
Shoes off and a disinfectant flee bath for those who enter my house!
Sep 6th 2006, 9:14 pm
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
Originally Posted by dbd33
We have one of those signs.
Why am I not surprised?!
Sep 6th 2006, 9:20 pm
#23
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
Originally Posted by Sallyanne
What fresh hell is this?
Just one more thing to worry, worry about
Sep 6th 2006, 9:22 pm
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
Originally Posted by Woodstock62
Lol!
Why am I not surprised?!
Why am I not surprised?!
Sep 6th 2006, 9:25 pm
#25
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
Buy a cream carpet, lay it in the hall then allow every one to enter with shoes on.....I bet after 2 days your understand why shoes should be left at the door....
and to think you can now see all that dirt, with tiled and wooden floors you might not see as much of it but it still there :scared: ...Sutherlands
Last edited by Sutherlands; Sep 6th 2006 at 9:27 pm.
Sep 6th 2006, 9:32 pm
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
Originally Posted by Sutherlands
Buy a cream carpet, lay it in the hall
Sep 6th 2006, 9:42 pm
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
Originally Posted by dbd33
We're don't live in a 1970s council house either.
Sep 6th 2006, 10:26 pm
#28
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
Originally Posted by Sallyanne
What fresh hell is this?
)Treat people's shoe-removal as a sign of respect gringo; they will expect the same of you whatever flooring they've installed.
... and props to HWP for the 'truly' bushy blonde hairdo =D
Rock on sister.
Sep 7th 2006, 12:05 am
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
I'm always mildly embarrassed at the crap people track *out* of my house... not enough to crack on and clean properly, but still. Shoes on in this house, cream carpet from the previous owners and all.
Most ridiculous thing I've ever seen was 2 men struggling to carry a side-by-side fridge freezer over my threshold whilst trying to take their shoes off at the same time. All that, just so they could cover their dark socks in our dog's pale hair.
Most ridiculous thing I've ever seen was 2 men struggling to carry a side-by-side fridge freezer over my threshold whilst trying to take their shoes off at the same time. All that, just so they could cover their dark socks in our dog's pale hair.
Sep 7th 2006, 7:12 am
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Re: shoes and hardwood floors and tile floors
Originally Posted by batty-x-ray
I say YES to carpet as wooden/tiled flooring makes it harder for me to hear, -all that echoing around. In my world the more soft furnishings the better, bring on the shag pile!! :scared:
