• Sheridan
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    869 months ago

    I didn’t realize I could dry off with a towel while still standing in the bathtub/shower until I was 26. Now my bathroom floor doesn’t get wet on a daily basis.

    • @[email protected]
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      209 months ago

      The perfect bathmat is one of those brown fibre door mats, the kind people also use to get their car out of the snow. Always feels dry, never slips, and lasts for years.

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        29 months ago

        Huh, I tried so many of those over the years and always hated the way they feel. Then a few years back, I discovered mats that are more like towels you can throw on the ground but thicker. So much better. The clincher was that I never knew how to clean the mats, but the towel- like ones can go in the wash whenever towels are cleaned

        • @[email protected]
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          19 months ago

          If you put a duck board on the floor then you can put any towel you like on top of it as your mat.

          • @[email protected]
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            19 months ago

            I’m one of the crew that mostly dries off in the shower where water can drain, and I dry each foot as I step out. There’s no need to handle more water.

            I’ve used duck boards in outside showers, so I am familiar with them, but I’m not seeing a need inside, especially where we dry off before stepping out of the shower

        • @[email protected]
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          19 months ago

          You can wash a small rug just fine. But the dryer on high heat may damage the backing, so use low heat.

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        19 months ago

        Moss is superior because it feels great on the feet and the water falling off you is a feature instead of a problem.

        • BarqsHasBite
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          99 months ago

          I believe wet bathrooms have a drain in the middle of the bathroom. This is the way we should build all bathrooms.

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            99 months ago

            Bathrooms should have a floor drain regardless of whether they are of the wet variety. I personally hate the concept of a wet bathroom and the behaviour it encourages. Stuff gets wet that shouldn’t, it just makes everything harder and expands the scope of cleaning while compromising “dry” tasks after someone else has used the shower if they partake in the undisciplined behaviour the design encourages. Also not a fan of all the functions being in one room.

            • BarqsHasBite
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              59 months ago

              I might be using the term wet bathroom wrong, I just mean the floor should have a drain (and be able to get wet obviously).

          • @[email protected]
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            129 months ago

            No you don’t touch the towel to the shower floor, you do everything but that. Then you step into the mat mostly dry, not cold, not making a mess to finish.

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        59 months ago

        After you’ve skimmed the water off, then towel dried inside the shower, the bathmat barely needs to get wet, especially if you step onto your towel when getting out.