Since we've decided to sell the house in the spring, we talked to our realtor about what things need to be fixed before we list. The realtor gave us an extremely long list. A list that far outpaces our limited budget. We are trying to decide which projects to tackle. (Not many.)
One of the projects that will definitely be tackled is the floor of the master bathroom. Honestly, the entire bathroom is a gut job, but that is someone else's problem. I just want the floor to be less disgusting. It is gross. It is currently carpeted in a stained, scuzzy berber.
It is even carpeted up to the shower.
Thankfully the room with the toilet has a tile floor.
Quotes for tiling the entire bathroom and toilet room came back at $1500+, and I am not excited about that. I'd like to spend a lot less.
I'm debating two options.
First, the easy way. We will be replacing the carpet in the master bedroom, which is open to the master bath, so we could just continue the carpet on into the bathroom. This is a cheap, easy option. It involves no work on my part.
Cons: it is still carpet in a bathroom. Not in the toilet, thankfully, but still, I think carpeted bathrooms are....yuck.
Option #2: I can get my hands dirty, rip up the carpet and the old tile and put down peel and stick ceramica tile that can be grouted (Home Depot carries it under the TrafficMaster brand). It is not a vinyl peel and stick, but rather a really thin ceramic-type tile. It looks pretty good, honestly.
It is inexpensive and the materials will cost slightly less than the cost of putting in new carpet. Unlike regular tiles, I won't need a wet saw to cut them--ceramica tiles can be cut with tin snips or scored with a box cutter. Best part--no more carpet in the bathroom.
Cons: a significant time and effort commitment on my part. I have never tiled anything, so this would be an experiment. The room is full of lots of little corners and angles that will necessitate lots of measuring and cutting. The floor also isn't level. Demoing the tile seems like a lot of work.
The biggest con--we would take up the bathroom tile and run the ceramica tile throughout the entire space. Thus, if I screw it up, I've then committed myself into paying someone else $1500 to fix it.
Would you not buy a house if it had fresh, lovely carpet in the bathroom? Have you ever used peel and stick ceramica tiles? What to do?
One of the projects that will definitely be tackled is the floor of the master bathroom. Honestly, the entire bathroom is a gut job, but that is someone else's problem. I just want the floor to be less disgusting. It is gross. It is currently carpeted in a stained, scuzzy berber.
It is even carpeted up to the shower.
Thankfully the room with the toilet has a tile floor.
Quotes for tiling the entire bathroom and toilet room came back at $1500+, and I am not excited about that. I'd like to spend a lot less.
I'm debating two options.
First, the easy way. We will be replacing the carpet in the master bedroom, which is open to the master bath, so we could just continue the carpet on into the bathroom. This is a cheap, easy option. It involves no work on my part.
Cons: it is still carpet in a bathroom. Not in the toilet, thankfully, but still, I think carpeted bathrooms are....yuck.
Option #2: I can get my hands dirty, rip up the carpet and the old tile and put down peel and stick ceramica tile that can be grouted (Home Depot carries it under the TrafficMaster brand). It is not a vinyl peel and stick, but rather a really thin ceramic-type tile. It looks pretty good, honestly.
It is inexpensive and the materials will cost slightly less than the cost of putting in new carpet. Unlike regular tiles, I won't need a wet saw to cut them--ceramica tiles can be cut with tin snips or scored with a box cutter. Best part--no more carpet in the bathroom.
Cons: a significant time and effort commitment on my part. I have never tiled anything, so this would be an experiment. The room is full of lots of little corners and angles that will necessitate lots of measuring and cutting. The floor also isn't level. Demoing the tile seems like a lot of work.
The biggest con--we would take up the bathroom tile and run the ceramica tile throughout the entire space. Thus, if I screw it up, I've then committed myself into paying someone else $1500 to fix it.
Would you not buy a house if it had fresh, lovely carpet in the bathroom? Have you ever used peel and stick ceramica tiles? What to do?
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