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calendargrl
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jan
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Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
My DH and I have been arguing about this. He thinks that we should be tile in the half bath and I think tile should only be in full baths (w/shower)
What is the real purpose of tile in the bathrooms? I thought it had something to do with the humidity/steam. What do you think?
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Lisa
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
most of the 1/2 baths that I have seen do not have tile except the floors.
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| Posted 3/22/06 10:34 AM |
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MommyofG
just the girls
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Janice
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
I think its just a design choice nowadays. It depends on the decor in your home. Tile is easier to clean, does he want to do all tile or 1/2 tile in the 1/2 bath? half and half would be really nice.
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| Posted 3/22/06 10:35 AM |
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Christine
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
Posted by Lisa
most of the 1/2 baths that I have seen do not have tile except the floors.
Same here. I love that look and I like that you can easily change the decor by painting, tiles while not permanent are not so easy to change down the line.
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| Posted 3/22/06 10:46 AM |
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schnapy
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Diana
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
We are putting in a half bath and it will be tiled as well.
I think its just neater.
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| Posted 3/22/06 10:49 AM |
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calendargrl
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jan
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
He wants to put tile on the walls all the way up  ! thanks for responding.
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| Posted 3/22/06 10:49 AM |
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DebG
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
our half bath is all tile and its a breeeeze to clean up.
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| Posted 3/22/06 10:53 AM |
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schnapy
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Diana
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
Posted by calendargrl
He wants to put tile on the walls all the way up ! thanks for responding.
LOL well its not the worst thing in the world
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| Posted 3/22/06 11:09 AM |
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BabyBoy
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Tom
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
our full bath is 1/2 tile (all the way up)- 1/2 wall
tile is in the tub side of the bath room and we painted the walls on the other half. i think thats alot of tile.....
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| Posted 3/22/06 11:14 AM |
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MommyofG
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
I personally LOVE all tile in bathrooms, fresher look
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DjPiLL
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Richard
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
I just gutted out my downstairs bathroom to the studs.
We decided to go tile up to the ceiling... and then paint the ceiling. It came out really good!
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Hi-Fi55
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Dianne
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
Posted by calendargrl
My DH and I have been arguing about this. He thinks that we should be tile in the half bath and I think tile should only be in full baths (w/shower)
What is the real purpose of tile in the bathrooms? I thought it had something to do with the humidity/steam. What do you think?
The real purpose of tile in the bathroom is to stop water damage. When you don't have tile on your walls/floors, you have a better chance of getting water damage. It is harder for the water to seep through the tile and damage the wood underneath. This is why it is more common to see in full baths and not 1/2 baths. I think it is all a matter of preference. I have seen with and without and like both.
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MrsS1126
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
Our half bath has no tile just on the floor. We were thinking of adding wainscoting but not 100% sure what we want to do with it so it's just plain white right now and I hate it 
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Sassyz75
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
My mom has a 1/2 bath that has those old fashioned big white tiles with the black smaller border tiles.
the bathroom I used to have was tile all the way up AND the ceiling!!!!
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Ang-Rich
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
For 1/2 baths my personal preference would be paint - tile for the flooring.
I thought I heard somewhere that bathrooms with floor to ceiling tiling would increase the tax on the house...not sure if that's true..something about it being a luxury?
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cloddy
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
Our 1/2 bath on the 1st floor has tile only on the floor, none on the walls
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Faithx2
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
What about wainscotting?? My half bath has wainscotting and pedestal sink.....looks real old fashioned I personally wouldn't do tile(besides floor) if the is no shower in the room.
Message edited 3/25/2006 6:29:06 AM.
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Karen
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
Posted by cloddy
Our 1/2 bath on the 1st floor has tile only on the floor, none on the walls
same here!
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| Posted 3/25/06 8:29 AM |
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Re: Half-Bath-Tile or No tile?
Our half bath has tile halfway up each of the four walls. I don't like it but it also came with the house. I would like to replace it with wainscoting but the full bath is much uglier and therefore a priority.
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