Do you call out attached carpeting around toilets as unsanitary?

[Nick Gromicko]

http://www.nachi.org/carpeted-bathrooms.htm

[Joe Funderburk, CMI]

Yes.

[Bob Elliott]

It may be ,but it is not something I would report as a defect.
Perhaps it would come up in verbal conversation.

Rare to see it but how about the kitchen also.

[Russel Ray]

Heavens no. It's no different from putting one of those special toilet rugs around it. Like everything in our homes, carpets need to be cleaned occasionally. Now if the guy in the house doesn't know how to aim, perhaps he should go outdoors....

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by rray

Heavens no. It's no different from putting one of those special toilet rugs around it. Like everything in our homes, carpets need to be cleaned occasionally. Now if the guy in the house doesn't know how to aim, perhaps he should go outdoors....

Of course I have heard you can pick up the toilet rug and throw it in the washing machine.

[Michael Roberson]

I do what Bob does, maybe a warning in the report, but not in the summary.

[Blaine Wiley]

Nope. Don't see how that could be considered a "material defect".

[Larry D. Kage]

Originally Posted by bwiley

Nope. Don't see how that could be considered a "material defect".

Exactly...

[Russel Ray]

Originally Posted by mlarson

Of course I have heard you can pick up the toilet rug and throw it in the washing machine.

You can have the carpet cleaned, too, even do it yourself. Sheesh. I thought you were better than that. No wonder I don't come around here much.

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by rray

You can have the carpet cleaned, too, even do it yourself. Sheesh. I thought you were better than that. No wonder I don't come around here much.

Seems a bit more complicated that tossing a small rug in the washer.

I don't call it as a defect but do mention it as a courtesy to my clients who may not have considered the problems associated with carpet in a bathroom.

[James H. Bushart]

A bathroom carpet would not be a "defect" that one would call out in a report....but in the Ozarks, it is best to warn people moving in from other parts of the country of the custom of wiping one's self with the shower curtain in the absence of a corn cob - and to recommend that the shower curtain be replaced upon each new tenant.

[rmaday]

Originally Posted by jbushart

A bathroom carpet would not be a "defect" that one would call out in a report....but in the Ozarks, it is best to warn people moving in from other parts of the country of the custom of wiping one's self with the shower curtain in the absence of a corn cob - and to recommend that the shower curtain be replaced upon each new tenant.

Why not simply a basket of corn as a housewarming gift?

Perhaps you can get them logo'd.

[James H. Bushart]

Originally Posted by rmaday

Why not simply a basket of corn as a housewarming gift?

Perhaps you can get them logo'd.

You mean like....."Use this to wipe your ASHI"?

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by jbushart

You mean like....."Use this to wipe your ASHI"?

Can an ASHI member say that and remain in good standing?

[James H. Bushart]

Originally Posted by mlarson

Can an ASHI member say that and remain in good standing?

Looks like we will find out.