Not so funny with my shower, apparently it was built with a material that will destroy itself if it gets wet, I am not kidding, if you do not wipe down the Walls every time you take a shower it ruins them. One would think a material that can get wet would be standard for shower walls but nope.
My shower was made of drywall, which I found out about when mushrooms started growing through the grout. I was able to demo the whole wall with a single pull because the drywall had basically disintegrated.
That's why I had all of the drywall in that bathroom replaced with cement board.
Which is what is it is supposed to be, cement board, hopefully with a sealant on the wall before you put the cement board on but either way, then tile over top. Or cheap linoleum bullshit. It is really expensive to have it done.
Yeah, the tile guys quoted me on re-tiling the rest of the house, and it was like 1/3 the price of a bathroom. That's because a crew can knock out a house in very little time, while many bathrooms can only realistically have one guy working on it.
No it is some type of synthetic from the '70s. Like plastic-ish adjacent, all the old people knew exactly what it was when I got this place I can't remember.
Interesting, I know plastic tiles were fairly popular from the 50s-70s, but I’ve never heard of that being bad in the shower other than just cracking off like it does everywhere else too. I wonder what yours is?
We've wiped them down almost every time. I forgot once or twice for a number of hours. The main side wall was pockmarked when I moved in from being wet too much already though, but not to the point the water getting through yet.
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Thunderbird4@lemmy.world · 90 pts · 143d
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 74 pts · 143d
That's as dumb as cleaning your microwave when the heat sanitizes it every cycle.
LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 22 pts · 143d
TIHI
oatscoop@midwest.social · 16 pts · 143d
Or cleaning the inside of the toilet bowel -- it cleans itself, genius.
diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 143d
It looks like a turd is heated in there.
nightlily@leminal.space · 14 pts · 143d
Takes too long in the oven.
Ashen44@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 142d
How did you take a picture of my college dorm's microwave?
Rooster326@programming.dev · 2 pts · 142d
Was it brand new? It's missing the telltale scorch marks of burned popcorn.
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 143d
Ha ha.
Not so funny with my shower, apparently it was built with a material that will destroy itself if it gets wet, I am not kidding, if you do not wipe down the Walls every time you take a shower it ruins them. One would think a material that can get wet would be standard for shower walls but nope.
sundray@lemmus.org · 25 pts · 143d
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space · 10 pts · 143d
Is that Peter Thiel?
jack_of_sandwich@lemmy.sdf.org · 11 pts · 142d
If something fails so clearly at its basic function, can it really be "ruined"?
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 143d
I’m confused, like is your grout coming off or is your shower made of drywall?
village604@adultswim.fan · 11 pts · 143d
My shower was made of drywall, which I found out about when mushrooms started growing through the grout. I was able to demo the whole wall with a single pull because the drywall had basically disintegrated.
That's why I had all of the drywall in that bathroom replaced with cement board.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 9 pts · 142d
Lmfao it's literally in the name. Who the fuck...
village604@adultswim.fan · 3 pts · 142d
Right? I couldn't believe the incompetence.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 142d
Never assume to be incompetence what could be attributed to cost optimization.
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 143d
Which is what is it is supposed to be, cement board, hopefully with a sealant on the wall before you put the cement board on but either way, then tile over top. Or cheap linoleum bullshit. It is really expensive to have it done.
village604@adultswim.fan · 8 pts · 143d
Yeah, the tile guys quoted me on re-tiling the rest of the house, and it was like 1/3 the price of a bathroom. That's because a crew can knock out a house in very little time, while many bathrooms can only realistically have one guy working on it.
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 143d
No it is some type of synthetic from the '70s. Like plastic-ish adjacent, all the old people knew exactly what it was when I got this place I can't remember.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 143d
Interesting, I know plastic tiles were fairly popular from the 50s-70s, but I’ve never heard of that being bad in the shower other than just cracking off like it does everywhere else too. I wonder what yours is?
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 143d
Manufactured homes from the '70s is all I know
jack_of_sandwich@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 142d
How have these survived on the wall for 50 years?
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 142d
We've wiped them down almost every time. I forgot once or twice for a number of hours. The main side wall was pockmarked when I moved in from being wet too much already though, but not to the point the water getting through yet.
Rooster326@programming.dev · 2 pts · 142d
But the humidity alone would destroy a non-waterproof material in a shower.
This doesn't make sense.
It will literally reach 100% humidity inside of your bathroom. That material doesn't need full contact to absorb water out of the air
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 142d
Wiping it down after use retains it's composure.
jack_of_sandwich@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 142d
If they've survived 50 years, I think it's time to thank them for their service and send them on their way.
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 143d
I can smell this guy through this meme
sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 143d
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 9 pts · 143d
My laundry basket broke right after my wife left me.
I'm still waiting for the third bad thing to happen.
perishthethought@piefed.social · 4 pts · 143d
Yeeessss...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqQgDwA0BNU
Klear@quokk.au · 8 pts · 143d
Murphy's Law of Conservation of Dirt: In order to clean something, something else needs to get dirty.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 4 pts · 142d
Not wrong
Psythik@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 141d
The fuck is this tweet even supposed to mean?