you always seem to have to deal with pebbles being tracked all over hell. It's astonishing how they seem to show up everywhere. Hard soled flip flops seem to be the best footwear to keep from tracking pea gravel.
You really have to keep after things and it's a nuisance. A blacktop or poured concrete driveway is a lot easier to maintain and deal with on a day to day basis. You can just blow it off with a leaf blower and every couple of years when it starts to pick up black mold just spray it with bleach and if necessary pressure wash it. Actually I think concrete is the best. Blacktop tends to crack faster than concrete which will last practically forever if you do the prepwork and bed it properly.
Still, women tend to make choices based on appearance and to be fair, the pea gravel has a better curb appeal.
I suppose that if I designed a house it would probably be a lot easier to take care of. I've posted my idea of a bathroom here before, a fiberglass drop-in unit with a tub, toilet, sink, pressure washer, soap dispenser and a floor drain. (I wonder if there's a market for that in that people would actually buy them.)
I will say I have cleaning the tub and surrounding tile down to a fine art. The evening before I spray the whole damned thing, tile, tub, fixtures down with orange Zep degreaser and leave one of those car wash type sponges on the sink.
The next morning when shower time rolls around I jump in and give the whole thing a wipedown followed by another wipedown with plenty of clear water and take my shower.
On rare occasions the bottom ot the tub might not be brand new looking so I cover it with that blue toilet bowl cleaner and let it set a while. Then it gets a quick scrubbing and a good rinse and it makes the whole damned thing look brand new again.
Update: I'm spending part of the day shoveling out the house to put half of the gravel back in the driveway.
I'd like to have a urinal in my bathroom. I think that'd make life a little easier.
ReplyDeleteI considered that years ago but was advised against it because keeping it clean (the odor problem) was too labor intensive.
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