It appears public works are now favouring a new kind of tile. "Now", of course, is relative to when I fathomed this.
It's easy to see why they like these tiles. They are rough on the surface, thus helping to prevent slipping accidents. (Where were they when I went crashing down in public last week?)
They also dry fast, thus helping to prevent even more accidents. This might also mean the cleaners will have less of a problem with footprints.
Unfortunately, there's always bound to be something unfortunate about something fortunate. The roughness makes them all the more difficult to clean as they pick up specks of dirt easily - not just from dirty shoes and feet, but also from the cleaning implements used to clean them, like mops and squeegies and even a broom with stiff bristles. Talk about ... y'know, irony. Ineffectiveness. Something.
Probably less noticeable if its of a dark colour, but ours happen to be of a lighter shade of ... what looks like orange or peach. Apparently the closest match to our brownish-greyish bathroom tiles. Or someone is colour blind.
You see, our bathroom floor got a makeover courtesy of the housing board, because our pipes were apparently causing our downstairs neighbour some distress. We got a new toilet bowl, new pipes - raised instead of recessed, new floor tiles and a house covered in construction dust. Not for free, of course.
Something else that's different - the cement. Instead of white, it's now actually of a similar shade to the tiles. I'll reserve my applause for when it's found to be grout repelling. Grout is our greatest enemy!
Or maybe second greatest.
