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Just realized the 1950’s ranch we just bought (next door) has plastic tiles in the bathrooms.
They look just like ceramic tiles and are installed the same with grout except when you tap on them it has a hollow plastic sound.
Overall they seem to be in good condition but I haven’t quite figured out what to make of them.
Only advantage I can think of would be they may be more crack resistant then ceramic tiles, sortof like doors on Saturn cars.
If some of them get damaged during the course of recaulking at the tub line and some other loose spots, replacements may be impossible to find.
Ofcourse regular tiles could be used as replacements…
Any feedback on this stuff would be appreciated.
Thanks !
Alan
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I'll have some nice rare pink ones from a demo that starts on monday. Somebody suggested that I auction them off on E-bay.
*These are pink as well !They are closer to orange pink with slight marble vein pattern to them.I'm leaning more toward ripping them out.
*Maybe we could start a conclomerate! Fix prices since we control the market and all.
*Before my wife puts me in the can I better bail out of this discussion.Unless a friend who was touring the new purchase started tapping on them I would not have realized they are plastic.Because they are in generally good condition with I was completely fooled.
*I've seen a few of these too...suspect they may be older than 1950.Would be interesting to hear from anybody who knows the history of 'em.
*I don't know the history of them, but I see them mainly in 1950's and early 60's houses.Sometimes I see them in older houses but believe they aren't original in those houses. Had 'em in one of my own that was built in 1902 - but the bathroom had been redone in the 50's."Old House Journal" might be a place to look/ask: they used to have a forum, but I haven't been there in awhile
*Although I am wondering why this idea never caught on - I'm thinking tiles made of, let's say, Corian - I don't know if these tiles warrant being kid gloved as historical relics. If anything it enhances the appeal of real ceramic tiles.
*My mother lives in a 19th century house back east. Her main bathroom was remodeled in 1953 with yellow plastic wall tiles around the tub. They were failing within 20 years (my childhood) due to the plastic popping off the mastic with almost no adhesive transfer. My dad would valiantly reglue them with fresh mastic. In the 80's I tore it all out and put in ceramic over Wonderboard. I am certain of the date on this one because the remodelers signed and dated their handiwork inside a wall cavity. They also left all the plaster rubble in the joist bays. Ugh.Bill
*In 1954 I installed this type of tile in the showers of 2 unheated bath houses at our family swimming pool in Missouri. None had fallen off as of last year.
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Just realized the 1950's ranch we just bought (next door) has plastic tiles in the bathrooms.
They look just like ceramic tiles and are installed the same with grout except when you tap on them it has a hollow plastic sound.
Overall they seem to be in good condition but I haven't quite figured out what to make of them.
Only advantage I can think of would be they may be more crack resistant then ceramic tiles, sortof like doors on Saturn cars.
If some of them get damaged during the course of recaulking at the tub line and some other loose spots, replacements may be impossible to find.
Ofcourse regular tiles could be used as replacements...
Any feedback on this stuff would be appreciated.
Thanks !
Alan