Possible Clues:

• Covered eg as walls of shower area
• Like many a roof
• Education cut short after teaching started with two thirds sick -- head covered, perhaps?
• Like shower rooms, often
• Put on, as a roof, maybe
• Like some fireplaces
• Like some backsplashes
• Laid vinyl on, as a floor
• Line drawn all round covered bathroom wall?
• Decorated in ceramic, say