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Cleaning Hints and tips

 Cleaning or drying?

The care and cleaning of a bathroom, according to most manufacturers is a simple affair. This is because most of the instructions for cleaning are to use warm soapy water only. This method will work if it is carried out from day 1 on a regular basis. We recommend that you try to follow this method, it is basically, little and often.

You can if you wish, use bleach, but only in the toilet pan, and not on the toilet seat. We would recommend a product like Milton, which will clean the seat, but doesn’t contain anything as abrasive as bleach.

My wife uses Harpic Power Plus in the toilet pan because this product combats limescale under the rim, but does not contain bleach.

Limescale

The biggest enemy in the bathroom is limescale.

The process which creates huge stalactites and stalagmites in caves around Britain is just the same as allowing water to dry on your shower screen, by evaporation it leaves behind the limescale. The best way to defend your beautiful bathroom against this is to dry the shower/bath/basin etc.

If you have limescale and want to remove it there are one or two natural options, but modern technology acts faster. You can either use a natural acid like lemon, or you can buy Limelite. This helps shift limescale, but can still take a number of applications, so be patient and keep trying.

Mould

Another ever present problem in some bathrooms is black mould. We are often asked for silicone that fights mould. You can buy silicones with Microban in them, these usually cost more than double at approximately £10. There is a cheaper alternative,  ventilating the room is easier and cheaper.

Don’t reach for the window latch just yet: Leaving the window open for long periods is not the complete answer. It is OK to open the window to remove steam as it is produced, but after finishing your bath or shower it is best to close it.

The general rule of thumb is when you have the room door open the window should be closed. This means that you are using the warm dry air from the rest of your house to dry out the bathroom.