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Originally Posted by Tom C
Our home has all tile flooring. This is our desire, but I am unsure of the best way to maintain and clean it.
Specifically I am asking:
1) What do you find the best damp mopping product for regular cleaning?
And,
2) Do you use a company to come in periodically to do a thorough cleaning of all the tile and grout? (If so, who do you find is a good contractor for this work?)
Any other words of wisdom about how you maintain / tips & tricks you use on your tile floors would also be appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this.  |
We've got tiling, but we had some great advice when we were looking for the tile. We were told to buy the best we could afford and get a very neutral color with a matching grout color. We bought a quarry tile in varying shades of beige, so no two tiles are exactly the same color which basically means the dirt does not show too much.
However, because I could not find anyone to do a really good job I started to do it, I scrub it .... once a year I scrub the area that get the most wear on my hands and knees - how much longer I can do it is the question - My tile is 20" square and I scrub probably 8 tiles at a time and the next day I do 8 more etc. etc., until the floor is done. I also have a steam mop and clean the kitchen and walk area with that every few days or so, it does a passable to good job. I should add that we have room size throw rugs which really helps.
But, thanks to the other posters for the information on who they are using, there will come a time when I can no longer do the hands and knees thing!!!
