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Originally Posted by cleanwater
We replaced carpeting with laminate and love it. Much cleaner and brighter. Wood or laminate reflects more sound and light. Our dark laminate is brighter than our white carpet.
We have tile in the kitchen and baths. Tile in the bath is great. Kitchen tile chips due to dropped knives etc. Eventually we need to get the old chipped kitchen tile replaced but tile removal is expensive and messy.
You can avoid tile grout color problems by sealing and most importantly cleaning with water only. Other cleaners leave a residue that darkens the grout.
We put tile in the lanai to avoid mold issues with wood or carpet and love the tile for this location. The carpeting was nicer on the feet in every location but the cleanliness, ease of cleaning, lack of mold and brightness out ways the foot feel.
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Could be you are correct about only cleaning with water.
I had been using a Swiffer with their cleaning detergent bottles.
Since I've been using strictly tap water / steam......it's much cleaner.
Unfortunately, we never had the grout sealed. Our tile guy never even mentioned it.......whereas, in N.J. our cousins sealed all their grout.
The bathroom tile does not get as soiled, except for the shower stall.
We should never have tiled the shower.....but it was in vogue at the time, a few years back. Also should never have bought glass shower doors.
Does anyone know a quick cleaning trick for the glass doors? They are beautiful etched glass with roses and vines.......but we have HARD WATER up here in Vermont and no water softener......so soap scum doesn't take long to build up. THANKS................P.S. THE BEST SHOWER FLOOR WE'VE EVER SEEN WAS LAST SUMMER IN TABERNASH COLORADO AT THE DEVILS THUMB RESORT RANCH.......ALL THE SHOWER FLOORS HAD RIVER STONES........LIKE PEBBLES TO WALK ON.....BUT VERY NICE AND NON SLIPPERY....HUGE GLASS SHOWERS.........AND SOAKING TUBS IN ALL THE ROOMS. WE HAD NEVER SEEN RIVER STONES BEFORE.........they were various shades of grey.