The OS Doorstep - a helpful and supportive thread in these tough times

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Hi MONNA DD1 's house is a victorian semi with those wonderful old Minton Tiles in the hallway. They were in a very uncared for condition when she moved in and no matter what she did they looked sad!!! She's recently aquired a steam mop and that did an extremely good job in cleaning said tiles but because of where they are, they continutally got dirty again. He Who Knows has solved the keeping them clean problem by doing two very deep cleans with the steam mop, making sure they were totally dry and then applying Tile Sealant which was bought in B & Q but is apparently also available in Tool Station and from Screwfix. It hasn't made them massively shiny but has stopped them from being constantly dull and grubby and much easier to mop over when they're cleaned. Hope that helps, Lyn xxx.

monnagran

Thanks Lyn.

When my poor tiles are clean enough I will try a tile sealant. A way to go yet I'm afraid, the tiles are scratched in places and the dirt is well ingrained.

x

Pooky

Mar - Glad to hear she's had some dreamies - hope she improves soon - when fluffy kitten was poorly with cat flu she didn't eat for nearly 2 weeks - I was having to syringe special fluids into her. I was told that when they have a cold/snotty nose to warm their food slightly as they can then smell it, cats are really fussy and if they can't smell it, it's not food. We were getting the stinkiest things we could and warming it for her.

paidinchickens

Oh Monna you made me laugh. They all laugh at me because I'm scared of flying so it was revenge time

PiC x

nursemaggie

Oh yes I remember Dual. We once bought a house that was tiles right through and they had kept on putting more dual down every time they washed the floors and never cleaned it off. There must have been 30 years of build up it took me months to clean it off and the only thing that worked was brillow pads. We eventually carpeted most of it.

DD41 was about 3 1/2 then and DS39 18 months so it was a difficult job. There was worse they had painted on top of the dirt all over the house so after cleaning the floors I spent the next six months cleaning paint off and filling holes in all the doors from the dogs scratching. It was a big house.

Victorian tiles reminds me of my grandma's house it had a long winding passage snaking around the house all tiled with tiny little tiles. They used go clink, clink, clink as she rushed around the house. She would never let anyone fix them because she would have had to go outside and down the street to get from one room to the other downstairs.

There is something similar to dual still available it is a disinfectant that leaves a shine. I think it is only available commercially so you need someone who works in a public building to get it for you.

Good luck. I think MrsLW's idea is probably best.

paidinchickens

Mardatha Hows Puss now? x

mardatha

She had a bit more to eat, and was lying beside the water fountain although i didn't see her drinking. She looks more like her wee self now though

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Hey FUDDLE if you're reading along hope you've had a good summer break, I miss you posting. If you're around drop us a post and let us know how you are, Lyn xxx.

burtha

Hi all,
Hope cat is getting better,our old cat has hardly got any teeth and will only eat her food if we soak it in boiling water ,it then stinks ...other cat brings her mice in to play with ,brought a small rabbit a few weeks back,she hadn't hurt it just wanted to play ,very odd watching 2 cats and a rabbit jumping around on your kitchen floor and trying to work out what to do

Have only just got home about 10 mins ago,ended up working behind bar as someone rang in sick ,may end up there tomorrow night ,will have to see what happens,they haven't got any spare staff cause they run the place on a shoestring, so they have 2 bars on tonight and if I hadn't gone in 1 would have not been open ,the guy at the top is ****:wall: ,having 1on a bar on a bank hol wkend is silly ,but hey ho ...thank god I only do as and when so to speak !

Ds 11 won his match today ,all the parents nearly passed out in shock ,fingers crossed for the rest of season

Dd12 had my looking around shops for floating solar lights ,she settled on a butterfly one ,for a pound ,and a few sun catchers , and then bought some bright blue and bright pink heather's to go around pond ....she came home and sorted it all out herself ,....then we ? ended up painting 2 old garden nome's ,think they are now rainbow colours ...let's just say the pond now looks very bright ...:rotfl: but who cares ,she's happy ....lord knows what will happen tomorrow:D

Right better go to bed ,may take the dogs out first for a quick walk as I am wide awake ...hey ho

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Some fool decided the rain had stopped and aided in this thought by the goofy four footed fool she lives with went for walkies!!!! all six legs were wrong!!! Some fool is sitting here in pyjamas and the goofy one is dripping and sulking behind the sofa!!! YUKKKKKKKKK!!!