Installing bathroom tiles is a great way to add style to your bathroom but you need to make sure that they are correctly installed and properly maintained. Ideally the bath flooring and wall slabs should be cleaned regularly otherwise they can get stained by soap scum, detergent and polluted water. Additionally lack of proper cleaning can make the bathroom a perfect breeding place for germs and bacteria. Almost every kind of flooring available in the market displays excellent resilient towards moisture and it is due to lack of maintenance that the bathroom becomes home of germs and bacteria. It will take a person maximum twenty minutes to clean an average size bathroom but some people are reluctant to give this much time to clean their baths.
A majority of homeowners blames it on their bathroom tiles when they find their baths damp and moist but the real reason behind their baths becoming moist rests elsewhere. An ideal bathroom is properly ventilated, lighted and is not overcrowded with fixtures, tub and vanity tops. For the regular cleaning purpose, there should be a wiper and soft bristles broom in the bathroom. It is necessary for one to wipe out the extra water from the floor after using the room.
People put much focus on cleaning bathroom tiles and forget cleaning the grout lines that guard the most fragile area of the bath floor. Grout fills the space left between tiles. Grout lines are part of the floor and they should be cleaned when cleaning the slabs. But mild detergents, hard brush and forced wiping can remove the grout lines and make the bath floor vulnerable to moisture, soap residue and dust. You should use a solution that is safe for both the slabs and the grout lines. Oxygen bleach is the solution that can clean the floor without harming the slabs or the grout lines.
When washing the bathroom floor slabs, flood the floor with a homemade oxygen bleach solution and leave the solution on the floor for half an hour. In this period, the solution will loosen the stubborn soap residue and watermarks from the bathroom tiles and grout lines. After half an hour, you can drain the solution and wash the floor with clean water. It there are any stains left on the floor or grout lines, you can remove them using a scrub or a dry cotton cloth. Repeat this exercise once in a fortnight and make sure that your bathroom has proper ventilation and it receives ample sunlight.
BathroomTim Beyers is an expert in interior designing especially tiling. He possesses immense knowledge on tiles, their varieties, installation, cleaning and maintenance. His articles work as a lighthouse for home owners wandering in the market in search of quality tiles. Know more about Bathroom Tiles and Bathroom Floor Tiles