Tiles and Grout Cleaning - Overview

There are many types of tiles available nowadays. The method of tile cleaning will depend more on the tile type. However there are couple of things to be followed to add the sheen and glow of the tiles.

• Do the regular floor cleaning
• Clean the spills as soon as they occur

It is very crucial to clean dirt and water too as soon as they are split to prevent the stains. Place a doormat which helps in reduction of mud or dirt entering through footsteps.
There are basically following tile floors where in one will use the tile and grout cleaning process, types of tiles are as follow -
• Ceramic
• Porcelain
• Stone

Porcelain Tile cleaning
Porcelain tiles maintenance is not difficult if the surface is cleaned regularly. The surface can be vacuum cleaned every day or just sweep it. The wet mopping is required once in a week. Use of mild floor cleaners will do for the mopping. One can make it at home by mixing vinegar and water.

Ceramic Tile Cleaning
The rule is followed here as well; remove the dirt as soon as possible. Vacuum clean the tiles every day or a simple broom can be used. Plain water or the special ceramic tile cleaners can be used for the wet mopping.

Stone Tile Cleaning
One need to be careful while cleaning the tiles made of stones as they are natural minerals. Never use harsh floor cleaners. Sweep or vacuum clean. After using any floor cleaner use a dry mop to soak any type of liquid residue.

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Of all the domestic house cleaning jobs we tend to put off as long as possible, tile and grout cleaning is probably the worst. Actually the tiles themselves are not really the problem - it's the tile & grout combination, and the grout in particular that is tricky to deal with. The only way to keep the tile & grout in a bathroom clean is to scour it frequently, or at least get after it before you notice that there is an accumulation of mould, or the grout has become discoloured. That is when it's time to call in a professional domestic house cleaning company, because they are the ones who have the right equipment, products and expertise necessary to contend with serious tile and grout cleaning.

In between visits from the domestic house cleaning experts, there are some temporary measures you can take to keep the worst of the dirt at bay. Natural substances such as baking soda are safe to use on bathroom tile & grout, and have the advantage of being non-toxic, which is not the case with many commercial tile cleaners. Unlike chemical cleaners that require the wearing of heavy gloves and the opening of windows while they are being used, a simple paste of baking soda and water scrubbed into the grout with a small brush, even an old toothbrush, can be remarkably effective. It works even better if you leave the baking solution mixture in place for about ten minutes before you start scrubbing. Once the worst of the dirt has gone, you can follow this up with a weak solution of bleach and water to combat any lingering mould and mildew, lighten the grout and make the tiles shiny. Baking powder mixed in a ratio of three to one with water is probably the least invasive home made cleaning product you can use on your tile & grout. There are stronger solutions but they should be used with caution, as they are not suitable for every tile and grout cleaning situation. Particular care has to be taken with coloured grout.

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How to find the best kitchen remodeling contractor in Northern Virginia?

Northern Virginia is with about 2.6 million residents, which is one of the beautiful place to live, covered by Washington metropolitan area, Metropolitan statistical area and larger Baltimore Washington metropolitan area. If you are living on that beautiful area and in need of kitchen remodeling contractors, there are plenty of kitchen remodeling firms can be found in Northern Virginia. Anyhow, it is hard to pick the perfect professional for your kitchen design or kitchen renovation or kitchen remodeling project. Keep on reading on what to consider to select the best kitchen remodeling Northern Virginia contractors.

Kitchen is one of the mostly used room of a home to fulfill very basic need, that is “Food”. Daily you have to prepare your meals and do related stuffs, you have to use kitchen almost three or more times a day. Your kitchen usually has all complex constructional structure like plumbing, electrical work, duct work and other important things. When you plan to remodel or design your kitchen, it is one of the big project (or big sub-project) of your home designing or remodeling project, as far as it covers up more areas to look into. You have to consider flooring (tiles or etc), cabinets and other fixtures during your kitchen remodeling project, these cause  your entire remodeling project to be more expensive. So, it is always recommended to have a list on what do you have to do? What are the changes that you require to do in your kitchen? What are the fixtures to be done? and etc. Preparing such a list will help you to have some estimation on your budget and forecast on your future well designed kitchen on how will it look like? Will it be more attractive? Will it be more functional? Before contact kitchen remodeling contractors in you area, say in Northern Virginia, you should make above mention list, then only you can explain your contractor on what to do, what do you expect in functional wise and how do you expect it to be attractive.

Selecting unprofessional kitchen design contractor may lead you to waste your time and investment with your kitchen design project. As well as it may end up with more stress and the kitchen may not be more functional as expected as well as no more attractive. So, you have to be clear that choosing well experienced professional kitchen design firms or contractors is key on success of your remodeling project.

First of all, ask for company registration copy of the contractor to make sure that they are registered in your area, say Northern Virginia, at the same time, check their license as a home designer (example : kitchen designing, bathroom designing and etc) in Northern Virginia. These things will help you to ensure that your contractor is a well-organized professional and follow the things according to legal in your state.

Also, have a look and get details of insurance that the remodeling firm has and the insurance that it's sub-contractors has, know about type of insurance policy is that, what are covered under that insurance and etc. To ensure the remodeling firm will be there with you until end of the kitchen remodeling project, it is advised to request financial statement from contractor's bank. 

Make sure that your kitchen remodeling contractor is able to give their physical address, they really do not have to have an office and/or site, they can be home-based (family based) remodeling contractors who are surely designed their own home very well. Meeting the contractor on given address and discuss will give more ideas about the contractor.

Do not forget the verify and see previous projects that were completed by this contractor. Usually these contractors exhibits photos and/or videos of their previous successful projects on their website. Some cases, they do not have websites, but they may ready to show the photographs. To verify and confirm that the projects of shown photographs were completed by the contractor, you may contact actual home owner of those project and verify it. That will give you definite clear ideas about the remodeling firm that you are going to use. By talking with other persons who already used these re-modelers for their projects, you can get more ideas about the particular contractor on how professional they are, on how helpful they are to complete the project on time, on how they support, the way that they communicate other than the workmanship and etc. This is kind of feedback about the contractor who you may going to work with. Apart from that, you can check out online ratings for the remodeling contractor, there are sites like Google listings, Angie's list, and etc.

It is always wise to put more time on selecting perfect and well skilled kitchen remodeling contractor who can help you to fulfill your kitchen remodeling project on timely manner with more functional and attractive look to your kitchen. Because, you are investing lots of money on your kitchen remodeling compare to remodeling or renovation of other parts of the house. Last but not least, at initial selection process it is always check about three to four contractors and choose the best out of them, rather than just checking only with one remodeling firm. By do so, you can find ins and outs of other remodeling contractors in Northern Virginia.