We have hard ceramic floors in our kitchen is there a good device easier
than mop and water to clean them with Thanks E

"ed" wrote in message
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We have hard ceramic floors in our kitchen is there a good device easier
than mop and water to clean them with Thanks E

Vax V-029 is a basic hard floor cleaner. I think I paid around £80 and it's
easier than an mop & bucket. Cleans over 15m2 on one fill and surprisingly
good at sucking up water on a very uneven tiled floor. Used for a utlity
room "dog & wellies" mud. 2 design flaws/annoyances - the removable water
tank can sometimes be a pain to put back and the water suction head say
300mm x 8mm has cross pieces to make the slot rigid and these collect dog
hairs that then collect dirty water that drips back out after use.

http://www.vax.co.uk/vax/product_ran...php?rangeID=56


PeterK

On 2007-12-26 16:56:58 +0000, "ed" said:

We have hard ceramic floors in our kitchen is there a good device easier
than mop and water to clean them with Thanks E

I have an upright cleaner manufactured by Vax which works pretty well
and is easy to fill and use. Basically, it is like a Wet/Dry cleaner
on a stick. I don't think that this model is made any more and it
doesn't appear on their web site either. However, Bissell seem to
make similar product.

At one point (when we had carpets) I had one of the Vax carpet cleaners
- like a wet/dry cleaner with shampoo/water in the top. It was
effective on carpets and hard floors as well. The trouble was that it
was quite a lot of work to get the thing out, set it up, clean it and
put it away again. For a kitchen floor only application, it would be
too much of a shag IMO. On the upright one, the combined tank
delivers the cleaing solution and collects the dirty water in a
different section. It can be lifted away and run under the tap to
clean it.

ed wrote:
We have hard ceramic floors in our kitchen is there a good device
easier than mop and water to clean them with Thanks E

Depends entirely on the level of soiling e.g. how dirty does it get?


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman & British Institute of Cleaning Science Trainer
in a former life.
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

On 2007-12-26 17:32:00 +0000, "PeterK" said:


"ed" wrote in message
...
We have hard ceramic floors in our kitchen is there a good device
easier than mop and water to clean them with Thanks E

Vax V-029 is a basic hard floor cleaner. I think I paid around £80 and
it's easier than an mop & bucket. Cleans over 15m2 on one fill and
surprisingly good at sucking up water on a very uneven tiled floor.
Used for a utlity room "dog & wellies" mud. 2 design flaws/annoyances
- the removable water tank can sometimes be a pain to put back and the
water suction head say 300mm x 8mm has cross pieces to make the slot
rigid and these collect dog hairs that then collect dirty water that
drips back out after use.

http://www.vax.co.uk/vax/product_ran...php?rangeID=56


PeterK

Ah they do still make them. I couldn't find this in an earlier search
- only the carpet cleaners.

I have the earlier yellow one and get good results on a fairly uneven
slate floor.

"Andy Hall" wrote in message news:4772922e@qaanaaq...
On 2007-12-26 16:56:58 +0000, "ed" said:


At one point (when we had carpets) I had one of the Vax carpet cleaners -
like a wet/dry cleaner with shampoo/water in the top.

Does that mean you have no carpets anywhere in the house?

Adam

On 2007-12-26 20:07:48 +0000, "ARWadsworth"
said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message news:4772922e@qaanaaq...
On 2007-12-26 16:56:58 +0000, "ed" said:


At one point (when we had carpets) I had one of the Vax carpet cleaners -
like a wet/dry cleaner with shampoo/water in the top.

Does that mean you have no carpets anywhere in the house?

Adam

There is one left. All others have been replaced with slate or other
forms of stone or hardwood. The remaining one will go shortly.

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
.uk...
ed wrote:
We have hard ceramic floors in our kitchen is there a good device
easier than mop and water to clean them with Thanks E

Depends entirely on the level of soiling e.g. how dirty does it get?


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman & British Institute of Cleaning Science Trainer
in a former life.
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257
They are cream hard tiles as seen in Motorway service centres ( Toilets ??)
quickly cleaned with mop and bucket but need to be left to dry,I need
something that leaves them almost dry, It is a large country kitchen so mud
and wet brought in, not ground in grease , or commercial muck Thanks

ed wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message .uk...
ed wrote:
We have hard ceramic floors in our kitchen is there a good device
easier than mop and water to clean them with Thanks E

Depends entirely on the level of soiling e.g. how dirty does it get?


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman & British Institute of Cleaning Science
Trainer in a former life.
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257
They are cream hard tiles as seen in Motorway service centres (
Toilets ??) quickly cleaned with mop and bucket but need to be left
to dry,I need something that leaves them almost dry, It is a large
country kitchen so mud and wet brought in, not ground in grease , or
commercial muck Thanks

OK, simple solution. Geat a decent mop & bucket like this
http://tinyurl.com/37jx9n and whats called a 'kentucky' mop head & handle.
Also a 'wet/dry' vacuum like Numatics 'Charles'
http://www.numatic.co.uk/products4.asp?id=27

Warm water & small amount of detergent in bucket. Mop floor with soaking
wet mop, wring mop & use to pick up most of the water, follow with wet vac.

Very quick & very thorough. I used to help run a youth club - 200 kids
running around a playground in all weathers, small cafateria area looked
like a WW1 battlefield afterwards - cleaned up a treat in a very short time
using this method.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

"Andy Hall" wrote in message news:4772caad@qaanaaq...
On 2007-12-26 20:07:48 +0000, "ARWadsworth"
said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message news:4772922e@qaanaaq...
On 2007-12-26 16:56:58 +0000, "ed" said:


At one point (when we had carpets) I had one of the Vax carpet
cleaners -
like a wet/dry cleaner with shampoo/water in the top.

Does that mean you have no carpets anywhere in the house?

Adam

There is one left. All others have been replaced with slate or other
forms of stone or hardwood. The remaining one will go shortly.


Interesting. I have only seen this done by a couple of people using cheap
laminate with poor underlay and the noise was unbearable when people walked
about. Not to mention the bounce caused by a lack of gaps in the laminate
between rooms. I could happily live with proper hardwood, slate or stone
flooring everywhere apart from in the lounge.

Adam

On 2007-12-27 14:55:55 +0000, "ARWadsworth"
said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message news:4772caad@qaanaaq...
On 2007-12-26 20:07:48 +0000, "ARWadsworth"
said:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message news:4772922e@qaanaaq...
On 2007-12-26 16:56:58 +0000, "ed" said:


At one point (when we had carpets) I had one of the Vax carpet
cleaners -
like a wet/dry cleaner with shampoo/water in the top.

Does that mean you have no carpets anywhere in the house?

Adam

There is one left. All others have been replaced with slate or other
forms of stone or hardwood. The remaining one will go shortly.


Interesting. I have only seen this done by a couple of people using cheap
laminate with poor underlay and the noise was unbearable when people walked
about. Not to mention the bounce caused by a lack of gaps in the laminate
between rooms. I could happily live with proper hardwood, slate or stone
flooring everywhere apart from in the lounge.

Adam

Surely you've read my opinions on plastic^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hlaminate flooring? :-)

There's a big difference in sound with a wooden floor. The other
thing is that we don't wear shoes indoors. They are taken off at the
entrance doors, dried if wet and stored. Indoors, I generally wear
soft footwear (which never goes outside) or just go barefooted.

For the lounges there are rugs in particular places. These have the
advantage that they can be easily changed seasonally or when one is
bored with them and cleaned outside or taken to a professional cleaner.

"Andy Hall" wrote in message news:4773c64e@qaanaaq...
On 2007-12-27 14:55:55 +0000, "ARWadsworth"
said:


At one point (when we had carpets) I had one of the Vax carpet
cleaners -
like a wet/dry cleaner with shampoo/water in the top.

Does that mean you have no carpets anywhere in the house?

Adam

There is one left. All others have been replaced with slate or other
forms of stone or hardwood. The remaining one will go shortly.


Interesting. I have only seen this done by a couple of people using cheap
laminate with poor underlay and the noise was unbearable when people
walked
about. Not to mention the bounce caused by a lack of gaps in the laminate
between rooms. I could happily live with proper hardwood, slate or stone
flooring everywhere apart from in the lounge.

Adam

Surely you've read my opinions on plastic^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hlaminate flooring?
:-)

I ignore most posts on laminate flooring. I hate it.

There's a big difference in sound with a wooden floor. The other thing
is that we don't wear shoes indoors. They are taken off at the entrance
doors, dried if wet and stored. Indoors, I generally wear soft footwear
(which never goes outside) or just go barefooted.

The houses I mentioned are the sort where you wipe your boots on the way
out.

For the lounges there are rugs in particular places. These have the
advantage that they can be easily changed seasonally or when one is bored
with them and cleaned outside or taken to a professional cleaner.

I'll have to get a bigger lounge or a second one.

Cheers

Adam