We've just moved in to a new (to us) house and the hall and the downstairs loo is oak flooring.
It has uneven holes spaces between the boards which is slightly annoying as all the grem goes down them but apart from that I really really like it.
Problem is I don't know how to care for it. It hates getting water on it which is a problem with a daughter who likes to throw water around when she's supposedly washing her hands.
When we viewed the house the last owner thought it was a good idea to wax the floor just before we arrived and asked us to step around the wet floor. Unusual house selling technique but never mind.
She didn't leave a tin of what she used so I don't know and I've never had a floor like this before.
Does anyone have a similar floor and if so what do i use on it?
In the kitchen is a travertine floor.
We moved in in October and I've not washed it. Dirty cow that I am.
My reason for not washing it (well not more than a lick and a promise) is that it's quite bad in places and I think I need to do something proper to it.
In places the grout is black.
I've been googling, trying to find out what to use but it's really complicated. I'm assuming lots of people have this floor although i've never met one before. Could you please tell me what you use on a day to day basis and then what you would use to 'renovate' it and get the really dirty bits back to looking like the bits that don't get walked on.
It's times like this when i wonder what's wrong with a bit of lino.
Thank you!