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An old brick or flagstone floor is the surface that suffers most from being cleaned the way a modern one is. Behind several of the frontages along the older parts of GU19 there are cottages with solid floors laid directly on the ground, lime-plastered walls and joinery that has moved for two centuries, and all three of those things need moisture kept to a minimum. A bucket of hot water and a soaked mop is the standard method, and in a building like this it is the wrong one.

Floors laid without a damp-proof membrane

Brick pamments, flagstones and quarry tiles in period cottages usually sit on sand or lime mortar over bare earth, and they work as part of how the building manages moisture, passing damp up and letting it evaporate. Flooding such a floor adds water the structure then has to lose, and sealing it traps damp that reappears at the base of the walls instead. These floors are swept, vacuumed, then washed with a well wrung mop and minimal water, and left to air properly rather than being walked on wet.

Lime plaster and limewash do not like detergent

Traditional plaster is soft, porous and often finished with limewash or a breathable paint. Wiping it with a household spray removes the finish along with the mark, and any water sitting on it will blister. Dust is removed dry with a soft brush, and blemishes are usually accepted rather than scrubbed, because the alternative is a patch of bare plaster. Cobwebs come off with a long-handled soft head and light strokes, never a damp cloth drawn across the surface.

Beams, boards and uneven levels

Exposed timber in these cottages is often waxed rather than varnished, so it takes a dry duster or the lightest touch of a barely damp cloth followed immediately by drying. Silicone furniture sprays should be kept well away, since they build an unstable film that later has to be stripped. Floors that dip and doorways with a step in them mean vacuum cables and buckets are hazards in low light, and equipment is kept to one room at a time rather than trailed through a passage.

Small windows and the light they allow

Deep reveals and small panes make an interior dark, which conceals dust until sun comes through at a low angle and reveals all of it at once. Glazing bars in old windows hold dust in the rebate against the putty, and they are cleaned with a dry brush before any glass cleaner is used, because liquid running into old putty shortens its life. Sills of soft timber mark if water is left on them, and shutters folded back into a reveal hold dust along every hinge knuckle, which a brush reaches and a cloth does not.

Rugs over solid floors

Loose rugs are the usual floor covering in these rooms, and they take the whole traffic load. Cleaning one in place over a solid floor risks driving moisture into the floor beneath, so the work is done off-site or with a low-moisture method, which is what fully insured carpet stain removal in Bagshot sets out. Fitted carpet laid over an unventilated solid floor tends to hold damp along the edges, and lifting it occasionally tells a household more than any amount of cleaning.

Practical arrangements in the village

Visits are charged by the hour, and a property with several small rooms, steps and narrow doorways takes longer than its floor area suggests, since equipment is carried rather than wheeled. Parking is frequently on-street and tight, so somewhere near the door for unloading is worth arranging. Households towards the larger town nearby are covered by Woking cleaning services specialists, and where a tenancy is ending in a period property the applicable standard is described under local end of tenancy cleaning across Woking. The wider range of home services sits at cleaning services nationwide.