It is “Ghar Ghar ki Kahani”, that everyone drags furniture, whenever it is to be shifted or spaces below cleaned. Dragging of furniture , specially heavy and iron furniture, causesabrasion on flooring material. Beside it may stain flooring, if the furniture dragged is rusted. Lifting and keeping furniture, where it is required should be good practice then dragging the same.

Dragging furniture on terraces is bound to rupture top surface and cause leakages. Mining 2 table Spoons of Kerosene in bucket full of water and mopping floors will not only keep floors clean and tiny, it will also work as disinfectant and give you remarkable relief from ants, flies and mosquitoes.

A clean floor is not only good to look at, but very much desirable in view of good hygiene and safety. This entails floor in every room to be swept and swabbed daily to get rid of dust, dirt, stains, grit. This will prevent your floor from loosing their luster and developing a rough and dull surface with the passage of time.

Floors don't take very kindly to dragging of heavy furniture or other items especially those with metal bases. Shift such articles, by lifting them completely off the floor, or after inserting some suitable padding like newspaper or rubber sheeting between the supports and the flooring if they are too heavy to carried.

Direct contact with iron/ steels articles ( flower-pot stands ) for prolong periods of time can leave permanent rust stains on the floor. Use appropriate plastic / rubber / paper sheeting or mats to place such articles on.

Cleaning with acid or wire brushes is the best way to damage your flooring. So avoid it totally. Use vacuum cleaner or floor cleaning detergent instead. An effective and inexpensive remedy is a mixture of two spoonfuls of kerosene to a bucket of water to mop the floor. This will help your floors retain their shine with the added bonus of keeping cockroaches at bay.

Take precautions to keep floors ( specially in bath /toilet ) oil, grease and soap - water free. Getting floored is not pleasant experience for most of the people particularly the old folks at home.



Use of door-mats on the main entrance and for every bath or toilet entrance is highly advisable, as it discourages excessive dirt and dampness.

The skirting / dado is as much part of flooring as of the wall. Similar care and treatment is needed.