Did A Bit Of Housework...

I discovered the soap dish thingy on the shower doesn't actually come off to be cleaned...how boring of it. I had to sort of teeter on the side of the shower in my purple slippers and angle the shower head over the soap-dish...water ran straight down my arm of course...can't bear that, it's a horrible sensation, and then I slipped off the edge and nearly gave myself a hernia...

The showerhead itself was stuffed with lime-scale...our water is incredibly hard here, everything furs up in an instant...so I scratched that out with a finger- nail, which promptly broke...

Heaven knows where our bathroom basin and taps came from...they look suspiciously like the sort you'd find in very old institutions'...wouldn't be in the slightest bit surprised to find they'd come from the local asylum and our 'stoner' bloke simply walked in under cover of darkness and helped himself...

There's a little tiny space between the bottom of the tap and where it fits into the basin...that little gap is always pretty grotty actually and virtually impossible to clean...so I cheated and poured bleach over those bits...kettle of scalding water after it'd soaked and now it's all sparkly...

The toilet is another of the stoners 'finds'...too old-fashioned by half, it sits on a concrete thingy 'cos when he put the pipes in he didn't want to dig the floor up...it doesn't have a proper lid on the cistern either 'cos the original 'was dropped'...a likely tale...he probably couldn't get the lid from wherever he found the loo...Big Sue gave us one but it doesn't fit...better than nothing, but it still looks odd. The toilet seat has Dolphins on it...I know...you don't have to shudder and think just how naff is that...that came apart the other week and Himself has tied it altogether with those tie-wraps...he fastens everything together with them and has a never-ending supply in different colours and sizes...

I made a mini volcano of baking soda and vinegar and declared the loo to be cleaned...that has lime-scale in it of course but I have no intention of picking it off with fingernails...and if anyone tells you that baking soda and vinegar remove the lime-scale...they're fibbing. Bleaches it maybe...removes it...nope.

After all that, I was in dire need of a nice sit down with a cup of coffee...

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I would have stopped for coffee sooner, or maybe, not eve started.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

And that would have been sensible...lol

[snappy1]

I shall no longer take toothbrush to taps, bleach and hot water it shall be

[Hidden in reply to snappy1]

It might not work for you...lol

[Nanaeal]

It gets you this housework thing. Glad the purple slippers didn't come to any halm😆

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My slippers were fine, survived quite unscathed so they did...

[Nanaeal in reply to Hidden]

I hope you did too. Throwing all that bleech about is not an ideal way to improve you breathing.

But as long as your OK that's good. Just take care of those slippers. I'd love a picture.

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I must be a bit posher, when I moved in i also noticed the cistern lid was missing so they had fitted a upvc windowsill to it with bathroom sealant. Classy!

My taps are also covered in limescale but as I forgot it's pancake day the lemon hasn't been squeezed yet so i have an excuse to put it off a day.

Also a tip for getting limescale out of the loo, dynamite, maybe a bit drastic but i can promise it also removes limescale!

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Now there's grand altogether having a windowsill for a cistern lid...bet you've put those little crinoline ladies on your loo rolls as well...lol

[bulpit]

Morning Vashti, You certainly had a busy day, lovely when it's all done, Coca Cola down the loo at night keeps it nice and lime scale free. It only has to be a cheep one, Coca Cola, not the toilet, Best wishes Bulpit

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I'm going to try the Coke...I'll tell you if it works...lol

[sassy59]

I am worn out just reading about your escapades vashti. You even make housework sound interesting. Me, I just give a squirt of something here and there and it's done. I do keep an old toothbrush handy for all the nooks and crannies though. People who design showers and loos etc. have no idea about cleaning them.

Take care xxxx

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It'd be a man of course...lol

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xx

[Dragonmum]

That nice Australian man on the telly says that his Cillit Bang is guaranteed to remove limescale Vashti, why not issur him with a challenge? What is coke doing to our innards if it can keep a loo free of the stuff? I recall my son cleaning the chrome bumper of his car with it too - I hate the stuff (coca-cole) personally so not too bothered; it's a selfish world!

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He does shout though doesn't he...at the top of his voice! And what sort of a name is that anyway...Cillit Bang...ye gods.

I like the thought of cleaning chrome with Coke...lol

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Yeah, Cillit Bang...I've ofen thought what a stupid name that is! Wonder if it's posh for something like Gunge Gone or Dirt Dashed