CrossTeam Properties Offers Advice on Home and Garden Improvements

The soap dish is, of course, a lavatory must have. Whether holding soap at the sink or in the bath, there is a diverse array of soap dishes and dispensers to choose from. Elegant and hovering among the masses are wall mounted soap dishes.

Inda’s Ego soap dish uses a chrome wall mount to support a glass dish. Their Logic soap dish looks similar save that it has a round translucent dish rather than a frosted one. Similarly, their Gealuna is essentially the same dish but has a clear glass dish. Their Linea, Touch, Globe, Dado, Forum, Joy, and Smile soap dishes follow the same form: different styles of chrome mounts supporting varying clarities of glass dishes.

Those looking for purely chrome soap dishes could choose the Inda Hotellerie and Colorella soap dish. The latter even contains a playful pink band around the dish.

Even more distinctive is Inda’s Milano soap dish that supports a black stone disk on a chrome wall mount. Also distinctive are India’s Arial soap dish, which uses an upward arching chrome arm to support a circular dish, and the Inda Logic soap dish, which employs an evenly-spaced, rectangular-shaped series of bars to hold the soap. Inda’s Colorella Corner soap dish uses similarly open-air bars as the base of its dish but has a deeper pocket with a chrome band running around the top.

Condensation is the curse of the modern home which is more susceptible than houses of yesteryear. A modern house has double glazing, draught proofing and is well insulated unlike the older house which had open fires and the windows probably did not fit all that well.

Condensation occurs when warm moist air settles upon a cold surface, this is usually a window and the bathroom is obviously the place where this is seen the most with showers and baths happening morning and evening. At Crossteam properties we can provide simple solutions to prevent the formation of condensation which if this continues regularly can cause damage to decorations and timber surfaces can also be affected by wood rot.

Ventilation is the easiest way to prevent a build up of warm moist air and we can advise on the best means of extracting the air from the bathroom. Positioning extractor fans in strategic places will usually solve the problem, but just putting one in a window may not be the best or most efficient place.

Bathrooms can often be very damp and humid and unfortunately mould loves to grow in these types of conditions. As a result, it is very easy to end up with a mould infection, even if you do clean your bathroom regularly. Mould can be a real problem, since the spores, which are carried in the air, can lead to allergic reactions in people, who may find that they sneeze and cough more than normal after being in the room.

There are a number of simple ways to keep mould down and ensure that it doesn’t gain a foothold. One of the best ways of doing this is to keep the bathroom door open whenever possible. This allows fresh air to circulate around the room and will prevent mould from forming.

You should also make sure that any damp towels are hung on rails and not left lying around the floor or on the side of the bath. If you have a bathmat or a bath rug, then hang this up after use.

The shower curtain can often be the first place that mould strikes, so ensure that you wipe it down on a regular basis, using soapy water or by adding little bit of bleach to the water.

Don’t leave wet clothes lying around in the bathroom and also ensure that you either use your extractor fan, or that you have a window slightly open, security permitting.  In this way you will find that your bathroom remains clean, mould free and also smells fresh and welcoming.