The usual sign is simple: your favourite microfibre cloth that used to grab dust and leave glass streak‑free suddenly just smears everything around. It can feel “slimy”, won’t absorb spills in the kitchen and seems…
That hiss of hot steam feels like it should melt through bathroom grime and sticky kitchen spills in seconds. But if you have silicone around your bath, laminate flooring, uPVC window frames or a rubber…
The issue usually starts when you glide a steam mop over the laminate in the lounge or the engineered wood in a rented flat, and a few days later the boards are curling, gaps appear…