Furniture in Egypt

[johnwayne]

no - I don't work for them - wish I did and could hopefully get discount or freebies!!! It can be very addictive though - and have had to stop - but can't resist a bargain!!!

[simonjwatts1]

my missis buys from there all the time and when she is not i am lol i have 3 achos and other electric gizmos, typicle bloke if it has lights i want it lol

Originally Posted by johnwayne

no - I don't work for them - wish I did and could hopefully get discount or freebies!!! It can be very addictive though - and have had to stop - but can't resist a bargain!!!

[Georgina]

Originally Posted by johnwayne

a small steamer hoover for tiles/laminates etc

I recently had my marble floor professionally cleaned and polished by a company in El Gouna called Shining Stones who get all their equipment from Germany. They did the bedroom, lounge, bathroom and kitchen for 70 pounds sterling and it took six hours. They then recommended not washing the floor but using the anti-static cloths that fix to the flap mops.

My floor is a bit unique but when the original owner had it put down they ran out of marble so some of the stones are different and started to damage his machine so he couldn't get the high shine that comes on the usual marble tiles. Some people have used this company before they move into their homes to get the high quality finish. I guess the floor is very slippery though once you have this high shine.

[queenie40something]

Thanks for the tips all. I have emailed a company in Egypt that do post construction cleans because the tiles look really dirty at the moment.

The steamer is a good idea. Some of these gadjets might me small but still have the power to do the job. Instead of a loo brush I was going to get some of those ( toilet duck I think ) that you clean the loo then flush away but dont know if this would be possible?? Dont want the loo getting blocked when Im not there but I didnt want the thought of a smelly loo brush being sat in its bowl for 3 months at a time. Any other ideas?

[Georgina]

Originally Posted by queenie40something

Dont want the loo getting blocked when Im not there

Not sure about the new builds in Egypt but typically the pipes are not designed to take paper down the toilet. The Egyptian way is to use the small hose next to the toilet to clean yourself and use the paper to dry and put in a bin. I am sure the hotels have European size pipes but I know some bars get their toilets blocked and have signs up everywhere saying no paper down the toilet.

Now this had to be explained to me when I bought my apartment as I had wondered what the small hose was for So I then had to set off for Cairo and armed with this new information experimented in Carrefour toilets. With disastrous effects! My aim was not accurate and had to do all my shopping with soaking wet trousers

I was then in Zamalek in a public toilet with the usual lady sitting right outside the cubicle awaiting her baksheesh. But I was puzzled because there was no shower hose. Upon close inspection I found a tap at the side of the bowl (picture the scene with me bending with my head close to the bowl) I turned the tap and the hidden jet sent water straight towards my face which I avoided by jumping out the way so the jet continued right over the door and I guess gave the lady awaiting her baksheesh a bit of a shock! PMSL almost It was about ten minutes before I could compose myself and leave the cubicle.

[queenie40something]

LOL how funny. Can just picture it.

[Lsab]

So descriptive G, and I'm still laughing!!! In fact the little hose isn't because of the small pipes but muslims have to wash that delicate area after going to the loo. I've never been in a loo anywhere in the Gulf that didn't have a hose or similar but that hook and jet of water thing seems an Egyptian thing (though Vix might know different!). I think they're a disgusting invention - no nice way to say that what goes into the pan is also going into the top of the pipe that the jet of water comes from. Yugh.

(....I'm still laughing )

[vix]

Originally Posted by Lsab

So descriptive G, and I'm still laughing!!! In fact the little hose isn't because of the small pipes but muslims have to wash that delicate area after going to the loo. I've never been in a loo anywhere in the Gulf that didn't have a hose or similar but that hook and jet of water thing seems an Egyptian thing (though Vix might know different!). I think they're a disgusting invention - no nice way to say that what goes into the pan is also going into the top of the pipe that the jet of water comes from. Yugh.

(....I'm still laughing )

Yes Lsab, same here, and no I have never come across a loo without the hose. My mother-in-law only has a 'Bedoiun toilet', (hole in the ground). In the early days, sister-in-law had the duty of instructing me how to wash in accordance etc etc. Black garments tucked up and held in one hand under the arm, tissue over the shoulder, it was only a demo mind, she wasn't actually washing. Even on the last visit, I was asked had I washed !!!!!!

[lyndsay552]

Lidl have Electric Insect Killers in at the moment and they're only £8.99.

They are pretty light weight but a bit bulky.

Lyndsay

[johnwayne]

Hi - can someone help us on this query please - It was mentioned, I think on the furniture forum, that twigs were bought by someone with the decorative lights on for their apartment etc - and the other half bought some today - but how the hek are these going to get through customs - can she carry them????? they do look decorative though!