I want to take up the fitted carpets laid by the previous owner of my flat and go with the original lino (or is it?) tiles. I have peered under the carpet and I can see that the flooring looks to be intact but it could do with cleaning (lots of old paint spots and splashes) and shining up. I've looked on the internet but can't find advice on how best to do this - so I thought I'd come to the experts!
My flat is in a block built in the 1940's, shortly after the end of the war. The flooring throughout the flat is that old-fashioned type of hard lino tiles that you still see in council flats built at least up to the 1960s. It looks like lino but someone might be able to tell me what it really is. I have a friend with a flat where this type of flooring has been left uncovered for the best part of 40 years and it looks really good.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Dave