We had the same issue in an old kitchen, we went with Coopers, There is a stripper then wax that will soak in. The stripper is in spray bottles, but I'd send the dogs on holiday or keep them outside while you're doing it. It'll take some elbow wax, but will look amazing when you're finished. Good luck!

I think it would make both rooms too dark. Maybe go with a lighter floor colour?

The freestanding bath fillers are vulnerable to being knocked. When you think about the physics of it, it is asking a lot of a small fixture to resist that amount of leverage. Talk to your architect. They should be able to come up with a support that fits with your design and is a bit more robust than the long and thin proprietary bath fillers. Also how far is your bath from the wall? If it is closer than 300mm I would still be waterproofing the wall, and with young children around I would waterproof it even if further away.

Hi all, Have signed up with a relatively well known building company who we went with in large part due to their 'Guaranteed Completion Date' guarantee. It's also written into our contract that we will get this on completion of 'floor down'. If said company fails to deliver on this, they express that they will pay for any additional costs e.g. rent, temporary accommodation etc. Our floor went down 2 weeks ago, and we were notified (and invoiced) in writing. We have waited more than a couple of weeks post 'floor down' for this Guaranteed completion date (and have emailed to pester for this) with no mention that this won't be provided, but that it's just a little delayed whilst finalising contractors. We have today however been told that a Guaranteed completion date cannot be offered, instead w can have an 'expected move in date'. They have cited Covid19 as being the reason they cannot offer a 'Guaranteed date'. We are not in an area that has Covid cases, or the recent outbreaks. Does anyone know the legal stance on this, given it's in the contract (and all over their website/brochures that this is one of their guarantees that make them stand out above the rest)? Does Covid change the contractual obligations? TIA