Our rubber soles squeaked on the highly polished lino tiles as I followed Nisha along the corridor, expecting a squad of imperial storm troopers to appear at any moment.

Every few minutes she hitched up her shabby brown overcoat and dragged her slippered feet across the worn lino tiles to test the dampness of the clothes in the tumble dryers.

A lot of the glues and solvents that we use in the home, especially if you're putting lino tiles down or, or carpet tiles, down contain substances that are highly flammable.