Living in an area of hard water, like most of the UK, I suffer from a build-up of limescale on my bathroom fixtures. It doesn't take long for my shower heads – both detachable in some capacity – to look unsightly.

Not only does limescale look grim, the hard water deposits can also block some of the shower jets resulting in a less powerful wash.

Not one to let limescale build up for too long, I decided it was time for a deep clean in my bathroom. Thankfully, a simple cleaning hack means there was hardly any effort required.

To remove limescale from my shower head all I needed to do was spray on some white vinegar. My go-to is Astonish White Vinegar, which is widely available in supermarkets such as Asda, Sainsbury's and Iceland.

My only gripe with the product is that I had to keep spraying the detached shower heads, which I put into a washing basin.

I would have rather poured the white vinegar onto the appliances straight from the bottle.

Regardless, I sprayed the white vinegar onto the detached shower heads inside of the basin and got on with other key household chores.

Within 30 minutes, I checked on the shower heads and gave them a quick wipe with a microfibre cloth under running water from the bath tap, and they were clean.

For even better results, it's advised to store the shower heads in plastic bags full of white vinegar that you can tie up.

This might be a more effective method to remove limescale from bathroom shower heads.

However, to do this, you need to have a product that can be poured, and unfortunately, despite much effort, I couldn't remove the spray bottle head.

Luckily, there are other white vinegar products out there with screw tops including Miniml White Vinegar, which is available from their website, and Pure Source Nutrition Eco White Vinegar Cleaning which is available at B&Q.