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Your Home and Green Cleaning Product

Posted on June 6, 2013 by owner

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When you clean your home, you mean real cleanliness. So, opt for eco-friendly cleaners instead of being traditional and using the conventional cleaning substances, which do clean the surfaces but are hazardous for health and environment. Logically, such cleanliness that puts health of the family at risk is worthless. On the other side, you do not need to be an obsessive environment freak to make the switch from hazardous products to green cleaning products.

Whether you clean by yourself or opt to hire cleaning services, ample ‘green’ products are available in the market to suffice your needs. There are numerous cleaning agencies that offer only green cleaning. This is an advantage for you as you can make the choice according your budget or preference. Thus, the house gets cleaned with the assurance of zero hazards.

What you may not be aware of is that most of the usual cleaning products that you can count are really dangerous for the health of the people in general. Commonly available cleaning substances contain petroleum or similar constituents that have serious implication on environment and health. Their cleaning mechanism is based on complete removal of everything from the surface to which they are applied. Thus, good and beneficial organisms or features of a particular surface are cleaned off along with the harmful germs. On the contrary, green cleaning substances ensure that only harmful impurities are wiped off the surface and that too in an environmentally friendly way. (more…)

Your home needs care and protection when the winter has bidden adieu!

Posted on March 18, 2013 by owner

It is spring and therefore it is time to be active once again! Gone are the winter blues but it has not taken away the damages that it has caused to the home. Winter must surely have left your home looking worn out and ugly. Weather beaten as the home and the surroundings should look, you would definitely want to do a spick and span home cleaning. The exterior of your home can look as having survived a meteor hit! So take up all your cleaning supplies and prepare yourself for the early spring cleaning.

First, clean the windows that must have gathered much dirt. The winter storm must have deposited moisture laden dirt as residue on the window glass making it look gross. The screens need to be cleaned first. Take them out and get them washed in the bath. You may use soap if required in case they have got sticky. The next task to enter the list of cleaning is clearing the gutter of leaves. The gutter must have received much of dead leaves. Remove them. Make sure to remove all the twigs and branches from the gutter too.

During winter you cannot be courageous enough to do a complete home cleaning including the exteriors. So, as spring is come, it is also time to look at the garden. Sweep away all the dead leaves and trim the grass. Check if the walkways, the rails and stairs. The roof must also undergo checking for damges, cracks and on encountering one, professional help is to be sought.

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Clean your home after hosting the Thanksgiving

Posted on November 28, 2012 by owner

When you are done with hosting the Thanksgiving, after escorting the last guest out through the door, you are left with a world of untidy things to deal with. After the gathering has withdrawn, it is you who are left with the ultimate mess created of your home. You need to take a deep breath and start with the home cleaning. You are to clean the table and the plates that have piled up forming mountains, the sofa that has successfully managed to gather stains of various sizes, the carpet that is full of food particles, dust and what not! But this year it will not be much of a problem to deal with the task of cleanliness as you have remained organized from the very beginning.

Making use of disposable dishes is a convenient option, but that does not always sound good. When it is the more sophisticated way you choose in making use of the ceramic, traditional glass, and cutlery, you need to go for the huge plastic tub. The plastic tub must be deep so that it can hold few layers of plates along with the bowls and glasses and cutlery. The tub will help you to carry the dishes from the table to the sink. It is good if the tub fits into the sink and if it does not it can serve as a good transport system as well during the home cleaning.

Kitchen is another place that you need to deal with patience. It is the place where you spend most of your time and it needs to be made squeaky clean as soon as possible. The sight of piled up dishes, crumpled up tissues, food spilled all over could just be horrific, especially when it took you so long to get the kitchen ready for your guests! The cleaning of kitchen forms the most important part in an after Thanksgiving home cleaning. This is the place where you have to pretend to yourself that you are done with the task of washing. The most useful thing you could is to have the dishwasher ready when you are about to start the cooking, so that when it gets full, you can run it. When you are done with cleaning the dishes, wash the counter tops.

Bathroom is another place that needs thorough after Thanksgiving home cleaning. You need to start with wiping out the tiles and washing the floor. The towels need to be taken out for getting them thoroughly washed. The most important thing that should be done is to use a disinfectant to keep it hygienic as before. The complete process will not take much time as the cleaning was not done very long ago.

Finally, the living room enters the list of home cleaning. You are done with the hectic part of the task and this room will not take much time. You just need to dust the objects again and wipe the places where necessary, following a vacuum cleaning completes the task for you.

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Cleaning Up a Kitchen in Your Home

Posted on October 25, 2012 by owner

Home Inspection is an important part of home-selling process. Even if the offer has been made, a negative home inspection report might lead to cancellation of the deal. Home owners always feel a bit tensed when a home inspector goes through their house making particular note of the things that are wrong or faulty. However, there are ways through which negative comments can be reduced in a home inspection report. A kitchen is one of the most important places in the house and inspection of the kitchen includes electrical, built-in appliances and plumbing. A professional home inspector checks out everything like bottom of the sink, inside of the appliances like dishwater, stoves and even cupboards. Apart from that the electrical panels hiding behind the cupboards are also checked. A good home cleaning regime ensures that your house stays in a clean and tidy condition without the need to worry too much about home inspection.

Sometimes areas to be inspected in the house get blocked by certain items but the home inspector is neither advised nor required to move those items. Apart from that component or systems that are shut down because of certain reasons are not required to be operated. This is mainly done because of the fact that the home inspector is totally unaware of why certain systems or appliances are shut down and reactivating them might put the entire house at risk. On the other hand if the home inspector is not able to access certain areas it could lead to an incomplete report which might affect the deal. Thus, to make sure that the inspection takes place in smooth manner a thorough home cleaning is required.

Before getting the home inspected, the owner of the house should make sure that every utility in the house is powered on. The home cleaning task should include removal of garbage, cleaning of materials and supplies from the sink’s bottom. Items that are hanging or kept in front of electrical panels should be removed. Cleaning everything in the house is extremely important as a dirty house gives the impression of a house poorly maintained. In case of a fireplace or wood stove, professional cleaners should be hired to clean them thoroughly.

If there are any repairs to be made in the kitchen it should be carried out as soon as possible. The dirty dishes in the kitchen should be washed and put away. Every item from inside the stove should be removed and the countertop should be cleaned and de-cluttered. It is always advisable to include all these things in the list of home cleaning. This will make sure that the home inspector is able to provide a complete report that will lead to faster closing. Another important thing to consider is to provide a nice and safe place for every pet in the house. A sturdy kennel in the house or taking the pet to some relative’s place is both good options. Although this might not fall under home cleaning but surely carries a lot of importance.

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House cleaning to help you make you house lively

Posted on October 17, 2012 by owner

Cleanliness is a mark of how civilised a society or a person is. No other known creature requires cleaning everything related to it than human beings. As the cleaning techniques vary for different objects and rooms so they vary for different seasons too. However, the variation is in the details of cleaning techniques but the fundamental steps remain almost the same. Some techniques are mentioned here that may prove helpful for many in their cleaning responsibilities. These techniques cover cleaning of nearly all the common articles or rooms involved in home cleaning.

Bathroom is one of those places that cannot be missed during house cleaning. In fact, bathrooms require more cleaning than any other room in the house. Development of mould is the most common issue with bathrooms or toilets. It can be removed by using any good quality mildew solution. Simply spraying the solution on the grout and then scrubbing with a brush would be sufficient to clean bathroom walls and floor. The effort can be repeated after 15 minutes, if required. Wiping the floor, walls and glass with a squeegee after shower can be adopted as a preventive measure.

Windows, blinds and drapes require regular cleaning too as they remain in the open all the time. Window cleaning is done best on a cloudy day. Micro fibres are the best option for cleaning windows. Using a window cleaning on the panes and rinsing them with microfibers would surely remove all the dirt and stains. Afterwards, squeegee should be used to wipe the window pane. A regular drycleaner that is used for home cleaning can be used to clean drapes and blinds to. The only specification is that brush attachment is to be used for blinds while upholstery attachment for drapes. Simple dusting should be enough in case of moderately dusty drapes or blinds.

Vacuum cleaners are to be used to clean upholsteries and furniture too. Since home cleaning is most commonly done with vacuum cleaners, the instructions about what attachments are to be used for what kind of objects is generally found on the cleaners manuals.

Kitchen cupboard are another regularly used items and hence, get dirty quickly too. Cupboards simply have to be scrubbed or rinsed by microfiber cloth or scrubber sponge after getting slightly soaked in a furniture cleaning solutions. All these objects may get dirty quickly but to clean them does not require any extraordinary talent. However, these have to be cleaned regularly irrespective of whether entire house cleaning is carried out or not.

Computers and electronics, however, have to be cleaned with caution. It is important to switch off the appliance before cleaning. The computer or electronics attachment should be used to vacuum clean and blow off the dust. Then the parts that can be unscrewed such as mouse, cabinet, etc. have to unscrewed and wiped gently with cotton or soft cloth to remove sticky dusts. Once it is ensured that all the reachable dusts are off, the lids should be screwed again. And with it, most of the house cleaning is complete. For deeper cleaning, professionals’ assistance is strongly recommendable.

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Outsourcing Cleaning and Janitorial to a Local Cleaning Company

Posted on August 5, 2012 by owner

If you do your cleaning internally, either with a dedicated member of staff or using your other staff you are almost certainly wasting resources when you could outsource your cleaning functions as well as other janitorial and maintenance work to a maid service or similar.

If you are having cleaning done by your other staff you are going to be taking up time when they could be focusing on their core jobs that are what create value for your business, so don’t just think of the cost of the wages of those staff, who may well be paid more than the hourly rate for a maid service anyway, it is also costing you the value of the work they would produce.

If you have a dedicated cleaner you are also probably wasting money though, it may seem on the face of it that the hourly rate you pay a cleaner is less than you would pay a maid service but there are extra costs. For a start how about the extra payroll costs, you may be paying for various benefits that you give to all employees even if they work a few hours each week including holiday pay and sick pay.

How to Enjoy your Summer Cleaning

Posted on July 17, 2012 by owner

Clean your bathroom: then use it before anyone else has a chance to make a mess

You can’t get away from the job of cleaning your bathroom, including scrubbing the sink and the bath itself; you also can’t get away from the fact that it won’t stay clean for long, especially if you are in a hard water area and a residue builds up fast.

Make sure that after your hard work then you are the one to enjoy the fruits of you house cleaning work and get to enjoy a nice relaxing bath in your nice clean bathtub: you deserve it and it should make your house cleaning a little easier with something to look forward to.

As you clean your house take entertainment with you

House cleaning can be very repetitive and very boring, there is no reason why you shouldn’t be entertained while you do it though. You may well watch TV while you iron but if you have a laptop or tablet computer you can do the same by taking them round the house with you and watching a DVD or just something online as you clean. If this sounds a little awkward for what you have in mind then try using a mp3 player and don’t limit yourself to music but consider an audio-book, which can make time fly.

Post July 4th Celaning

Posted on June 26, 2012 by owner

If the weather is good for July Fourth at least a lot of the mess should be outside; however mess indoors too, if you are hosting celebrations, family or even a party perhaps, is inevitable. If it pours down this July 4^th you are likely to have even more work of course as everyone comes inside but the celebrations continue unabated and the mess likewise.

As a housewife or househusband Independence Day and other holidays can be spoilt with the knowledge you’ll be tidying your home for days afterwards plus the actual damage and stains you may not be able to fix. Then of course if you work and don’t have anyone to clean up there is the very real possibility that it will be a couple of weekends until everything is back in order.

Should you consider getting in a professional cleaning service then? Some people see it as cheating but really it’s about saving time and making your life easier. A good cleaning service can leave your home cleaner than it started in fact and cut out a few jobs you’d have to have done without July 4^th so you have more spare time to do the things you love.

DIY Tips: How to Clean Hardwood Floors

Posted on June 12, 2012 by owner

Hardwood floors are low maintenance but certainly not zero maintenance, like any surface that is part of your home cleaning they will of course need regular cleaning to get up dirt and spills and every now and again they may need more extensive maintenance.

A hardwood floor that comes with a finish on it or has been waxed is especially easy to clean and wipe with a cloth or mop or sweep. The finish stops dirt getting ingrained but the surface itself needs looking after and is in many ways more fragile than the wood it protects.

If a hardwood floor comes with a finish don’t add wax or other treatments to it, until the original finish really is past it. Also be careful what cleaners you use, they should be non abrasive and if possible PH neutral or slightly acidic, in which case it is important to wipe residue away afterwards.

The best thing however for hardwood floor cleaning is to sweep regularly wipe with a simple wet cloth or mop as soon as any spills have been made. This way dirt won’t have a chance to get walked in which can not only stick and make a floor look dirty but damage the surface through scratching away the finish.

With varnished wood the varnish itself will eventually wear down but is easy to reapply so you shouldn’t need to worry too much; wax is better at protecting the wood from moisture but can be slightly more tacky and mean dirt sticks and the wax itself starts to look dirty.

You could of course simply leave your wood bare or stained, yes wood can get damaged and wooden floors are expensive but if you have proper wooden floors, and not veneers, then any damage can be got rid of by sanding or stripping down the boards.

With harder woods especially though the wood shouldn’t get damaged easily and will age with time in such a way that it will develop character, especially with a wood like oak that will also age through darkening.

If your hardwood floor does need cleaning more thoroughly to remove trodden in dirt and stains then use a specific hardwood floor cleaner, these are formulated to leave your floor looking not just clean but add to the luster while some floor products, especially those containing ammonia, may dull wooden floors.

The main thing that can cause serious damage to wooden floors is water, the effect on plain hardwood floors is more that water can stain, water has more of an effect though on soft wood such as pine and on stained and varnished floors where these can be damaged themselves. Do make sure that if you use water to clean a floor dry it up and it is better to use a damp cloth rather than more water; if you do spill water accidentally then do clean it up.

Hardwood floors should make your home cleaning easier overall but it is easy to ignore them, remember that if you do ignore the needs of your wooden floors you may have more work long term.

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House cleaning for summer time

Posted on May 21, 2012 by owner

As long as the weather’s nice you won’t want to be indoors much at all let alone doing your house cleaning while the rest of your family and friends play outside or go to the beach in summer.

Here are a few tips to make sure that your house stays reasonably clean and tidy but you still don’t get to Autumn and find the Summer’s over and you never got round to enjoying the weather as much as you planned.

First of all prepare, if you are going to spring clean leave it until towards the end of the spring so less will build up by the time summer starts. Clean and dust as well as getting your oven, fridge and other appliances clean.

If you have children they are likely to spend a lot of the summer outside and so bedrooms may have a chance of staying a little more tidy, but start tidy and there’s a better chance they won’t just dump things as they come in and out. Also before the summer comes pack away winter things, things you don’t use in summer including clothes just get in the way and create more work for you.

One of the biggest summer cleaning jobs is keeping floors clean, with people coming in and out a lot and bringing in dust, dirt and grass floors can suffer. Choose one main way in and out of your home and get people to stick to it. By doing this you will have less floors to clean, ideally it will be the way in closest to your kitchen and a bathroom, which are the main things people come in for. You may want to get out summer toys and games for the garden though and keep them close by the door or in a shed to make them more easily accessible without people having to traipse around the house.

Doormats are good but you’ll have to be strict to make sure people use them. If you are having a lot of people over you could have a runner going from the door to the garden to the bathroom and kitchen to keep carpets clean, this could even be old cardboard that you throw out at the end of the day: this is especially important if you have a pool and will have wet people coming in and out as well.

Think about what parts of your home will see the most use during the summer too, it may be easier to move objects likely to get dirty or damaged out of the way until the summer is over.

Then of course if this still seems too much you can take your family for days out: as long as there’s no one at home they can’t make mess meaning you don’t have to chase after them and keep things tidy. Days at the beach or at a park are great and if friends invite you to garden parties accept: you could even take it in turns with friends to have each other’s children over so they can only make a mess at one place at a time.

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