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What You Think Stays in the Bathroom … May Actually Follow You Out

home sized carpet cleanerWhat is lingering in your bathroom? Most people readily understand there are germs, bacteria, and other foreign contaminants you don’t really want to think about. Most of the time, we just assume those foreign materials are remaining where they are, in the bathroom, around the toilet, around the toilet seat, in the tub, and so on. However, sometimes (and often times) those foreign particulates get dragged out into the rest of the house.

It could be on your shoes. It could be on socks. It could be on slippers or bare feet. It could get caught in clothing. Where do you put your clean clothes when you go to take a shower? Most people might put it on the top of the toilet seat (the closed lid) or the sink. If any part of the clothing touches a dirty surface, it is collecting some of that bacteria, some of those germs. Suddenly all of those particulates are getting dragged out of the room and into the rest of the house.

It’s getting caught on carpeting and furniture.

That sounds disgusting, doesn’t it? However, that’s exactly what happens every single day. Most people just don’t want to think about it. However, even if you are vacuuming regularly, you vacuum and wash down your furniture (washing down the leather furniture and vacuuming the cloth material), it’s not getting everything up.

A lot of it will get stuck in the fibers, especially the carpet fibers. They get trapped in there and even the strongest residential vacuum cleaner cannot get it out. Then, when somebody walks on the surface of the carpet, they are kicking up some of that bacteria and germs into the air. Then, you and other people in your house, family or friends, are inhaling it.

Just because you think something is staying in the bathroom doesn’t mean it is. That’s why it’s so important to keep up with the cleanliness and to consider a professional carpet cleaning service at least annually to keep you and your family healthier and safer.

Selling Your Home Doesn’t Mean You Can Ignore the Carpets

Don't ignore your carpet when selling your home.

Don’t ignore your carpet when selling your home.

Your about to put your home on the market. You’ve been getting things packed away, looking for a new house, or perhaps you’ve already purchased one. As you get your home ready for viewing, are you paying attention to the cleanliness of every component?

In other words, how do those carpets look?

You probably don’t really pay much attention to it. After all, your realtor has already told you that most homebuyers are going to want to replace the carpeting before they move in. This may very well be the case, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore the carpets.

Dingy, dirty, old looking carpets will have an impact on the sale value.

It’s similar to having brand new, gorgeous windows in your house. New windows are going to attract attention. They are going to make people realize the homeowner who is selling it really took care of this house. They’re going to see those new windows and feel more inspired to want to make an offer.

That’s because with new windows, there’s going to be better clarity through those windows and allow more fresh sunlight inside. That increased abundance of sunlight coming into the house is going to create a warmer, more welcoming atmosphere.

If you have dirty, old looking carpets, it’s going to completely have the opposite effect. People are going to see the carpet and try to envision what the entire house will look like with new carpeting.

They’re not going to feel as comfortable. The atmosphere inside will not feel as welcoming. Some prospective buyers may even pass because they don’t get a good impression.

However, if you have those carpets professionally cleaned, consider it a small investment that can pay dividends on the sale of your house. A small investment of a few hundred dollars could actually bring you several thousand dollars more in offers and, ultimately, the sale price of your home. Yes, the new homebuyers may replace the carpets anyway, but it’s all about presentation and making your house look its best.

A Few Helpful Tips to Get Teens Helping with Cleaning

dollar-signYou have teenagers in your house. Our sympathies go out to you. It can be extremely difficult to deal with teenage angst and attitudes, and trying to get them to help clean and keeping up with the regular cleanliness of your house can feel like herding cats.

Here are a few helpful tips that may just help with that. Keep in mind, though, that even if everything is going smoothly and you have your teenagers helping to vacuum, wash down the windows, do the dishes, and throw out the garbage, and more, it’s still a good idea to have your carpets professionally cleaned at least once a year, if not every six months.

Now, let’s get to those helpful tips.

Tip #1: Make it a competition.

Teenagers are competitive by nature. If you have a couple of teenagers, and if they are extremely competitive, you can create a game out of the cleaning issues. They can earn tokens, points, and more every week. Keep the chart, like you might have when they were much younger, and they can boast or gloat to each other, if that’s what they want to do.

Tip #2: Offer a reward.

Allowance is one thing, and a token economy system is something else. If you want to inspire your teenagers to get involved in cleaning, you might want to offer a monetary reward, something they can measure quickly, receive right away, and spend however they wish.

Tip #3: Explain how a dirty environment affects their health.

Some teenagers get sick frequently. Others never seem to get sick at all. If your teenagers are like the latter part of this example, they may not care how dirty their room is, but when you explain that the majority of dust inside the house is actually dead skin cells, and how some of the other particulates can affect their health and allergies, they might actually become a bit more inspired to help you keep this house clean.

We hope some of these tips help because we know how difficult it can be to keep up with the cleanliness of the house when you have teenagers constantly running around and in and out.

The Most Commonly Overlooked Aspects of Home Cleanliness Could Cause Carpets to Get Dirty

vacuum-How clean are your carpets? Maybe you vacuum once a week. All that work and it seems as though they just get dirtier and dirtier. You remember how your carpets looked when they were brand new. It felt great, the house smelled wonderful, but now, just a couple of years later, they are looking old. You wonder just how much longer you can tolerate it, and with such a significant investment, you expected them to last longer than this.

A professional carpet cleaning is recommended yearly.

In reality, in a perfect situation, homeowners would have their carpets professionally cleaned every six months. That would not only keep them looking their best, but it would also protect them and help them maximize longevity.

However, most people don’t do this, even though coming out of winter and then heading out of summer are some of the best times to get them done. Once a year, at a minimum, is going to help increase the life expectancy of most carpets.

Another thing that will help is to pay attention to commonly overlooked issues.

The most common issue many homeowners don’t realize is dust and dirt that collects on other surfaces. The most common areas that get overlooked are along the door frames, moldings, and baseboards, or heating and cooling areas.

If you have forced hot air, dust that collects in the registers is going to get pumped out every time the system turns on. If you don’t wipe down the moldings over your doors and windows, if you don’t wipe down the windowsills and other surfaces, even though you might not see the dust and debris building up on them, trust us, it’s there.

Every time a door is closed, a light breeze blows through, or the air is stirred up in any way, that dust and dirt will float up and then eventually settle back down, usually on your furniture and carpets. Over time, it’s going to get trapped in the fiber, work its way deeper, and begin to make your carpets look dirtier.

A simple wiping down of the surfaces every couple of weeks can help, but don’t overestimate how important a professional carpet cleaning can be.

What Should You Start with When Cleaning Your Home?

springOver time your home is going to begin looking a bit haggard, dirty, and worn out. It would be the same if you went through your life, day after day, without taking a shower, without changing your clothes, and without doing your hair. Even if you take a quick shower but don’t use shampoo, don’t use soap, are you still going to be clean?

When you vacuum, that is not enough.

Most people think it’s more than enough, or adequate, for keeping the carpets and floor surfaces clean. However, over time, perhaps a couple of years, even brand-new carpeting will look incredibly old. They begin to wonder just how long they’re going to live with this dirty, dingy looking carpeting. They expected it would last at least 10 or 12 years, but at this rate, they won’t even make it five years before they have to replace it.

That’s because they didn’t clean their home properly.

When you start to clean your house, doing a thorough cleaning, which should be done at least every few months, if not once a month, it means you are cleaning every part of the house from top to bottom. And that is exactly where you start: at the top.

Take the vacuum cleaner, the telescoping wand, and the right attachments and begin vacuuming along the ceiling, where the ceiling meets the walls, and especially in the corners. There may be cobwebs or dust tickets trapped along here.

Next, begin wiping down with a dusting cloth or cleaning solutions, every surface. Start with entertainment cabins, shelving units, china cabinets, and more. Clean from the top down. Remove every item from each shelf, wiping each of them down, cleaning off the shelves, and replacing everything.

If you want to make sure everything goes back as it was, take pictures for a reference.

When you have finished, vacuum off all furniture. Wipe down end tables. Don’t forget the blinds, shutters, curtains, and other window treatments. Also dust the moldings around the doors, window frames, and windowsills. Clean those windows. Then, after everything has been cleaned, vacuum the floors, moving all the furniture out of the way to get every spot.

On top of all that, consider a professional carpet cleaning every six months and your home will look and feel great.

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