Prolong The Life Of Your Hardwood Floors
Posted January 31, 2018
Hardwood floors have long been a coveted house feature because they positively radiate a sense of classic warmth and tradition.
Hardwood floors have long been a coveted house feature because they positively radiate a sense of classic warmth and tradition.
Because hardwood flooring has literally been around for centuries and many of the floors found in historic homes are still the originals, it is easy to think of them as being impervious to damage.
But like any house element, hardwood floors are prone to damage from accumulated wear and tear as well as unexpected events such as flooding.
The potential for damage is magnified by the fact that, unlike ceramic or vinyl flooring, hardwood is an organic material.
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Corners you shouldn’t cut when cleaning your floors
Posted January 24, 2018
1) Skipping pre-sweeping
If you have a disc floor scrubber, you should be pre-sweeping. Your scrubber is putting down water to clean. Dirt plus water equals mud. Therefore, removing excess dirt prior to scrubbing will help your scrubber clean more thoroughly.
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First Self-Cleaning Home
Posted January 17, 2018
By Ben Panko
Frances Gabe had had enough. It was the late 1970s, and the single mother of two was sick and tired of the scrubbing and cleaning her house. When a stain of fig jam appeared on her wall one day, she put her foot down.
″I thought, darn it, this is more than I can handle,″ Gabe told Patricia Leigh Brown of the
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Easy Tile Floor Refresher
Posted January 10, 2018
Leave your tile floors smelling and looking great between your professional deep cleans!
1 cup of white vinegar
1 tbs of liquid dish soap of your choice
1 cup of baking soda
2 gallons of warm water
Mix everything together and use a mop to spread around
1 cup of white vinegar
1 tbs of liquid dish soap of your choice
1 cup of baking soda
2 gallons of warm water
Mix everything together and use a mop to spread around
Leave your tile floors smelling and looking great between your professional deep cleans!
1 cup of white vinegar
1 tbs of liquid dish soap of your choice
1 cup of baking soda
2 gallons of warm water
Mix everything together and use a mop to spread around
1 cup of white vinegar
1 tbs of liquid dish soap of your choice
1 cup of baking soda
2 gallons of warm water
Mix everything together and use a mop to spread around
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10 ways to clean your home when you have pets!
Posted January 03, 2018
Get the Right Tools
As with all cleaning, good, basic cleaning tools really are enough to do a good job.
As with all cleaning, good, basic cleaning tools really are enough to do a good job.
Get the Right Tools
As with all cleaning, good, basic cleaning tools really are enough to do a good job. I never like to recommend getting every new cleaning gadget or potion that becomes available on the market, but in the case of dealing with pet fur, there really have been some pretty neat inventions that are actually effective. I went over quite a few of my favorites in this post about dealing with pet fur specifically, but I’ve also recently found this FURemover broom, which looks pretty awesome for people with a lot of very shed-y pets.
As with all cleaning, good, basic cleaning tools really are enough to do a good job. I never like to recommend getting every new cleaning gadget or potion that becomes available on the market, but in the case of dealing with pet fur, there really have been some pretty neat inventions that are actually effective. I went over quite a few of my favorites in this post about dealing with pet fur specifically, but I’ve also recently found this FURemover broom, which looks pretty awesome for people with a lot of very shed-y pets.
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