The best way to keep your home clean is to keep up with small daily chores. Although keeping up with daily chores doesn't seem difficult, it isn't always as easy as it seems. Some days you have other things that are more urgent, or maybe you just don't want to clean. To help you manage your house cleaning chores it is best to come up with a room by room plan.
The Kitchen
Boulder house cleaning professionals say that your primary focus in the kitchen should be the refrigerator. Be certain to clean up any spills as soon as they occur. Cleaning spills as they happen makes them easier to wipe clean. Next, go through the shelves and discard any produce or open products that are expired or have turned.Cleaning out bad product will help to keep your other foods fresh and the refrigerator smelling fresh.
While in the kitchen clean the pantry too. Throw away any empty containers, jars, or packages that you will no longer use. Finally make sure you clean the table and countertops and put all plates and glasses in the dishwasher. Putting your dishes away as you finish with them will help make cleaning the kitchen much easier.
The Bathroom
Keep a dry cleaning cloth near your bathroom skin to give it a quick wipe down each time you use the sink to brush your teeth or wash your face. Often when you are washing or brushing over the sink the mirror, faucets and area around the sink are coated with a lather. Wiping down the sink area will keep your bathroom clean without becoming overwhelming. When you are finished with your shower you can do the same thing to the shower stall.
Using an automatic dishwasher while cleaning your kitchen can save hundreds of gallons of water when
compared to hand washing-- assuming you're doing full loads of dishes in a
modern machine. Yours should be less than 10 years old; look for the Energy
Star label, which ensures an appliance is energy-efficient.
Until recently, it was a challenge to find an environmentally sound
automatic dishwashing detergent. Traditional name-brand detergents contain both
chlorine and phosphates. In fact, up to a third of the phosphates in US
wastewater comes from automatic dishwashing detergent. Phosphates are a major
cause of algae bloom, which are hazardous to fish, plant life and water
quality.
Loading the dishwasher properly will save time and help conserve energy.
Don't rinse dishes before putting them in the dishwasher- just scrape any food
into the trash or composter. Pre-rinsing can be a hard habit to break, but it is
almost always an unnecessary waste of time and water. Put the most soiled items
such as pots and pans with cooked-on food, on the bottom rack, facing down, so
the sprayer arm will be pointed directly at them. Dishwasher-safe plastic-ware,
glasses, cups and mugs go on the top rack, with the glasses in the rows between
the tines, not on them. Platters, cookie sheets, and trays go along the sides
of the bottom rack with dishes and bowls between these items and any pots or
pans. Utensils go in the basket with handles down, except knives which go in
handle up.
There is no house or building that has no windows or does not use
glass and unless cleaned regularly, glass catches dust and become about
as useful as a pair of dirty spectacle lenses. Even windows that are
cleaned everyday can quickly develop smudges due to children touching
them or leaning against them.
As professional window cleaners, we
get a lot of questions from housewives on how to keep home windows
clean. So here are a few home window cleaning tips.
Home window cleaning tips
Tip # 1:
If you do not already possess one, buy yourself a good quality squeegee
- we recommend the brass or stainless steel squeegees. It lasts longer
and is well engineered for the job. The quality of rubber matters. It
needs to be engineered just right - not too hard, not too soft.
Squeegees can be purchased at any janitorial supply stores.
Tip # 2:
You can either use a commercial window cleaning solution or make your
own. An ideal window cleaning solution should contain a mild detergent
and a small percentage of ammonia. You can make your own window cleaning
liquid using water, vinegar (or a mild detergent), and ammonia in the
approximate ratio of 90:05:05 i.e. 90% water and the rest split between
vinegar (or a mild detergent), and ammonia. If you increase the
detergent quantity it could cause streaks on the window.
Detergent or Ammonia gets rid of heavy greasy soils and stains whereas vinegar removes hard water spots.
