If you have a loveable fur baby in your family, there’s a good chance that he or she reigns supreme in every room and all over your upholstery of your home. While you wouldn’t have it any other way, there’s a down side to allowing your pet to have freedom of your castle – by adding pet hair and dander. Even though you work constantly to vacuum, dust, dander, pet hair and odor get embedded deep down into your carpet piles. Here are a few ways that you eliminate pet hair, odor, and dander. On Your Carpet All carpeting, including area rugs, is a magnet for pet hair and odor. Dirt, urine and other spills can quickly saturate into the carpet piles, and then straight through to the pad. If you’ve used cleaners in the past or had your carpeting professionally cleaned that uses water, shampoo reside have likely been left behind. These cleaning shampoos contain chemicals that don’t break down and they leave a film behind that can easily attract dirt and odor. Carpet Dryclea...
A Down and Dirty Weekly Cleaning Schedule That Keeps Your House Clean By Apryl Duncan Fold it up Friday is all about your family's laundry in this sample housekeeping schedule. A weekly cleaning schedule shouldn't keep you from enjoying your home and the people and pets in it. So don't let the dust bunnies win. Streamline your housekeeping chores into an easy-to-remember routine for every day of the week. Monday's House Cleaning Schedule Mop it Monday because your floors took a beating over the weekend. Between the dog's muddy paws and the kids eating crackers as they ran through the house, there's no better place to begin your house cleaning schedule than with your vacuum and mop. If you don't have time to vacuum or mop the entire house one week, work through these high-traffic areas in between full cleanings: Foyer Stairs Family Room/Den Mud Room Bedrooms Under the kitchen table Bathrooms Tuesday's House Cleanin...
How to Get Bumps Out of Carpets Over time, your carpet can develop lumps, bumps and wrinkles that are unattractive and potential tripping hazards. The bumps may appear when the carpet padding wears down enough to create slack in the carpet above or if the carpet was installed incorrectly. Humidity can also be a factor; not only can it affect the way the carpet and padding lay, but it can affect the wooden subfloor beneath the carpet. Regardless of the reason for your bumps, you can restretch your carpet to regain your flat, hazard-free floor. Related Articles 1 Stretch a Buckled Carpet 2 Rippled or Buckled Carpet After Cleaning 3 Get Rid of a Ripple in the Carpet 4 Prevent Carpet From Buckling 1 Remove all the furniture from the room where you need to get rid of bumps in your carpet. 2 Pull one corner of carpet out from under your baseboard using needle-nose pliers until you can grip the carpet with your fingers. Pull it aw...
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