Hello World! Welcome Friends! Is your house clean? Sure, you mop the floors daily, vacuum every Saturday morning (the neighbours hate it), and dust all surfaces at least once a month. From the outside, your home looks like a shiny and polished bastion of cleanliness, free of the grease stains that spoil this illusion.
Unfortunately, this is only an illusion. Your home may look small, but there is a lot of hidden space. It is impossible to clean every corner of an apartment or house. This is why many people book end of tenancy cleaning services at the end of their tenancy. But what are the hidden spaces in our homes – too many to summarize in one article? All we can do, though, is mention the most common ones that most people accidentally overlook or the unexpected ones. What’s more, these items and surfaces pose a real threat to your health if not cleaned.
Here are five of the scariest secrets about the cleanliness of your home:
#5. Pillows
What exactly is a pillow? Simply explained, it is a device that helps to support your head as you sleep. While it does its purpose, it also serves as a sanctuary for germs, fungi, and bacteria. Cushions provide an ideal habitat for microorganisms of various types to grow.
You’d assume that one of the reasons we use pillows is that they’re healthier than sleeping on the ground. In reality, frequent drooling, sweating, and skin shedding provide a rich feeding source for a wide range of pathogenic microorganisms. The same is true for the sheets, which are resistant to fungus and bacteria.
Ensure you regularly change and wash your bed sheets and linen to improve your health and have a better night’s rest.
#4. Remote Controls
It should come as no surprise that remote controls are colonized with antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. After all, sweat from the palms of the hands while holding the remote control collects in its crevices, creating an environment where all kinds of bacteria can thrive.
Remote controls are at least three times dirtier than anything else in the room. To reduce any health hazards, you need to disinfect them at least once a month. Also, please keep your dog from chewing on them. Not because it will damage the electronics inside but because having such a dirty object inside your pet’s mouth can cause a trip to the vet and result in a very expensive treatment.
#3. Door Knobs and Handles
Door knobs, like remote controls, are one of the dirtiest items in your home. Consider how frequently you open and close your bedroom door. At the very least, twice a day. How frequently do you open and close the bathroom door? Isn’t it rather often? How frequently do you wash your hands before touching the doorknob? Yeah…
Some could argue that you should wash your hands before leaving the restroom, but do you also wash them before entering? Germs remain on the door handles after you close it, just waiting for you to use it again.
There is no point in washing your hands if you don’t keep the door handles clean and sanitized. Of course, don’t take this the wrong way. Please wash your hands regularly, but also pay special attention to all the handles in your home.
#2. The Underside of the Carpet and Rugs
Germs are everywhere, and there is nothing you can do about it. But there is no visible dirt on any surface in the house, so at least we have that going for us, which is nice. Well, sorry to break it to you, but…
Have you checked under your carpet lately? The area under the rug is undoubtedly cleaner than the one around it. This is because rugs cover and protect the floor. They not only catch any object you may drop to the floor but also dust and debris.
Textiles are not dust-resistant; they are woven fabrics. The small holes between the materials are large enough for dust particles to pass through and accumulate over time. You should also note that house dust is one of the most common and dangerous allergens in the home. Nothing causes asthma more effectively than dust mites, skin and hair filth.
The next time you decide to vacuum around and underneath your rugs, take the time to properly vacuum them as well to remove much of the built-up dust.
#1. Greasy Extractor
Grease accumulates in the oven, so you tend to keep your kitchen stove in top condition. If there is no burnt food in it and the cooktop is shiny, you believe that means your kitchen is spotlessly clean. But have you checked your cooker hood lately? When turned on, the ventilation fan sucks in your food’s smoke, steam and grease particles. Such grease stains go unnoticed until the hood filter becomes dirty and grease builds up on the outside.
A dirty cooker hood can harbor many bacteria, and as bad as that can be to your health, it is not the most dangerous part of not cleaning it regularly. Grease remains are highly flammable. The extractor also absorbs oxygen, making it impossible to extinguish a flame once it starts. This may cause damage not only to you and your home but can potentially affect your neighbors as well.
To avoid such a hazard, regularly check and clean your extractor’s filters and insides based on the manufacturer’s recommendations.
Conclusion
Have you been cleaning the top 5 surfaces in your home that are most commonly missed? Do you feel like you should get up and start cleaning again, even though you did that yesterday?
Well, now that you know about the most commonly missed areas that harbour bacteria in your home, you can devote another 20 minutes the next time you clean your property to ensure that you also take care of those items. Ask tenancy cleaning companies, they can always advise you on how to minimize the time spent cleaning.
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