Hello World! Welcome Friends! Cleaning your house should not feel like an obligation. It should be an act of love you do for your family. You and your loved ones spend a considerable amount of time in your home, whether it’s relaxing or making memories together. Your home is an important part of your life, so you should invest time and effort in making it a safe and comfortable environment for those you value.
Instead of grumbling, think of these ways that you are actually protecting your family the next time you pick up the vacuum cleaner or a sponge.
Prevent Accidents
Even the most modern and beautifully furnished house can quickly become a danger zone because of broken furniture, uncleaned mess, and clutter. Every year, an estimated 235,000 people aged fifteen years old and above end up in emergency rooms because of injuries that they suffered in the bathroom, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of this number, almost 14 percent become hospitalized.
With routine cleaning, you are able to check which parts of your home need to be fixed. For example, many bathroom accidents are caused by falls and slips. Cleaning your bathroom regularly lets you detect leaking pipes or broken tiles, which you can immediately repair to keep people from tripping and falling.
Similarly, by cleaning and organizing your closets and rooms, you can check to see if there are no broken locks. This is extremely important in houses with young children as they may accidentally get locked up while playing and exploring around your house. Other things you should check when cleaning include broken steps on the staircase, weak balustrades, and railings, exposed nails and screws, loose shelves, and faulty wiring.
Make Your Home Hassle-Free
You can turn your home into a safer and more pleasant space for everyone if you equip it with new facilities and features. From the air-conditioning unit to the microwave oven, the creature comforts you have at home are meant to make life easier. On the other hand, old appliances can be annoying to use and downright unsafe. They are inefficient in terms of energy consumption, and they can get in the way of your daily routine. Imagine having to stop midway in your shower because the water heater stopped functioning and you’re stuck in the bathroom with shampoo in your eyes.
Regularly cleaning your home can let you check which appliances and fixtures have become inefficient and need to be replaced with a newer model. If you’ve been experiencing constant leaks and clogs in your bathroom, you could consider upgrading to upflush systems, or if your electric bill has been off the charts lately, you can check which of your current appliances are no longer energy efficient by comparing their energy rating with newer models.
Steer Clear of Smears and Smudges
You use them every single day without you even realizing how dirty they can get. Yes, that means your doorknobs, window handles, and most furniture. Dirt and bacteria can build up over time, and since they’re invisible, you’ll most likely make a pass during spring cleaning. Do not disregard these pieces, especially when you have little kids around.
Most cleaning solutions can satisfactorily clean crystal, plastic, and glass surfaces, but some may contain harmful solvents that can damage your property. Try using natural products like vinegar and lemon in cleaning knobs and handles. Use window cleaning tools, especially for windows that are out of your reach. Depending on how deep-seated the dirt is, you may need more than just one application.
Eliminate Disease-Causing Mold and Bacteria
Cleaning your house helps you protect your family from the dangerous effects of mold and bacteria. Exposure to moldy and bacteria-infested environments can trigger a variety of health conditions. Some effects of mold exposure include nasal stuffiness, eye irritation, skin rashes, and coughing. People who are sensitive to mold or have an existing immunity-related health issue may experience more serious effects like asthma and potentially fatal lung infections.
Make sure you check for mold growth when cleaning your house. Mold loves to grow in places that are damp and humid like bathrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms, and tiled surfaces prone to standing water. In the outdoors, it can thrive in compost piles and grassy areas.
To prevent mold growth, always control humidity levels in your house. Install ventilation in damp rooms like cooking areas, bathrooms, and laundry rooms. Immediately repair leaking roofs and pipes. Clean up spills and messes; don’t allow water to pool in your house. Keep in mind that some of these may not be easily visible, so to be safe, you should use a mold-testing kit when inspecting your home.
Kill Harmful Pests
Dirty and unkempt houses can be inviting to dangerous, disease-carrying pests like mosquitoes, flies, ticks, and roaches. Many insects bite, and their bites can result in symptoms as mild as itching and swelling to more serious ones like fever and life-threatening allergic reactions.
Do not wait until you have a serious pest infestation before you take action to protect your family. Some preventive pest-control measures include installing screens on your doors and windows if you live in an area known to have lots of flying pests like mosquitoes and flies. Make sure you keep your home free from food crumbs, clean after eating, and dispose of leftover food properly. When disposing meat, make sure to throw it in the garbage within the next forty-eight hours of the next garbage pickup.
If your house is experiencing a more serious pest problem, you should hire professional pest-control services rather than try to resolve the infestation on your own.
Promote Better Relationships
When you look around your house, do you see piles of unused knickknacks you collected over the years? Does your house feel suffocating and cramped? Do you have trouble focusing and relaxing at home? Do you and your family feel stressed and cranky when together at your house? Getting out the broom may be the solution to these problems
You should start cleaning up and organizing if you want to improve your mental health and the well-being of everyone who lives with you. An Australian-US study conducted by Lenny Vartarian et al. found that people indulged in unhealthy snacking more if they lived in an environment that felt chaotic and stressful.
Similarly, Paul Bliese and his colleagues from the University of South Carolina examined a century’s worth of research on stress and the workplace and found that an environment that was comfortable was an essential ingredient to “mental hygiene.” Simply put, nobody wants to spend time in a house that feels dirty and unsafe. When you prioritize the cleanliness of your house, you show your loved ones that you care for their well-being and help them enjoy the time they spend at home.
Click the links below for any posts you may have missed!
Domestic Cleaners – What to Expect from Them
Commercial Window & Facade Cleaning
The Relevance of a Moving Company
I’d love for you to join my email list! You’ll receive a notification straight to your inbox once a week on Monday which will include links to party posts and my home project posts! Simply enter your address below.
Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day/night depending on where you are in the world! Go with God and remember to be kind to one another!
Toodles,
Nice.. these reasons are a bit practical & are a new way of thinking of cleaning home. Loved it, Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful article and i love to go through such content.
Your four walls are like a grocery store for common household pests. If you don’t keep them out or stop them in their tracks, they could cause untold damage to health and property.