Autumn is here and the last warm days are upon us. While it’s tempting to spend the last sunny days outside, this is an important time for cleaning and home maintenance. Now is the best time to prepare your home for the coming winter season and ensure its cleanliness and the health and safety of you and your loved ones. If you’re still hesitant, let us give you a few reasons on why you need to clean your house before the cold season comes.
Cleaning out the dust and grime now, will keep away any insects that may try to find recluse in your home this winter. As the days grow colder, we start to rely more on closed windows and central heating. This creates a perfect environment for all dust mites, bacteria and mould. To get rid of them before they can even have the chance to attack, it’s best to clean out all the dust from your home, including that on top of furniture and in the dark corners of your home. This is best done now, so that you can clean with the windows open, creating air ventilation so that both the furniture and the air in your home remain clean.
Now is also the perfect time to clean your carpets. If you’ve worn your indoor shoes inside, there’s a high chance that the carpets in your home have become home to bacteria such as E.coli, Staphylococcus aureus and campylobacter, which even the vacuum-cleaner can’t get rid of. This is why carpets have to be washed with the appropriate detergent.The sun outside will make it faster to dry them now, without introducing more humidity into your home, another favourable environment for bacteria.
An often overlooked part of the cleaning routines are mattresses and duvets. This is unfortunate, as they are home to dust and dead skin cells, the perfect food for dust mites. Worse still, the reserves from human skin and bodily excretions can potentially cause eczemas and new allergies. While the mattress just needs a good vacuuming, duvets should be washed in the laundry machine and hung out to dry for the best results.
Another piece of furniture you may need to wash and dry as part of your fall cleaning is the sofa. If you and your family eat on the sofa all the crumbs fall into the cracks, which can later attract mice and other rodents. To keep them away, it’s best to remove and wash the cushions of your couch. While they’re drying in the sun, you can use the time to vacuum the crevices and creases of the sofa, to remove any remnants of food.
Keeping your home clean is an important step in keeping your family healthy in the upcoming challenging flu season. However, we understand that sometimes these last few hot days are hard to pass up. This is why, we at Cleaning Service London can ensure the spotlessness of your home while you enjoy the last rays of sunshine.
