Cleaning Tips

Spring clean – tips

Spring cleaning is no easy task. So make a list of all the things you need to do and keep it somewhere like the fridge where you can tick off the jobs as you go. And for an indispensable guide to cleaning.

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• Make sure you have plenty of supplies as the last thing you want to do is run out halfway through a big spring clean.

• This is an ideal time for de-cluttering. Get yourself a cardboard box and take anything you won’t miss to the charity shop.

• Clean and disinfect the sink! Believe it or not your kitchen sink has more bacteria than your toilet seat.

• Kill sponge bacteria by disinfecting your sponge in the microwave for 30 seconds.

• Clean from top to bottom so if anything falls on the floor you can sweep it up later.

• Don’t try and do everything at once. Split the work over a week if needs be to avoid exhaustion.

• If the task is bigger than you thought, why not recruit family members, friends or even neighbors for the job? Consider bribing them with dinner or a bottle of wine as a thank you. There’s no shame in asking for help.

Alternatively, you could hire some help if the task is too overwhelming. Try Industrial Cleaning Specialists 

So you’ve been suspiciously eyeing your garden through the kitchen window all winter, waiting for the moment to launch a counter attack against the ravages of nature – and now’s your chance. Although it may be a jungle out there, spring is the perfect time to perk up the patio, tame that unruly lawn and make your garden look gorgeous again. So to help our green-fingered  readers & home owners on their way, we’ve compiled a few top tips to get your garden smelling of roses again.

Tidy garden – tips

• • • Give your patio, balcony or terrace a thorough sweep and use a penknife to remove any weeds growing in between the slabs. Then give the patio a scrub with hot, soapy water. If that doesn’t do the trick, consider buying or hiring a pressure washer or call Industrial Cleaning Specialist to do it.

    • Remove plants that have died over the winter and replace them with eye-catching blooms.

    • Rake dead leaves and twigs off the lawn as they stop the grass from absorbing sunlight.

    • Then give garden furniture a good spring clean with warm, soapy water or specialist cleaning products.

    • Prune overgrown shrubs and dead stems on plants. Climbers should be trimmed too.

    • Weeds grow fast in the spring so nip them in the bud now with weed killer.

    • Churn up the top couple of inches of your soil. While doing this make sure you remove any leaves, weeds or stones. This is the garden equivalent of vacuuming your carpet.

    • Wooden fences are susceptible to damage from the winter weather, so give them the once over now and repair any damage.

Top up any water features and remove debris such as leaves from ponds.

If all this seems like too much hard work then you might want to consider hiring professionals. (Industrial Cleaning Specialists)

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