Cleaning

Even the word maggots has my skin crawling… so to discover you have maggots in your bin is just something no one wants to see. This is a relatively common problem for outdoor bins and wheelie bins, as they are exposed to the elements as well as all of the creatures that reside out there. […]

When it comes to keeping our homes clean and pristine, nothing takes the shine off all your hard work quite like those pesky streaks on our windows that just won’t go away! You may have spent hours tidying up, dusting, cleaning, sweeping, mopping and vacuuming your entire house, but if your windows are covered in

Cleaning the windows around our homes is a relatively simple task for many of us however when it comes to external, hard-to-reach windows, this can make things a little trickier. You may find yourself cleaning the ones you can reach and just putting off the ones that are hard to get to until the next

For all you tea lovers out there, and there’ll be many of you, a tea spillage can be quite the nightmare! Particularly if you’ve managed to spill your lovely end-of-the-day cuppa over a lovely clean cream carpet! Or, worse still if you’ve tipped your tea over a friend’s carpet! I’m sure we’ve all been there

Can you smell hot dust when you put the heating on? Sounds like it’s time to clean your radiators! But if you’ve got top grills on yours, you may wonder how best to tackle this dusting job. Failure to clean your radiator makes it less effective at heating your home and could even shorten its

If you own or have ever owned Venetian blinds, then you’ll know how much of a dust magnet they are AND how much of a pain they can be to clean. Getting in between each individual slat to remove dust and dirt is a time-consuming job, there’s no real quick way around cleaning this type

Limescale is sadly something that can’t be avoided when there’s water involved and bathrooms are a haven for limescale – especially the toilet bowl. Grubby toilets are not the look we’re aiming for, so it’s important to keep on top of cleaning to make it a quick and easy job to do each time. Here

If you’re a mum or dad who’s often doing laundry for your family, it can be easy to forget to clean the appliances you use to take care of it all. If you have a ceramic iron, you’ll need to clean the soleplate (base) quite often because otherwise, dirt and oil will start to build

While some people are happy to hoover their house every day, others carry out this task less often. The difficulty with vacuum cleaning your home is not always the task in itself, but knowing how often you should do it. We all want to live in a clean home, but it can be hard to

Stainless steel brings a polished atmosphere to any home. Best known for its resistance to corrosion and rust, stainless steel is often a popular choice for kitchens and bathrooms. If you own anything made with stainless steel, you already know that it rarely 100% stainless. Water spots and fingerprints often decorate the surfaces of kitchen