Cleaning

Mould loves moist conditions, and this nasty, musty-smelling growth can be found on just about anything including clothing, carpets, and upholstered furniture. Left unchecked, mould and mildew can not only cause staining but smell awful too. Fortunately, if your fabrics have been stained with mould, there are ways that this can be dealt with quickly […]

Carpet moths are unwanted visitors. They come into the house and cause damage to everything they can reach, and they keep doing it until they’re eradicated! When trying to get rid of these pesky little blighters, it is essential to find out what causes carpet moths in the first place. This way you can get

Carpet moths are a type of common household pest that lives in textiles. The larvae feed on keratin which is found in natural fibres, such as wool. Carpet moths are therefore commonly found in carpets, rugs, and other soft furnishings. If you think you have a carpet moth infestation, it is important to treat it

Did you know a relatively easy and cost-effective way to spruce up your home is to clean your net curtains? Believe it or not, net curtains can actually hold a lot of dust and dirt, and if you don’t clean them regularly they start to look scruffy, old and worn down. Plus, they will stop

Some popular cleaning products are full of potentially harmful ingredients which can be detrimental to not only us but to the environment as well. Fortunately, there are alternatives available that are just as powerful, but much gentler. Soda crystals are a traditional cleaning product used for hundreds of years that can be taken advantage of

Raising agents, such as baking powder is something that most households will have tucked away in a kitchen cupboard. After all, why wouldn’t you? Everyone loves baking perfectly light and fluffy cakes. You might not know, however, that some raising agents have an extra handy use – they can be used as a cleaning product!

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