Spring Cleaning Checklist for a Healthy Home
Five steps you can take for a healthy home in spring
When the weather starts getting warmer, it’s time to start your spring cleaning. Spring cleaning is an important step toward a healthy, clean home.
1. Get a Duct Cleaning
Your home’s air ducts are where dirt, dust, mold and allergens hide. Dirty air ducts can cause a host of allergy symptoms because air that flows through your home travels through your air ducts. If they are dirty, whatever particles are in the ducts are spewed out into your home’s breathing environment.
2. Clean Window Air Conditioner Filters
Window air conditioning units come with a small reusable filter that needs to be cleaned at the beginning of the season and twice a month during the season. To access it, pop open the small hinged door on the front of the unit. You’ll see a small mesh filter that is removable. Rinse it under a kitchen faucet or hose it down outside to clear out the dust.
3. Schedule a Furnace Maintenance Visit
Spring is a good time to schedule a furnace maintenance visit because you don’t need to use it at this time. Your HVAC technician will change the filter for you, run an efficiency test on the unit, and take care of any heating repair in Cleveland that needs to be done. If you find that you need a new furnace soon, you’ll have the rest of the summer to save up for it.
4. Hang Lighter Curtains
Take down your winter thermal drapes and hang lighter versions that will let the summer breezes into your home. Bring your winter curtains to a dry cleaner. They have likely trapped household dust, and dander if you have pets, and you won’t want to reintroduce that back into your house come winter time.
5. Steam Your Carpets
Carpet fibers trap all manner of dirt and mud during the fall and winter months. Steam cleaning releases trapped dirt so your carpet’s pile can look almost new again. You can either rent a carpet steamer and cleaner from a supermarket, or opt for a commercial service to come in and do your whole house. The benefit of using a commercial service is that they usually have a package price where they will steam clean all your upholstered furniture as well.
After you finish your spring cleaning checklist you and your family can breathe easier knowing that you have a fresh, clean home.
