5 Cleaning Tips to Help You Fly Through Household Chores
14 January 2019
When you lead a busy life, it’s so easy to let mess build up at home – after all, the last thing you want after a long day is to have to drag out the hoover.
Luckily, help is at hand. Here are a few quick cleaning tips you can use, with the help of some of our favourite products from B&M, to make taking care of your home a great deal simpler and less stressful.
1. Get Hold of a Moisture Absorber
Fighting a losing battle against mould and mildew? The corners of your walls, ceilings, window ledges, baths and shower trays can end up looking filthy. Sprays and specialist wipes can help to a point, but you may find that you begin to smear the dirt around rather than removing it as the problem gets worse. Nip the problem in the bud with the UniBond Aero 360. Mould, mildew and damp are often caused by condensation or moisture in the air, and this machine helps to absorb that dampness without using any electricity at all. Try adding Fruit Refills to make rooms smell gorgeous too!
2. Invest in a Steam Mop
Mopping is hard work, requiring you to fill heavy buckets with water and cleaning fluid and eventually having to replace the mop itself when the head gets too dirty to wash clean. A far better solution is to get hold of a good steam mop, like this one by Black & Decker. Its superheated steam jets lift and remove dirt, kill bacteria and helps dry floors in seconds, plus its hard wearing Glide™ microfibre pads can be machine washed more than 100 times. Just fill up the water tank and it’s ready to go in 20 seconds.
You can also prevent family members trailing muck into the house in the first place by using a boot tray like this one!
3. Find the Best Screen Wipes
It’s no secret that TV and computer screens are magnets for dust, dirt and fingerprints, however hard you try to prevent this. Luckily, you can get hold of these great Blaupunkt Screen Cleaning Wipes. There are 200 in a pack, and, by gently rubbing them over any device’s screen - including the screens of mobile phones and tablets - you’ll achieve a shine that’s as good as new without leaving streaks, smudges or fibres behind.
4. Your Bin Shouldn’t Add to the Problem
Having a dirty rubbish bin not only looks awful, it can aid in the spread of bacteria. You shouldn’t have to worry about the cleanliness of your bin besides everything else, so why not get yourself a 50L Addis Sensor Kitchen Bin? It features an automatic sensor, so it opens without having to be touched, plus its inner bin removes smoothly for super easy cleaning.
5. Make Kitchen Chores Quick and Easy
Having to put the dishes through the dishwasher multiple times? You need a good dishwasher cleaner like this one from Crystale. It prevents the build-up of grease and limescale, meaning your dishes will sparkle first time.
Oven cleaner is also great to get hold of, as grime and caked on food can make the appliance look filthy and smoke badly, but you can’t afford to spend hours scrubbing it! We recommend our Complete Oven Cleaner from Oven Pride, which also tackles dirty racks and grills.
Drying dishes with a towel isn’t just time consuming but actually results in poor hygiene, as cloths can spread bacteria. Leaving your dishes to drip dry on this Addis 2-in-1 Drying Mat and Rack or in this Addis Collapsible Dish Drainer will save you time and make your household healthier!
B&M Top Tip: Browse the Household Essentials section of B&M’s website to find everything you need for the day-to-day running of your home in one place!
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