Reduce Air Pollutants and Dust Mites During Spring Cleaning Mount Wilson

Local Chimney Cleaning Mount Wilson — To limit allergens, if you’re one of America’s 40 million allergy sufferers, you presumably already clean on a daily basis. However, even with everyday cleaning, allergies can hide in your house. Perform a thorough cleaning two or three times a year to remove deep, ground-in dust and mold. Spring has always been seen as the ideal time to freshen a home after a long winter spent inside. Spring cleaning is a great time for allergy sufferers to get rid of some of the key pollutants that cause asthma and other difficulties.

Intensive cleaning is typically painful for allergy sufferers since it releases a year’s worth of pollutants into the air. Consider the following before beginning your spring cleaning:

• Wear a face mask to decrease your exposure to molds, dust mites, and other allergens that will be disturbed as you clean.

• Dust with a microfiber or moist cloth. Avoid feather-dusters, which merely spit dust and grime into the air, which then sloughs off into your delicate nose and throat.

• Get your deep clean done as soon as possible, preferably before the holidays. Before pollination begins, those who are allergic to pollen should begin cleaning. Open as many windows as you can, despite the possibility of frigid spring weather. This will make it easier to have a good airflow.

• Attach a HEPA filter to your vacuum cleaner and change it as needed. HEPA filters, unlike regular vacuum filters, may catch very small particles such as pollen and dust mite excrement, which can trigger allergy attacks.

Once you’ve gathered the right materials, focus on the places where allergens love to hide – mattresses, upholstered furniture, and woodwork.

Do You Feel Lucky, Dust Mite?

Dust mites are your home’s smallest scavengers. These microscopic creatures prefer warm environments like mattresses and furniture, where they can gobble up a constant supply of their favorite food, dead skin cells. Fido and Fluffy shed skin as well, so if you have a pet, your local dust mite population is probably booming. Dust mites often trigger asthma attacks. Dr Janet Rimmer, director of the National Asthma Council of Australia, reported that approximately 45 percent of the world’s population has some sort of allergy, and nearly 80 percent of those allergy sufferers react to dust mites.

In case you need more motivation to do some thorough spring cleaning, here’s a shocking statistic. It’s estimated that dead mites and their droppings comprise 10% of the weight of a two-year old pillow. Do yourself and your family a favor and at least once a year, wipe out the population of mites in your mattress. Here’s how:

1. If you have a mattress pad, wash it in hot water frequently; doing so every 2 months is standard for intense allergy sufferers. Even better, if you don’t yet own one, consider purchasing a microfiber, hypoallergenic pad, which will prevent mites from slipping into your mattress in the first place.

2. Using your vacuum’s wand attachment or upholstery tool, carefully vacuum the entire surface of your mattress, paying extra attention to indentations or buttons.

3. Flip and rotate your mattress regularly. This reduces the food supply for dust mites, keeping their population in check.

Upend Upholstered Furniture Breeding Grounds

Dust mites can also lurk in upholstery. Fortunately, simple vacuuming with an attachment wand removes the top layer of dead-skin feeding the mites. To begin, remove all of the cushions and shove the attachment wand into the creases and folds where you would have searched for quarters as a kid. Additionally, consider using a spray-on allergen minimizer, such as Febreze’s Fabric Refresher Allergen Reducer. According to the Asthma/Allergen Foundation of America, allergen reducers like these are appropriate for use on fabrics, furniture, bedding, and clothing. They help keep air-born particles from getting into the air in your home.

Bathroom Battles

In addition to routine cleaning tasks, such as cleaning the tub and sinks, use your spring cleaning time to take down and dust light fixtures and dust vents. Most of a home’s mold resides in the bathroom. Clean your shower curtain, or purchase a new one if mold and mildew have become hopelessly embedded. Take the time to also make sure that the ventilation system is working properly.

In your woodworking, master the mold.

To avoid allergens, you usually deep clean your drapes and blinds at least once a year. Doorjambs and other woodwork, on the other hand? When it comes to allergen-causing mold, spring cleaning is the ideal time to flush out areas where they thrive. Mold isn’t simply a problem in poorly ventilated restrooms. During certain seasons, it can also be seen on windowsills and doorjambs where moisture is a concern. Cleaning these places with a bleach-based chemical can assist to eradicate allergy producing mold.

After you have dusted, vacuumed and washed the last room in your house this spring, making sure to throw all of the garbage outside, wash all of your microfiber clothing and other cleaning materials thoroughly. This will help ensure that your spring cleaning efforts take hold and stay that way for a longer period of time.