Bathroom Cleaning Tips for Cleaner Air

A complete clean means your entire home - floors, ceilings, surfaces, and even the air. Unfortunately there are times while cleaning, that dirt and dust that you have just removed from surfaces in your home will become airborne. Let's learn how to clean these surfaces properly to ensure many of these particles stay out of the air.

There is nothing more vital to your family's health that the air they breathe. The air surrounding your family as they eat, play, and sleep is one of the most important parts of a clean home. Signs of poor indoor air quality can be congestion, headache and even fatigue. These things are especially hard for the almost 50 million Americans who suffer from allergies and asthma.

What is the good news? You can improve the indoor air quality in your home by using a few simple steps while cleaning. Let's start with the bathroom.

The Bathroom
The bathroom can be one of the dirtiest rooms in the home and is a haven for mold! The following simple tips will help you keep your bathroom fresh and clean, too:
• Avoid Dirt Build-up! - Remove dust and germs by cleaning the sink, faucet, mirror, shower drain and toilet seat at least once per week.
• Hit the Floor - Mop the floors at least once every two weeks, and vacuum floors when vacuuming other rooms of the home. Hand-held vacs and your vacuum's crevice tool can get hard-to-reach places, like behind the commode, quickly and easily!
• Keep the Air Flowing - Keep mold at bay by using your bathroom's ventilation system both during and after a shower. Also spray the inside and outside of your shower with an after-shower spray to prevent mold and grime build-up. If you're pressed for time in the morning (and who isn't?) there are even automatic systems available to make this an even easier task.
• Change Your Liner - To avoid mold on your shower curtain liner, every three to four months replace vinyl curtain styles or wash nylon fabric styles.
• Toss the Washcloth - Did you know towels take forever to dry? Swap your washcloths for quick-drying synthetic poufs, and wash your towels at least once per week!

Now that the bathroom is clean - air and all - use these tips for other areas of your house. Focus on rooms that get used the most as the more traffic through a room, the more the dirt and dust.