9 Spring Cleaning Tips for Allergy

(NER) Dust baseboards. Check! Attack on the pantry. Check! And shelves and-Achoo! Spring Cleaning allergens riot?

It's a double-edged sword. While rescue cultivated areas, cleaning Press allergens. How to overcome this dilemma? Follow these tips from the pros.

1. Go to the root of the problem
Know your limits and trigger factors. Ear, nose and throat and ear, nose Maureen certified surgeon ENT Mulcahy Lake Grove Lake Oswego, Oregon., Recommend that patients tested to identify certain allergens. "Then they can have a more focused approach to cleaning," she said.

2. Spring for HEPA filter
Analyze only a negative pressure that a HEPA filter. And preferably someone who does not suffer from allergies should take the job. But if you can not avoid Mulcahy recommends that you wear a mask. John Alzubi, owner of Smart Choice Cleaning Services in Springfield, Va., Adds that the glasses help.

3. Search for water sources
Each autonomous water in the house has a form of risk. "Spring cleaning is a good time to look at any potential water source at home," says Mulcahy. "If you have a leaky faucet or pipe, the better a sealed must take care of that."

4. The crack open the window (or close tightly)
During allergy season, patients have inflamed mucous membranes. Mulcahy ventilation is recommended if you are cleaned with harsh chemicals. But Michele Oswald, cleaning step further in Muro, Lima owner, says that if the triggers are allergens outdoors, such as pollen or ragweed, you might want to hold it closed.

5. Prevents odors
Alzubi said to use unscented detergent to avoid aggravating the symptoms of allergy. Green cleaning agents, bleaches and avoid recommended. Again, depends on your particular allergy. If you need to kill allergens, especially mold, such acts of hydrogen peroxide Oswald as a natural bleaching agent that does not attack your senses.

6. Dust Trap - no release
"Do not dusters at all," said Alzubi. We recommend something that can trap the dust as a damp microfiber.

7. Maximize the efficiency
Clean the upper and dust downwardly from left to right and from inside to outside, so Alzubi. Be unnecessary work.

8. Ignore her bedroom
Oswald said, consumers often instruct cleaner spend their room because no one will see them. But Oswald and Mulcahy agree that the room is the most important to keep clean because she spends most of his time there. "They are eight hours every night," Oswald said. "Make your bedroom your sanctuary."

9. Call reinforcements
Sometimes it is best to have a highly qualified clean house in top condition to rent your home.

Mulcahy openly communicate with the cleaning agent to understand the goal of specific problems. Oswald preferred that the customers have to say about the allergy problems, including sensitivity to chemicals.

Alzubi adds that you can hire a house cleaner to do anything, or simply mounted only in these places allergens to help. His company raises $ 95 per hour with a minimum of half an hour to two cleaners, accessories and equipment. "Make a society, the minimum term," he said. "Then make a checklist of items that you hate doing."

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