Tips for Spring Cleaning sound designer Robin Wilson

Spring is finally here. And for many people, which means it's time for spring cleaning.

Instead of just not beautify your home this year, why on what a healthy habitat that can help to focus filled reduce the symptoms coming months pollen? Would not you rather a living space without wheezing and sneezing?

Here are some recommendations designer Robin Wilson, author of Clean Design: wellness lifestyle and an ambassador for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America:

- Cushion: Be sure to follow the rule of three: Wash with zipper pillow cases every three weeks, wash your pillow every three months and replace your pillow every three years. Otherwise, your face against thousands of mites eight hours a night.

- Animals: If no power animal is not an option, then keep animals out of the chambers and upholstered furniture. Clean areas where your dog spends time with as much care as soon as possible.

Bathe your pet once a week. After playing with your pet, wash wash your hands and clothes.

- Walls: Always use low VOC paints free because the self-sealing to limit the release of toxins into the air. No outgassing not unpleasant odor of color that lasts weeks after painting.

-. Avoid wall-to-wall carpet tile and wood floors are a much better option but should aspirated or regularly cleaned to remove dirt and dust. Shake and vacuum carpets regularly. Use a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter.

- Lots of vinyl shower curtain: People with allergies often said that the shower to remove pollen and pet dander from the body. But chemical phthalates in vinyl shower curtains to win gaseous effluent with moisture and heat, as well as form. Replace your vinyl siding coated nylon shower curtain.

- Avoid closet and disturbance of the surface: For enrichment of pollen and dust to a minimum to avoid holding elements covered boxes, trays, drawers, cupboards and shelves with doors. Better yet, keep them outside the room. Not just collecting dust, but also books, especially the elderly can be a source of growth of mold spores.

- Freezing of toys - dolls your child's favorite stuffed animal can to house dust mites that can trigger allergies and asthma. Freeze all the toys for 24 hours in a plastic bag to prevent the accumulation of at least once a month.

- Press and hold to get the rest of the world and always before you kick off your shoes and keep all outdoor tools and toys in a garage or shed .. If not, in external dirt and pollen in your area, please drop life and causes allergies and asthma.

-. Beware of mold when it is wet, moisture, mold grow. Check Pans Refrigerator, Dishwasher, sewers, basements and other areas where mold can accumulate. Monitor the humidity in your home, vent, moisture management in the basement and is in search of standing water.

- Easy window treatments "dust collector" is a good term for curtains or heavy curtains cleaned frequently use a modern space, consider the side panels of linen or cotton curtain across the street. mechanized shutters that are embedded in the ceiling for a completely clean look. Do not miss shutters, blinds or curtains fall in natural materials.

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