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• Wooden beams

  Use a vacuum cleaner occasionally to keep ahead of dust, grime and cobwebs.

• Backpack vacuum cleaner

  Pros use this machine all day, avoiding back strain and repetitive stress injury.

• Mattress

  Turn and vacuum twice a year for better sleep — and better health.

• Radiator, baseboard (forced hot water)

  Regular dusting and vacuuming will make them look better, and they’ll work better, too.

• Marble

  Solid as a rock? Not quite, if it’s unsealed marble.

• Fire alarm

  Professionally monitored systems are most often found in commercial settings.

• Smoke alarm

  Since the introduction of smoke detectors 40 years ago, deaths from residential fires have been cut in half. Here’s how to ensure maximum protection from your alarms.

• Oven, convection

  Even if your oven “cleans” itself, some tasks still need to be done by hand.

• Plastic furniture

  The garden hose is the easiest and best tool for routine cleanings.

• Telephone

  Fingerprints and grime come off these hard-plastic appliances easily.

• Plexiglass

  You may not want to use even paper towels for this cleaning task.

• Floods

  How to stay safe both during and after a disaster.

• Blinds, window

  How to be proud of their appearance again, the easy way.

• Acoustic popcorn ceiling

  A ceiling finish that presents a cleaning challenge.

• Needlework

  When cleaning this, it pays to be gentle.

• Hair dryer

  As with all electrical appliances, always unplug, and never get the insides wet.

• Refrigerator exterior

  Blessed are the short, for they don’t have to see what the top of the ‘fridge looks like.

• Houseplants

  Dusting and rinsing are the answers.
• Cleaning Strategy

  Blinds, vertical

  Introducing a handy tool for making quick work of this task.

• Eyeglasses

  It's a lot easier than you think to damage prescription lenses.

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