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Schools
Not Just for Looks: Outlining Reasons for Clean Schools
When a school looks clean and healthy, people tend to have a positive attitude about it. But looks can be deceiving: a clean-looking school may have been cleaned merely for appearance and not for health. Desks may have heavy chemical residues and bacterial contamination. Restrooms may have been treated with a harsh disinfectant — the sink handles wiped but not sanitized. A fragranced deodorizer or air freshener may be hanging in the air emitting chemicals without addressing the source of the odor.
Pets
Housecleaning with Fido and Friends
How to keep your house clean when you have pets.
Furniture
Can Prolonged Sitting Be Dangerous to Health?
How much time does a person sit at home and how does it affect his or her overall health? Some studies note that worldwide the average person spends roughly 300 minutes, or 21% of their day sitting; many people spend much longer. What can remain after we get up? In many cases, “fallout”...
Fall Cleaning
Fall Into A Clean Home
Prepping our indoor living environment for the upcoming cold season and holidays can be a chore all by itself! Here's how to meet the challenge.
Kids Cleaning
Involving Kids in Cleaning - A Key to Family Success
Encouraging your kids to pitch in with household chores can do more than help keep your house clean.
Cleaning Strategy
During and After National Flood Safety Awareness Week
Floods are one of the most common hazards in the United States, however not all floods are alike. Some floods develop slowly, while others such a flash floods, can develop in just a few minutes and without visible signs of rain. Additionally, floods can be local, impacting a neighborhood or community, or very large, affecting entire river basins and multiple states. What can you do after the flood?
Cleaning Strategy
Messy Times And How To Handle Them
At-home parties and other get-togethers can nearly triple the weekly cleaning time spent by women.
Upholstery Cleaning
How to Protect Upholstery From Damage
By showing it a little TLC and implementing these IICRC suggestions, our furniture can continue doing what it does best - supporting us and looking good!
Mold
Five Principles of Mold Cleanup
There are five general principles of cleaning up - or remediating - mold.
Pets
Housecleaning with Fido and Friends
Cleaning strategies to implement when pets are in the household.
IICRC
Why Hire Certified Cleaning Services?
The IICRC provides a consumer referral service to locate trained and certified cleaning and restoration firms and technicians.
Cleaning Products
A Guide to Choosing Cleaning Products – Seeing Past the Marketing Hype
Don't let the marketing hype pull the wool over your eyes. Make sure your cleaning products and methods are actually getting things clean.
Water Damage
How Do Water Damage Restorers Use Infrared Cameras?
Infrared cameras, like infrared thermometers, are used to detect surface temperature differences: here's how they help cleantrust-Certified experts ensure your home is dry after a flood or other water incident.
Cleaning Tips
All Booked Up
A script for sorting and cleaning books.
Cleaning Services
How Often Should You Have Your Home Cleaned?
One of the questions often asked by homeowners hiring a cleaning company for the first time is, “How often should I have you come?”
Fall Cleaning
Flip the Seasons! Fall is the Best Time to Clean
Spring cleaning is a misnomer! Fall is by far the best time to clean.
Organizing Strategies
10 Great Summer Organizing Tips
How to keep things organized and tidy during the summer months.
Spring Cleaning
Spring into Cleaning
The Clean Trust has a few tips to make cleaning easier.
Spring Cleaning
Survey: Removing Clutter Is Top Reason for Spring Cleaning
After a long winter, consumers are ready to tackle the clutter - 60% still regularly engage in spring cleaning, survey says.
Closet
Get In The Zone - Closet Organizing
You may be better able to win the race for (storage) space with your closet, if you heed a few hints.