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Tile and Grout Cleaning

How To Clean Tile Floors and Grout

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It’s summer time! For most of us this undoubtedly means lots of outdoor activity for ourselves, others at home as well as our guests. What it also means is we’ll travel in and out of the house more that any other time of year and while our salty shoes after a snow storm in the winter can dirty our floors, there is no better time than half way through summer to touch them up with the tracking of dirt in and out of the house! Lets uncover the dirt on cleaning tiled floors and the grout holding them together!

Grout and tiles are easy to maintain and keep looking as good as new with just a little upkeep using simple supplies from around the house. To clean your tiles like a pro all you’ll need is a pair of rubber gloves, some white vinegar and/or bleach, dish soap, a spray bottle and an old toothbrush!

Step 1: Mix the vinegar and dish soap in a spray bottle and give the bottle a shake to blend the two.

Step 2: Spray the grout areas you would like to clean and let the cleaning solution soak in for 15 minutes.

Step 3: Wearing your rubber gloves, use the old toothbrush to give the grout a light scrubbing in the areas that need cleaning. Be sure not to scrub too hard because the cleaning solution will lift up the dirt itself.

Step 4: Fill the spray bottle with water and give the floor a thorough spraying and wiping down. Good as new!

And that’s it! Now you can enjoy the rest of the summer weather in-and-out of the house activity knowing your floors have a fresh cleaning!

Home Organizing

Study Finds Clean and Organized Homes Reduce Stress

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The popular online blog and news network best known as ‘The Huffington Post’ conducted a nationwide survey that included one thousand participants not long ago to find out what some of the most stressful things are that everyday Americans face at home. We at QC Cleaning were surprised to find something directly related to our services in the top five stress triggers, lets take a look at what they are:

The top of the list of what people are most stressed over at home won’t come as much of a surprise to most with the busy schedules we face today. At number one 66% of people stressed over not getting enough sleep, 56% percent worried about their weight, 51% of people in the survey were stressed over not being able to pay their bills and the fourth most stressful applied to 48% of the people surveyed which was the feeling of guilt over not being productive enough at home. Now the kicker, coming in at number five on the list, 47% of the of people surveyed said that worrying about their home not being clean or organized is a stress trigger for them at home. This is nearly half of the people that participated in the study.

Is it fair to assume that most everyone in the stressed category regarding home cleaning and organization does not take advantages of services like ours? We think so! Having a professional organizer not only makes your home easier to navigate, it does the same thing for your brain in relieving stress and the same goes for a well done house cleaning!

photo credit: Helene Mayer