How to clean and maintain different flooring types
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Creosote is the leading fuel behind chimney fires, and it builds up quietly every time you burn wood. Removing creosote from chimney flues depends on…
Most stone fireplaces are damaged by the cleaning, not the fire. Good stone fireplace cleaning starts with a cold firebox, a dry soot sponge and…
You do not have to climb onto the roof to sweep a chimney. For an open wood-burning fireplace with light, flaky soot, chimney flue cleaning…
A wood stove that smokes when you open the door, leaves the glass black after one fire or struggles to stay lit usually needs cleaning,…
A spilled glass of juice on hardwood is a race against the clock, and a handheld wet vac wins that race better than a stack…
The label says “multi surface,” but a multi surface wet dry vacuum is only as safe as the floor finish underneath it. These machines spray…
The best steam cleaner solution for most machines is plain distilled water, and nothing else. Steam cleans with heat and moisture, not detergent, so adding…
A cordless steam mop sounds like the perfect upgrade: all the sanitizing power of steam without dragging a cord around the kitchen island. In practice,…
A steam mop that weighs 9 pounds does not sound heavy until you carry it up two flights of stairs, fill it at the kitchen…
A self cleaning wet dry vacuum rinses its own brush roller after you finish mopping, but it does not clean the whole machine. The self-clean…
