How to keep your home free from dog’s odors? Tips on better house cleaning.

We love our dogs! But what if you start to notice that unpleasant and, moreover, stubborn smell that is most likely due to your pets? Let’s go step by step and see what can be done to keep your house clean and maintain it’s freshness so you won’t need to do a deep cleaning for your house.

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Where to start?

To keep our homes free from the dog smell, we must to keep our dogs clean as well as their toys, bowls, beds, etc. Bowls should be cleaned every day and at least once a week – the whole area around them. Regularly wash their toys (dishwasher for sturdy plastic/silicon toys and regular washer for stuffed toys). Don’t forget to clean your walls, windows and doors on a monthly basis. Dogs love to leave their nose and paw prints on those surfaces! Those dirty areas can be an extra source of a bad smell.

Keep your furniture clean.

Fur can be one of the reasons of that smell, so it’s recommended to check and clean your furniture on a regular basis – bi-weekly, ideally. But there are different types of dog fur and different tools should be used for that.. Beagles, for instance, have a short, sort of coarse type of coat that will stick into the fabrics. With that type of fur I found that regular lint roller works best. Rubber gloves

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method would work ideally with thin and long coat. Just use dry rubber gloves and wipe down the furniture, collecting everything.

Accidents happen. Here is how to clean it up.

And, of course, the major source of the smell is dog’s urine. Even the best dogs have accidents in the house. The best solution here is to wipe it off as soon as it happened. If urine sits long enough on the surface (carpet of hardwood – doesn’t matter), there is a chance it will penetrate to subfloor and will stay there forever. Accumulating those accidents will add unpleasant odor to your house and you won’t be able to get rid of that unless you’re willing to redo the floor completely. Carpet is notoriously bad when accumulating different scent but Resolve Urine Destroyer can be super helpful to clean it quickly. This cleaning solution especially effective in combination with Resolve Ultra Pet. First will fight stains and second one will eliminate odor. If applied when the stain is fresh enough, it will work very well.

Tips for better house cleaning each time.

No matter what products or methods you use, try to maintain you space neat and vacuum/wash floors and furniture regularly. This will help a lot with fighting those unpleasant odors.

 

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Are you looking for a deep cleaning service?

Are you looking for a deep cleaning service?

Are you looking for a deep cleaning service?

Chances that you were away from your lovely place in Los Angeles last months. People are looking for some isolated, secluded places during these unprecedented times. Or, perhaps, you want to spend some time with your family away from crowded city. We are coming back to our homes after long absence and what do we see? Lots of dust, some mildew in poorly ventilated bathroom, dirty windows, you name it. Deep cleaning performed by professionals  would be the best option in this case. You might be out for a grocery shopping while deep cleaning service professionals will clean everything from top to bottom.

What’s included in deep cleaning?

We often hear this question and there is no straight answer to that. We just added 2 man hours to our general cleaning simply to satisfy all requests. Perhaps, you need more cleaning love in your bathroom or, chances that your kitchen would need a better scrub. So we’re leaving this between you and your cleaning professional.

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Things that often cleaned during deep cleaning service.

Below we’ll give you some ideas what can be done during deep cleaning of your place.

1. Wipe down ceiling fans and baseboards.

Baseboards and fans are often overlooked, especially in older houses. Therefore, cleaning dusted baseboards and fans can be tricky and take some time. It’s best to cleaning ceiling fans at least twice a year and vacuum baseboards during monthly cleaning.

2. Grout in the bathroom or backsplash in the kitchen.

Properly cleaned grout can change the whole appearance of the bathroom. You will be surprised how different the bathroom will look with freshened grout. Small notice, however, you would need a specialized power machine to clean grout that hasn’t been cleaned in many months.

3. Cabinets and drawers in kitchen or bathroom.

Even if you pried to be organized person that keeps everything spotless clean, those drawers still gets lots of crumbs, spills and stains with frequent usage. We can definitely give them a good wipe so your place with sparkle even in hidden spots.

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4. Blinds or shutters.

Another often forgotten item to clean. You may clean them every couple month along with picture frames and vent covers.

 

All items above are just an idea what could be cleaned during deep cleaning service that many companies offer in Los Angeles, CA. It’s up to you where to apply it and how often you’d need it. Let us know what your thoughts and what would you like to focus on during deep cleaning?

 

Addicted About How To Make Your House Even Cleaner??

When you hire a professional residential house cleaner (like us – Rocket Maids) you can be sure that your house or apartment will sparkle once we’re done. But what can you do to make it even cleaner? Here is the answer – storage container.

A large number of people consider the house clean if there is no visual clutter. All those endless chargers, plugs, toys, boxes, etc etc.. can significantly clutter even a decent size house, not to mention a small apartment.

The solution here is a simple container or square-shaped box that you can put away and access easily when you need to. If you’re not the greatest house cleaner or organizer, just sort all things by the theme: all chargers, small electronic devices, plugs, batteries and other related items go in one box.

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If you have time you may also sort them and put them into a smaller containers. But even collecting them into one box will significantly declutter your space.

Rocket Maids can help you with making your house cleaner and with your organizing – just book us online here and add ‘organizing’ as an extra service. Now you can rest assured that you will come back to a decluttered and a cleaner place!