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Best times for office cleaning services

daily office cleaningIf you’re looking for office cleaning services, you may wonder when the best time to clean your office is. Having a clean office is great, but if the cleaners interrupt your staff while working, it can cause issues. So, choosing the perfect time to clean your office is critical.

The perfect time for office cleaners to come to your office depends on you and your business. However, below we’ve offered some advice on choosing when cleaners come to your place of work. Remember, Cleaning Express is always more than happy to customise our cleaning services for our customers. So, if you choose to have our cleaners come to your office in the morning but later wish to change to evening cleaning sessions, just let us know, and we’ll make it happen.

What is the best time to clean offices?

You have several options for commercial cleaning services when it comes to the time of cleaning, and Cleaning Express is delighted to accommodate you. Your options for office cleaning services are:

Early morning office cleaning

commercial cleaning best times Early morning office cleaning sessions are ideal if you want your office to look perfect each time your staff arrive to work. Any bathrooms, food prep areas or kitchens are also completely spotless, so your team can feel safe and enjoy a sparklingly clean environment.

While we do our best to keep our office cleaning sessions as unobtrusive as possible, things like vacuuming can be pretty noisy. So, if you share your office buildings with companies that start work earlier than you, having cleaning sessions in the morning can cause some disruption to their working day. Also, if you have staff that enjoy getting to the office early, this can mean they are less focused in the morning.

Daily office cleaning

Many people choose to have their offices cleaned during non-working hours to ensure that their staff can focus, and we would always recommend that vacuuming, wiping desks, emptying bins, and other things should be done during non-working hours. However, we can also provide daily office cleaning. The daily office cleaner won’t do any noisy cleaning tasks but can be there after lunchtime to clear up the kitchen and do quieter cleaning tasks to keep your office looking excellent throughout the day.

Evening office cleaning

Best times for office cleaning services

Most of our office cleaning customers use our services in the evening when all their staff have gone home. Many people prefer the cleaning to take place after a busy day as it means when they return to work the next day, the office is fresh and clean again.

Having your office cleaned in the evening also prevents your staff’s presenteeism and burn-out. They can use the cleaners as a sign that it is time to go home and come in fresh the following day. This can also work better with other offices in the same building. Most companies have a similar clocking-out time, so the cleaners can do their work without disrupting anyone.

Need more than regular office cleaning?

Having regular office cleaning services is an excellent way of keeping on top of all the cleaning tasks that your company needs to look fantastic and be a safe and pleasant place for your staff to work. However, occasionally, you need a bit more cleaning than a regular office cleaning can provide. This is where our deep cleaning services come in handy. A team of cleaners can come to your office (at a time that suits, of course) and do a top-to-bottom clean. Every corner, desk, cupboard, and carpet can be thoroughly cleaned to offer the most inviting space for your staff possible.

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Whether you feel early morning or evening cleaning sessions are suitable for your office, Cleaning Express can be there. We’ll customise our office cleaning services to suit your needs perfectly, and with our fully trained cleaners, your office will look amazing for your staff and customers. If you are looking for quality cleaning services in London and expect high standards of commercial cleaning from a company that cares about its employees, please get in touch with us. Cleaning Express is passionate about fair pay and has been nominated as a Living Wage Recognised Service Provider. We believe that better pay attracts and retains higher-quality staff. To learn more about Cleaning Express and our excellent office cleaning services, you can explore our website and call us on 0203 633 0390 or drop an email with your enquiry to commercial@cleaning-express.com. We offer competitive prices on all our cleaning services and have the best cleaners in London.

How to choose moving home cleaning servicces?

When moving into a new home, it’s great to find it perfectly clean and ready to start making memories. Sadly, some people don’t give the house a good clean before they move out, and your first few days in a home can lead to doing a lot of cleaning to make the house more inviting.

Whether you want your new house to look fabulous before you move in, or you’re moving out and want to treat the new owners to a clean slate, you may be wondering which cleaning services are the best to use. Well, if you’re looking for a cleaning company to help with your move, there are some cleaning services that you should look for that will help with this moving in or moving out process.

What to look for when choosing moving home cleaning services

 

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Deep cleans

A deep clean can be the perfect cleaning service to use if you are moving into a new house. If the last owners haven’t left the house in a brilliant condition, this cleaning service can take it back to a clean slate for you. It will also help you if you’re moving out of a house and want to leave it in an excellent state for the new owners.

During a deep clean, every area of the home is cleaned. This includes commonly missed spaces like behind the toilet, the skirting boards, inside cupboards, and much more. Deep cleans get into every corner and closet of the home. A deep clean service is best before moving any of your stuff into the house (or just after you’ve moved it out). That way, the cleaners can focus on the essential areas. So, the cleaning company you choose should offer deep cleaning services as these will be handy when moving.

End of tenancy cleans

cleaning services moving outIf you own your house, you may think that end-of-tenancy cleaning won’t be able to help you. However, a cleaning company experienced in end-of-tenancy cleaning can help when moving into a new house or moving out.

These cleaning services are designed to get a property ready for the landlord to rent it again straight away. So, they are ideal when moving in or out of the property you’re buying or selling. They are very similar to deep cleans, but we use a checklist to ensure that our cleaners don’t miss any areas. So you can move into a fresh, clean home and make it yours straight away.

While some cleaning companies may not offer their end-of-tenancy cleaning services to people moving in or out of properties they own, Cleaning Express is always happy to help. We customise our cleaning services to suit our customers’ needs and are more than happy to use our experience in end of tenancy cleaning to prepare your home for the next step.

After building work cleaning

If you are planning on having building work in your new home before you move in, this cleaning service is just about the best one to book right before you move in. Building dust can get everywhere, so we designed this after-building cleaning service to ensure your home is dust free and clean after any building work.

We use industrial vacuums to ensure that dust and dirt are gone from your home after building work. While we’re happy to offer this service to any of our cleaning customers, it can be a brilliant service if you’re remodelling a home before you move in.

Carpet cleaning

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Lastly, we have carpet cleaning services. Carpets hold on to dust and dirt, and a quick hoovering before you move in or out will never be enough to make the carpets look new again. This is where carpet cleaning services shine. You can add this cleaning service to just about any of our other cleaning services or use it as a standalone service. We use an industrial carpet shampooing machine to draw our dust, stains and grime and make the carpet look new.

Cleaning Express offer all of these cleaning services and a great deal more. Our cleaning team can make moving home much less stressful. So, if you’re moving out of a house in London or moving to a place in London, we have every cleaning service to ensure your home looks lovely. We also have regular domestic cleaning services to keep your new home looking great once you’re settled. Give Cleaning Express a call today on 0203 633 0390 or send us a message via website or Facebook .to learn more about the cleaning services you need when moving in or out.

How to clean an oven without harsh chemicals?

oven cleaning tips without chemicalseasy oven cleaning without chemicals Cleaning the burnt food and grime in an oven has been causing people headaches ever since the oven was invented. However, there are some tips that make cleaning an oven a lot easier, and we’ll be looking at these oven cleaning tips today. We will also have a step by step cleaning guide that uses natural, readily available cleaning supplies. There’s no need to use harsh cleaning chemicals to clean your oven; all of the cleaning can be done with things you’ll find in the baking aisle of the supermarket.

 

How to clean an oven without chemicals – a step by step guide

 

Boil the kettle and remove the racks

The first step of cleaning an oven is removing the oven racks. You can let the racks soak in a mixture of vinegar, bicarbonate of soda and water in the sink. A 3:1 mix of water and vinegar and a good sprinkling of bicarbonate of soda will make quick work of dissolving any burnt-on food on the racks.

Next, turn the oven to about 220 degrees Celsius and boil the kettle and fill an oven-safe bowl with the boiling water. Place this bowl in the bottom of the oven, close the door and leave it for about an hour. The steam will flow around the oven and loosen all of the burnt-on food and make it really easy to wipe away afterwards.

Make a cleaning solution

How to do oven cleaning without harsh chemicalsOnce the boiling water has been left to work for an hour, you can remove it from the oven and begin scrubbing the food away. This is a lot easier with a very simple cleaning solution. Mix a 3:1 water to vinegar solution in a spray bottle, and grab your bicarbonate of soda again.

If you notice any really stubborn burnt-on food, spray the solution onto it and sprinkle some bicarbonate of soda over the top. Let this sit as you begin scrubbing the rest of the oven.

Elbow grease time!

The boiling water trick should have loosened most of the burnt-on food in the oven, but some elbow grease will still be needed to remove it completely. Spraying a good amount of your natural cleaning solution into the oven and letting it soak in for 10 minutes before you start wiping it away can help with the more stubborn areas. However, give it a try. You may find that the boiling water has released the food enough to make cleaning it straight away really easy. If not, you can either scrub like your life depends on it or let the vinegar and water soak into the food further. You can add some bicarbonate of soda over the top of the solution to increase its effectiveness too.

Keep wiping away any food and loose bits of grime, and you will quickly see the inside of your oven shine again. A microfibre cloth is perfect for cleaning an oven, but a sponge will work well too. Some people say to use a metal scraper or spatula to clean your oven, but we wouldn’t recommend this. Using metal can damage your oven. If the food is burnt on enough that you feel you need to use something like a scraper, see the next section.

Really stubborn food

oven cleaning without chemicalsIf you have very stubborn areas of burnt-on grime in your oven, you may want to repeat the boiling water step once you have removed as much as you can. You can also make a paste from the bicarbonate of soda and leave this to soak into problem areas. Just add some bicarbonate of soda into a bowl and slowly add water, mixing as you go. Once it has a paste-like texture, cover all of the problem areas in the oven. You can also use this bicarbonate of soda paste on the glass door of your oven if required. However, if you follow the cleaning steps above, your oven door should be quite clean already.

When it comes to removing this bicarbonate of soda paste, just moisten a microfibre cloth and wipe it away. The bicarbonate of soda will begin to dissolve and take the grime with it.

Don’t forget the racks

easy oven cleaning without chemicalsoven cleaning without chemicalsNow that your oven racks have had plenty of time to soak in the vinegar, water and bicarbonate of soda, you will probably be able to wipe away the grime and food very easily with a microfibre cloth. Leaving the racks until the very end gives them time to naturally soak in the cleaning solution, so a quick wipe is usually all that’s needed.

Cleaning an oven the natural way

This is the easiest way of cleaning your oven, by far, and it is totally natural. The boiling water trick is the key, though. Leaving the boiling water in the oven for an hour with the heat on just before you clean it really helps to loosen all of the burnt-on food and often results in a very quick cleaning job that doesn’t require any harsh cleaning chemicals at all.

Of course, if you want to use a chemical oven cleaner, you can, but use the boiling water trick before you use it. All the boiling water is doing is releasing the hold of the burnt-on food on the surface of your oven. So, it simply helps whichever cleaning solution you choose to use after this.

To recap

oven cleaning tipsCleaning an oven seems like a near-impossible task, but with the right tips, it is actually a very easy and stress-free cleaning job. To clean an oven, all you need to do is:

Remove the racks and soak them
Fill a bowl with boiling water and pre-heat the oven
Leave this in the oven for an hour
Make a cleaning solution
Spray the solution in the oven (let it soak in for 10 minutes if needed)
Wipe away the burnt-on food
Clean the racks
Have a cup of tea

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We hope this look at how to clean an oven has been helpful. Cleaning Express also provides oven cleaning services. Remember, no matter whether you use a chemical oven cleaner or a natural solution, use the boiling water trick. It will make things so much easier! Also, our professional cleaners can clean your oven as part of our cleaning services, such as domestic cleaning services including regular cleaning, or deep cleaning, and of course end of tenancy cleaning. Give Cleaning Express a call or send us a message via website or Facebook. Or for more amazing cleaning tips like this one, please explore our website further.

How clean is your house?

Have you ever through to yourself how actually clean is your house? If you have ever moved your sofa or looked under your bed for something you’re sure you stored under there a while ago, you may know that our houses are not as clean as they may look. Most of our houses look nice and clean on the face of it, but when you pull back the curtain (or sofa in this case), it is anything but clean. A recent study of adults in Britain has shown that only about 34% of us clean once a week. 29% of us clean fortnightly, and only 13% clean more than twice a week!

A fifth of the people asked in this research stated that they only clean their homes when guests come round. This means that they are typically only cleaning the areas that people can see, which is what many of us do, even if we do the cleaning more regularly. But what does this mean? Well, it means that many hidden areas of our homes are dusty, of course. But dust is relatively harmless compared to what else could be lurking in the unclean areas of our homes!

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Let’s take the toilet as a good example of a very clean and unclean part of our homes. If you’re like a good portion of us, you’ll give the toilet bowl a good scrubbing when you are cleaning. You will also likely clean the seat and give the cistern a wipe down too. In the survey I mentioned above, 37% of people said they don’t clean behind the toilet! As you can imagine, there’s a lot more than dust behind your toilet! Bacteria of all kinds are lurking there, but they aren’t just behind your toilet.

We all know the importance of wiping down our kitchen surfaces and our chopping boards, this stops the spread of many bacteria. However, only 34% of people clean their fridges. Bacteria can be very present in your fridge, especially when you don’t clean it! The same is true for the oven, and 32% of us don’t clean that regularly either!

Now more than ever, cleaning is vital in a home. Ridding your home of bacteria ensures that it is a safe place for your family. So, when you are cleaning next, pay attention to areas that are commonly missed, for example:

Behind the toilet
The oven and fridge
Under the sofa
Under the bed
The tops of wardrobes and shelves

Cleaning in these areas, and the areas you regularly clean ensures that there is a lot less bacteria and harmful viruses in your home. If you are now extremely worried about your home’s cleanliness, you can, of course, call in the experts. Cleaning Express provides loads of cleaning services, such as domestic cleaning services including regular house cleaning, deep cleaning and antiviral disinfection cleaning services. So, if your home needs a cleaner, give Cleaning Express a call or send us a message via website or Facebook. One of our highly skilled cleaners can be with you as quickly as tomorrow!

How to clean a TV screen

Our cleaning customers ask us a lot of cleaning questions throughout our travels through London cleaning homes and businesses. And one of the cleaning questions we get asked a lot is about cleaning TV screens. Cleaning a TV screen needs to be done carefully and with the right cleaning equipment. If not, you could damage your TV. So, today, we’re going to explain how our cleaners clean TVs so that you can clean yours correctly without damaging it. We’ll also look at what not to use to clean your TV, which is actually a much longer list than what you should use to clean it.

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Screen cleaners

There are dedicated screen cleaners that you can buy for TV and computer screens. They come in an aerosol and a wipe. While these cleaning sprays do work, they aren’t recommended for every type of TV. Most of these TV screen cleaners can be used on LCD and plasma screens, but you should check that the cleaner you choose is suitable for your TV.

TV screen cleaning sprays and wipes are great to use if you have tried to clean your TV with another cleaning solution. If you have streaks all over your TV, for example, a screen cleaning spray should be used to remove them.

Here’s how to use a spray TV screen cleaner:

Use a small amount of the spray cleaner, and spray it onto the cloth, rather than the TV. Use a microfibre cloth for this task. Fold the microfibre cloth and try and keep one side of it dry. Start from the top of the screen and work your way down, wiping from side to side. Once you reach the bottom of the TV screen, use the dry part of the microfibre cloth and repeat the process. This should remove any leftover cleaner on the TV screen and ensure you have a streak-free result.

Screen cleaners claim to remove nicotine stains, smudges, fingerprints and grime from your TV, and most do that job very well. However, our cleaners have found a much easier way of cleaning TVs that doesn’t require a special spray. In fact, all it involves is something you likely already have in your cleaning cupboard.

A microfibre clothhow to clean a tv

A clean, dry microfibre cloth does the best job at cleaning a TV screen. It can remove dirt, dust and grime, and even stubborn stains like nicotine. Our cleaners have been using microfibre cloths to clean TV screens for years, but it is recommended by loads of cleaners and even TV manufacturers. Samsung even recommends using a microfibre cloth on its TVs because this method works so well.

How to clean a TV screen with a microfibre cloth

Cleaning a TV with a microfibre cloth is as simple as it sounds. However, our cleaners have a few tips for you to make it go even easier. As you aren’t using any sprays or any liquid at all, you don’t need to worry about streaks, but you do need to consider where the dust will fall. So, when cleaning a TV, always start from the top of the screen and work your way down. You should dust the top of the TV before you start with the screen too. That way, the dust will fall onto the areas you haven’t cleaned yet, and you can wipe it away as you make your way down the screen.

If possible, use a fresh and clean microfibre cloth for your TV. TVs love to attract dust and grime, so any dust in the microfibre cloth already could cause you an issue. You don’t need to use a lot of pressure when cleaning a TV screen. In fact, too much pressure can damage your TV. Just take light passes, gently wiping the screen. Go side to side, as this ensure you catch all of the dust while wiping the TV. If you notice some stubborn grime, gently focus on the area. The microfibre cloth will pick up the dirt, but it may take several light passes to do it.

To recaphow to clean flat screen tv

Use a clean microfibre cloth
Clean the top of the TV first
Gentle passes starting from the top of the screen
For stubborn grime, take multiple, gentle passes
Move from side to side to catch all the dust

What to avoid

Unless your TV screen is incredibly dirty, there is really no need to use anything other than a microfibre cloth. It will clean your TV very well and remove any dust and grime really easily. Avoid using any cleaning solutions that have alcohol, ammonia or benzene in them. Window cleaner, for example, should never be used on a TV. Many people swear by using alcohol on their TV screens, and this can work, but it can also damage certain styles of TV, so if you can avoid it, we would recommend it.

If you have fingerprints or streaks on your TV screen and you need to get them off quickly, you can use vinegar to do so. Spray a small amount of vinegar onto a microfibre cloth and wipe the TV gently. Have a spare clean and dry microfibre cloth handy, and use this to remove any residue once you’ve cleaned your TV. This will ensure a streak-free TV ready for watching your favourite programmes.

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In conclusion

If your TV is really dirty, or it has lots of streaks on it, use a dedicated TV screen cleaner to remove these. Just make sure the TV screen cleaner you buy is suitable for your style of TV. If your TV is just a bit dusty, use a dry, clean microfibre cloth to remove all of the dust.

For more cleaning tips from our excellent cleaning team, please explore Cleaning Express further. Or, to have our domestic cleaning team come into your home or business, get in touch. We have every cleaning service you need to keep your property clean and safe. See our reviews on TrustPilot.

How to clean a bathroom

If you’d like to know how professional cleaners make cleaning a bathroom seem so easy and effortless, you’re in the right place. Today, we’re giving you some house cleaning tips on how to clean the bathroom and tricks that our cleaners use to clean our customer’s homes on a daily basis. They are very simple and easy and making cleaning a bathroom stress-free and enjoyable.

Bathroom cleaning tips

Start with the soaking

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Soaking is one of the most important parts of bathroom cleaning, but many of us don’t feel we have time to wait to let cleaning solutions soak in and break up the dirt and grime. So, before you start any of the quicker cleaning tasks, soak everything that needs to be soaked. This will be the toilet (using toilet bleach), the bath and sink (a disinfectant bathroom cleaner is a good choice here), and glass shower surround if you have one (a limescale or disinfectant bathroom cleaner will work great here too). For taps, a limescale remover is ideal. Leave all those areas to soak as you begin other tasks.

Empty the bin, dust and put items away

While you’re waiting for the cleaning solutions to work, it is a great time to tackle the smaller tasks like putting shower gel and shampoos in their rightful places, emptying bins and dusting. It’s a good idea to give any shelving a quick wipe down as you’re doing this to ensure they are dust-free. You can simply damp a microfibre cloth to dust shelves or cabinets, and this also works great in the corners of the room and on skirting boards too.

Give mirrors a wipe

Cleaning mirrors is a bit scary for many of us, but it is fairly simple to get a streak-free shine on a mirror. Use glass cleaner on the cloth, not the mirror and don’t apply too much. Then, in a zig-zag motion, wipe the mirror from one of the top corners to the bottom. If the microfibre cloth is too wet, it will leave some streaks, so flip the cloth over and carry on wiping. That’s it; you’ll have streak-free mirrors that will be the focal point of your bathroom.

bathroom cleaningClean the big stuff

Now that you’ve done all of the smaller tasks, it is time to tackle everything that you have soaked. Chances are the smaller cleaning tasks have taken you 10-20 minutes to complete, which is the perfect amount of time to leave the toilet, taps, bath and sink to soak. Unless you have heavily built up limescale or grime, you should now be able to simply wipe all of these surfaces, and they will come up looking great. Don’t forget to clean the toilet seat in this step and leave the toilet brush out of the holder to dry completely.

Leave the floor until last

Once your bathroom is looking amazing, it is time to finish it off by sweeping or vacuuming and mopping the floor. Leaving the floor of the bathroom until the end of your cleaning session means that dust or grime from the rest of the bathroom won’t get on the floor after it is clean.

And you’re finished! By following these bathroom cleaning tips, you can make light work of cleaning your bathroom and actually enjoy cleaning it too. However, if you’d like Cleaning Express’ cleaners to clean your bathroom instead, give us a call or message us on Facebook. Our professional cleaners are just a message away, we can provide deep cleaning or regular domestic cleaning services. Alternatively, we have every other cleaning service that you could ever need, and we can truly take the stress out of cleaning by cleaning your entire house for you!

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Domestic cleaning – tips for cleaning kitchen

Well, it’s time to tackle the kitchen! If you struggle to keep your kitchen clean and are wondering how the professionals do it, this cleaning article can help. Below, we have some brilliant domestic cleaning tips on how to clean a kitchen and additional tricks from our professional cleaners that they use in our customer’s homes.

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Kitchen cleaning tips that will make your life easier

Keep a checklist

Keeping a checklist is one of the easiest ways of staying on top of cleaning tasks. We would recommend a cleaning checklist for your entire house, but it can be broken down into individual rooms to help you stay on track too. Include all of the cleaning tasks that you don’t do regularly (the ones that we often forget about)—things like cleaning the fridge, oven and tiles. And also, include a schedule of when you need to clean them. That way, you can keep track of your cleaning tasks and put a satisfying tick next to all of the cleaning tasks you complete.

Soak as you go

If you’re going to clean your oven, it is a good idea to start soaking everything before you tackle other kitchen cleaning tasks. So, soak the racks in the sink and apply the oven cleaner to your oven. That way, once the smaller tasks are complete, the oven and the racks will be much easier to clean. This also works with any cookware that has burnt-on food, coffee makers and loads of other cleaning tasks that usually take a lot of time!

Collect rubbish and random objects

Before you begin washing the floors or countertops, collect all rubbish and throw it away. Also, collect any random objects that the kids have left in the kitchen and pop them in the laundry basket. They will be out of the way as you clean the kitchen, and you’ll remember to pop them away when everything is done.

Wash cabinets and shelves

Washing cabinets is very simple. Warm soapy water, a microfibre cloth and some elbow grease are all you need to bring your cabinet fronts back to life. While you’re doing the front of the cabinets, dust the shelves with a slightly damp microfibre cloth too. This cleaning task really doesn’t take that long but makes such a difference to the look of your kitchen.

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Sweep and mop your floors last

The perfect time to sweep and mop your kitchen floor is once you have finished dusting and cleaning every part of your kitchen. This means that any dust from the shelves or food particles from the oven will be swept and mopped away. It also saves you time. If you start by mopping your kitchen floor, chances are, you will have to repeat the process once all other kitchen tasks are completed.

If you wish to hire professional cleaners to come and clean your house for you, then here at Cleaning Express we are always happy to get this arranged. We provide deep cleaning services with particular attention to all areas within your home, every corner and every appliance. Once your house is professionally deep cleaned it is much easier to maintain thereafter. Cleaning Express provides regular domestic cleaning services for those who wish to receive consistent and reliable cleaning service on a daily, weekly or fortnightly basis.

We hope these kitchen cleaning tips will help you clean your kitchen. For even more cleaning tips, check out the rest of the Cleaning Express blog. Or if you’d like Cleaning Express to handle the cleaning of your kitchen and every other room in your home, please get in touch by calling  0203 633 0390 or message us on Facebook. Cleaning Express can provide every cleaning service you could need to keep your home clean, tidy and safe for your family.

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Tips to get rid of damp and mould

If you have a problem with mould in your home, Cleaning Express can help. Today, we’re providing our cleaning customers with information about mould and how to get rid of it. First, though, we need to look at types of damp. You see, mould is caused by different types of damp. In order to get rid of mould, you need to know which type of damp you have in your home.

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Different types of damp

Firstly, what is mould? Mould is a type of fungus. It grows on damp surfaces. This means that the mould in your home is present in nature too. It is formed when there is warm, moist air conditions because this is the ideal environment for mould. The types of conditions present when a property has damp, for example. Mould also loves to feed on dust, wood and carpets, so our homes make an ideal breeding ground for it.

Several types of damp can cause mould in your home. We can provide some get cleaning tips to get rid of the mould, but you do also need to solve the issue that is causing the damp. If you don’t, the mould will return. The types of damp that can cause mould in your home include:

Rising damp – this occurs when the damp proof course in your property is failing or is missing. This can mean that damp rises up through the wall of your home. Generally, the mould from rising damp will only be about a metre high on the ground level. That’s a good indication that you have rising damp.

Penetrating damp – this occurs when there are cracks in the mortar or brickwork on the outside wall of your home. The mould is likely to get worse after a storm because the wind pushes the rain on to the wall and forces it into the cracks.

Condensation – poor ventilation is the biggest cause of condensation. When moisture cannot escape, it lands on the nearest, coolest surface. This is typically why condensation is found in bathroom and kitchens where there is a lot of moisture and often poor ventilation.

There are DIY solutions to all of the types of damp that we mentioned above, and you can also find professionals to sort out your damp issues too. But how do you get rid of the mould that is caused by the damp?

Getting rid of mould in the home

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There are ready-made chemical-based treatments for damp and mould that are widely available. However, you can also make your own.

How to get rid of dampness on walls

For mould on walls, a bleach solution is best. Just mix one-part of bleach to four parts of water. Spray it on the mould and scrub it with a brush. Clean the area with a damp cloth and make sure to dry the area fully.

If you don’t fancy using bleach or any of the commercial chemical-based mould cleaners available, you can use natural cleaning products too. White vinegar works great on mould. You can simply spray the vinegar on the mould, leave for an hour and give it a scrub. Or you can use bicarbonate of soda. Just dissolve a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda in a bottle of water, spray on the area and give it a scrub.

Whichever method you use to get rid of the mould in your home, do make sure the area is completely dry after you have finished. And make sure you wear gloves, eye protection and a mask that protects you from the mould. Mould can seriously affect your health. You also should make sure that the damp causing the mould is sorted out. Otherwise, the mould will return.

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For Cleaning Express‘ help with your mould issues, please explore our website further. Our deep cleaning services are perfect for sorting out mould and getting a house ready to be a family home. Speak with one of the Cleaning Express staff today for more information and a free quote for all of our cleaning services or send us a message via website or Facebook.

Why use professional cleaners to clean your office?

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If you’ve been considering hiring a professional cleaning company to clean your office, you may have some questions. After all, there are other options for keeping your office clean. Firstly, you could clean your office, but that adds more to an already busy day. You could also hire a local, solo cleaner to clean your office, but that can lead to further headaches. In this article, Cleaning Express will show you why using professional cleaners to clean your office is the best choice for you, your staff, and your business.

Trustworthy and reliable cleaning services

To create a clean environment that allows your employees to focus on their work, you need a cleaner that will show up on time every time. Using Cleaning Express ensures this will happen. Most of our cleaners are local to the area that they clean, and they are fully insured and vetted. We also fully train all of our cleaners in all of the cleaning tasks they may be required to do. Plus, if any of our cleaners are ill or on holiday, Cleaning Express can provide another cleaner as a replacement to ensure that your office still gets cleaned, without you needing to do anything.

Stress-free

If you own a business, you already have plenty of stress and work to keep you busy. So you don’t want a cleaner to add further stress. As we said above, Cleaning Express takes care of everything for you. We provide a highly skilled cleaner for regular office cleaning services and a replacement whenever you need one, but there’s more too. Cleaning Express provides office deep cleaning services and antiviral disinfection cleaning services for offices too. So, no matter what cleaning service your office may need, even carpet cleaning services, Cleaning Express is here to help and take all of the stress out of cleaning your office. This allows you and your staff to focus on your business in a fresh and clean environment.

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Finally, the best part of using Cleaning Express to clean your office is there are no hidden costs at all. We provide quotes for all of our cleaning services, from our regular cleaning services to our deep cleaning services and everything in between. So when you use Cleaning Express to clean your office, you will never be stuck with a higher bill than you thought.

Cleaning Express is the perfect professional cleaning company to clean your office in London. We are an independent, family business that uses local cleaners who are highly trained and fully vetted by us. For more cleaning information, please explore the Cleaning Express website further.  Learn more about our other cleaning services that we provide. We hope this article was helpful to find out why you should use professionals to clean your office. To book please give Cleaning Express a call or send us a message via website or Facebook.

What should you clean after someone at home was ill?

We’ve all seen the flu and Covid adverts that show just how easily bacteria spreads on buses, trains and in other public spaces. Well, the same is true with bacteria in your home. If a member of your household has been ill recently, whether with the flu or Covid, bacteria could be all over your home. So, you need to know how to clean your home when someone is ill. By cleaning your home, you can get rid of the bacteria and minimise the risk of anyone else in the home getting sick. Here’s some simple cleaning tips to help you clean when someone at home is ill. Antiviral disinfection

What should you clean after someone is ill?

Giving your home a good clean is really important, of course, as bacteria can survive on all surfaces. However, bacteria can survive for a lot longer on harder surfaces than softer ones. Here are a few areas of the home to focus on:

The TV remote – if your family member has spent a lot of their time watching TV while they are ill, there could be many bacteria on the remote. So, make sure to disinfect the remote regularly while they are ill.

The bathroom – did you know that nearly half the taps in the UK have flu bacteria on them? This is because bacteria can survive on metal for many days. So, ensure that you disinfect your taps as well as the sink, toilet, shower, bath and the floor too.

Tables and countertops – just like any horizontal surface in your home can become cluttered, they are also very likely to collect bacteria too. So, pay attention to your kitchen counters, tables and any other horizontal surfaces in your home.

Linen – make sure that you regularly wash your bed linen, particularly if you are sharing a bed with someone with the flu or Covid. Stuffed animals, towels and any type of blanket or throw should also be washed as regularly as possible. If you notice any ‘fluids’ on mattresses or sofas, give that area a good cleaning too!

If you make sure that your whole family washes their hands regularly, and you maintain your regular cleaning regime using disinfectant wipes and sprays on surfaces and washing your linens and clothes on hotter cycles, you can rid your home of cold, flu and Covid bacteria. However, there is a better way!

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Use a professional cleaning service

Cleaning Express does offer deep cleaning and antiviral disinfection cleaning services too. These cleaning services are perfect for when someone in your home is ill. Our expert team of cleaners can get rid of all of the bacteria in your home in just a few hours. If someone in your household has had Covid or the flu recently and you need an antiviral disinfection cleaning service, give Cleaning Express a call or send us a message via website or Facebook.

These cleaning tips will help minimise the risk of your family coming into contact with bacteria after someone at home is ill. For more cleaning tips, please explore the Cleaning Express website further. And learn more about our other cleaning services that we provide.

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