Do you have a dusty home?

[Anonymous]

Do you have a dusty home? If you do how do you manage?

[Anonymous]

Well, we have done 2 renovations in 2 years and have 2 dogs. Your weapons are a really really amazing vacuum cleaner. I love to vacuum now and empty that canister. I also have a great hose attachment and it's very fun to do baseboards, chair rails, ceiling fans. Change your filters a lot. Move your furniture and get in there with a damp swiffer to get the fine dust that the vacuum will not pick up.

If you see something needs attention, do it right then. Don't procrastinate!

[Anonymous]

No, I have a cleaning service come in. Everyone I know who doesn't have a service has a very dirty/dusty home.

[Anonymous]

A roomba if you have hardwood floors. You'll be amazed at the amount of dust it picks up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, we have done 2 renovations in 2 years and have 2 dogs. Your weapons are a really really amazing vacuum cleaner. I love to vacuum now and empty that canister. I also have a great hose attachment and it's very fun to do baseboards, chair rails, ceiling fans. Change your filters a lot. Move your furniture and get in there with a damp swiffer to get the fine dust that the vacuum will not pick up.

If you see something needs attention, do it right then. Don't procrastinate!

Which vacuum cleaner do you have? I need a new one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, I have a cleaning service come in. Everyone I know who doesn't have a service has a very dirty/dusty home.

+1

I used to have a dusty home, but not since the cleaning service (2x / month).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, I have a cleaning service come in. Everyone I know who doesn't have a service has a very dirty/dusty home.

+1

I used to have a dusty home, but not since the cleaning service (2x / month).

Now that you mention it, I would agree. They must be dusting places I was missing. And they are definitely dusting more often than I used to.

[Anonymous]

I have a dusty home. I dust, and two days later, there's a lot of dust again. It seems like my house is dustier than others, or maybe I just notice it more in my house. I vacuum regularly, too, and we have a filter in our furnace. We have no pets. I don't know. It's frustrating. I hate it.

[Anonymous]

Dust can come through your floor boards and trim. Look for openings along the floor with a bright LED light and close them up. Dust is sucked into the house from attic spaces and basements and house framing especially when a house is under constant negative interior pressure. Make up air intake will reduce this (such as when put in when redoing a kitchen). Balance CFM draw of furnace amongst rooms. Check HVAC, and change filters regularly. I use pleated 12 Merv Honeycomb or like kind filters and change them every one to two months.

[Anonymous]

Those cleaning services are not as good as you think. Your home is so dirty in places. You have no idea.

[Anonymous]

If you have your dryer in your home check the hose connection to the dryer and the outside vent. If it's not secured properly lint dust gets on everything.

As for the air/heat filter, get the highest allergen one for your system and change it every two months instead of 3. But the double packs.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but it's because DW doesn't like to dust (vacuums like a fiend, though), and she doesn't feel comfortable with a housekeeper (I'd happily pay for one.)

So, I put up with dust.

[Anonymous]

I vacuum at least once a day, usually 2 or more times. I have a duster that I use on the furniture. We have three dogs so if I slack off...it becomes a mess pretty fast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but it's because DW doesn't like to dust (vacuums like a fiend, though), and she doesn't feel comfortable with a housekeeper (I'd happily pay for one.)

So, I put up with dust.

Buy her the Miele HVAC vacuum for ~$499. Light weight (six pounds I think so no trouble to carry close to furniture), 40' cord, and dusting utensil galore. I use this vacuum on every surface. May have gone up in price, as I bought it when Miele was just introducing this model.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dust can come through your floor boards and trim. Look for openings along the floor with a bright LED light and close them up. Dust is sucked into the house from attic spaces and basements and house framing especially when a house is under constant negative interior pressure. Make up air intake will reduce this (such as when put in when redoing a kitchen). Balance CFM draw of furnace amongst rooms. Check HVAC, and change filters regularly. I use pleated 12 Merv Honeycomb or like kind filters and change them every one to two months.

Really? I didn't know that. I'm another frustrated duster who turns around and sees dust all over the place. We're a no-shoes family without pets, and DC1 has dust and mite allergies, so a less dusty house would be great.