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This blog will mainly look at the difference between regular cleaning and deep cleaning. It will also look at the long-term benefits of deep cleaning your home, and how regular cleaning tasks simplify deep cleaning tasks.
What Is Regular Cleaning?
Regular cleaning is the daily cleaning that we do, from giving the house a quick hoover after work, to sanitising the bathtub after the children’s evening baths. The main idea behind regular cleaning is to maintain your space. Regular cleaning is crucial because it prevents the build-up of grease, dirt and dust.
Regular cleaning involves surface-level cleaning tasks. Some examples include:
- Hoovering
- Mopping
- Making the bed
- Washing dishes
- Tidying up
- Wiping surfaces
- Emptying bins
The amount of regular cleaning each person undertakes varies and depends on factors such as time, energy and how detailed and specific a person is with their cleaning. If you have pets and small children, for example, you’ll clean your home more often to keep your home environment safe and free of germs and bacteria. Surfaces are wiped regularly, and floors are cleaned more often. On the other hand, if you’re a single, busy professional, cleaning might not be prioritised as much.
Regularly cleaning your home comes with many benefits. These include:
- Reducing dust and indoor allergens
- Reducing the build-up of clutter
- Reducing bad odours
As a result, a more organised and pleasant environment is created, which, in turn, can benefit your mood and improve your mental health. Regularly cleaning your home also makes any future deep cleaning easier and less overwhelming. Incorporating regular cleaning tasks, such as cleaning the bath after each use or wiping down the dining table after each meal, will save you a significant amount of time when it’s time to do your annual spring clean.
What Is Deep Cleaning?
Deep cleaning is a thorough form of cleaning that goes beyond the surface. Think behind the cooker, under the bed and high-level dusting. It focuses on removing dirt from areas in your home that you normally wouldn’t have the time, or perhaps the energy to clean. Most people don’t think about deep cleaning their homes unless it’s absolutely necessary. For most people, a regular daily or weekly clean, usually fitted around work, childcare and personal commitments, is enough to get them through until their next clean. There are countless benefits to deep cleaning your home, such as cleaner air, reduced bacteria and enhanced productivity.
While regular cleaning maintains your home’s aesthetics, deep cleaning focuses on neglected areas. Deep cleaning tasks take longer to complete, require more effort and attention to detail, and in many cases, require specialised cleaning products.
Deep cleaning one’s space doesn’t cross many people’s minds, as many believe that “as long as my home looks clean, it is clean”.
Deep cleaning tasks include:
- Cleaning behind large appliances, such as the fridge, cooker and washing machine
- Cleaning doors, radiators and sockets
- Cleaning the oven
- Cleaning tiles and grout
- Cleaning inside cupboards and drawers
- Dusting blinds and curtains
- Cleaning internal windows
- Dusting behind doors, along ceilings, walls and skirting boards
Regularly Cleaning Your Home Can Simplify Deep Cleaning Tasks
Whether you’re a cleaning enthusiast or hate cleaning, it’s a task that needs to be completed for the sake of your health. Regularly cleaning and decluttering your home, even if it’s done little by little or room by room, will simplify the task of deep cleaning your home when the time comes. It does this by reducing the tough build-up of grime and the time and effort spent on each task. In addition, keeping a regular schedule for your daily cleaning will make deep cleaning less daunting and overwhelming.
Why Is Deep Cleaning So Important?
Deep cleaning eliminates hidden germs and dirt and creates a healthy environment in the long term. Below are some examples of the many benefits that come with deep cleaning your space regularly.
A Longer Life for Your Appliances.
Cleaning inside your fridge, descaling your kettle, and sanitising your washing machine during your deep cleaning-routine will extend the lifespan of your appliances. Deep cleaning your appliances will also keep bad odours at bay and, in the long run, save you both money and time. On the other hand, neglecting your appliances can lead to expensive repair costs or, worse, the need to replace your appliances earlier than necessary.
Increased Indoor Air Quality
While cleaning your home daily improves air quality, it’s deep cleaning that really improves your home’s air quality in the long term. Focusing on dusting hard-to-reach areas, such as behind doors and under the sofa, during a deep clean, will remove invisible dust particles that can exacerbate respiratory conditions. Regularly deep cleaning your home can limit exposure to dust mites, pet hair, and mould that hide in walls and furniture. By deep cleaning damp-prone areas, such as your bathroom, you can eliminate harmful mould.
Increasing the Value of Your Home
Many people don’t realise that keeping a regular deep cleaning schedule can increase their home’s value. Deep cleaning walls, skirting boards, windowsills and tiles will keep them in pristine condition and make selling your home a more lucrative option. In contrast, cleaning your home only on the surface can have detrimental effects on your home’s condition, eventually decreasing its value.
When Is It a Good Time to Deep Clean Your Home?
There are certain periods when deep cleaning is crucial.
For example:
Moving Out of Your House
If you’re moving out of your house, you’re required to hand it back in its original condition. Giving it a thorough deep clean can normally restore it to that condition. It is only when a house is stripped of furniture and left empty that dirt truly surfaces. An empty house can reveal toxins, such as mould and mildew, that were hiding behind heavy furniture and fixtures.
A New Season
A new season is a great time to give your home a deep clean. This is the ideal time to give your home a detailed deep clean to complement your new carpet or coffee table for the new season. It is typical to deep clean your home twice a year- to welcome spring and again when summer has ended, in preparation for Autumn. Some people prefer to deep clean their homes more often, for example, before and after Christmas, or quarterly. A seasonal clean will make your home feel fresher and healthier, boosting your home’s atmosphere and your family’s mood.
Is Having Your Home Professionally Cleaned Worth It?
If you don’t have the time or feel overwhelmed by deep cleaning your home, arranging for professional cleaners is a good idea. Most people underestimate the amount of time that deep cleaning your space can take, especially if you’re also reorganising and decluttering. Arranging for a professional cleaning company to do all the dirty work will give you back valuable time that you can spend on what you really love.
If you need your home, office or commercial space deep cleaned, contact Mopaway on 0115 648 9151 or at contact@mopaway.co.uk, and one of our friendly team members will be more than happy to assist.