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Life gets busy and sometimes it is difficult to find the time to properly clean our homes. However, a clean home is a healthy home and it can literally affect our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. Here are four reasons why:

1. Keep things as germ free as possible: Your toilet bowl, bathtub, showers, sinks, stove, refrigerator counter tops and tables can be breeding grounds for harmful bacteria, germs, viruses, molds and mildew. On average, children will contract 6-12 colds every year. By ensuring that your home receives thorough, regular cleanings you can boost the chances that you and your family will avoid preventable diseases and infections.
2. Save time: Regular house cleanings will keep your home organized and running smoothly; thereby giving you more time to rest, relax, re-charge your batteries and free up your time for enjoying life’s simple pleasures.
3. Maximize space in your home: We ought to be able to make use of every square inch of our homes. But dust, clutter, and disorder can make even a large house feel much smaller. A little cleaning will remind you of how big your house was when you bought it!
4. Improve your psychological comfort: The look of your home can affect your outlook on life. A beautiful clean home make us feel good and it can improve our sense of well-being. Keeping your home clean and tidy is a simple way to improve your outlook on life.

There are, of course, times when we are too busy or when we are otherwise unable to clean our homes. With one quick call to American Housekeeping, your Utah house cleaning services experts, you can immediately improve the quality of your life.

Some of life’s moments can induce panic in any homeowner. These can include coming home to an unwelcome gift from your pet, helplessly watching as a glass of grape juice crashes to the carpet, or finding your delightful toddler painting artistically on your living room rug or wall. Stains don’t have to be the end of the world; here’s a simple guide to getting some of them out:

1. Don’t let the stain sit for a long time.
2. Quickly use stain remover. The kind you choose will depend on what kind of stain you have on your hands. Nail polish, for example, is best removed with non-acetate polish remover. Some stains, such as bleach stains, can’t be removed, so you will want to try spot-dying instead. You’ll find a variety of stain removers at the supermarket – pick whichever best fits your situation.
3. Pretest the stain remover in an inconspicuous place.
4. Scrape off any dried-on material.
5. Apply a modest amount of stain remover to a clean, white towel. Don’t use hot water– keeping water cool to lukewarm can minimize the damage. In some cases, such as with blood stains, heat will set in the stain, so it’s important to use cool water.
6. Clean the stain from the outside in.

Remember that your local, Utah house cleaning services experts at American Housekeeping are always here to help!

No matter how much you scrub, hard water stains can be extremely difficult to remove.  However, it’s not impossible to get rid of that pesky ring around your toilet bowl, or the water stains on your shower door.

All you need is: white paper towels, white vinegar, a spray bottle, towel and to follow these three easy steps:

1. Soak the white paper towels with the vinegar. Wipe the paper towels over the hard water stains. In order to dissolve stains on flat surfaces let the towels soak on the surface for 25 minutes or more.
2. Pour the vinegar into a spray bottle and spray over shower doors, head and faucets.   The vinegar should saturate the stains for about 30 minutes.  Once this is done wipe a wet sponge over the surfaces until all the vinegar is gone.
3. If the hard water stains are still prevalent, repeat this process.  Then dry all surfaces with a towel once the vinegar has been removed.

Note: Hard water stains accumulate on surfaces because of excessive minerals in the water. Magnesium and calcium are the two main minerals associated with hard water and are almost impossible to remove with just soap and water. If vinegar doesn’t do the trick, then purchasing a phosphoric acid from the janitorial supply store should do it.

Prevention is the best medicine

As with anything else, prevention is the best medicine.  A water softener will prevent most hard water stains.  Also, using a squeegee after showering will help a lot.

Call us today!

The easiest way of all to clean those hard water stains is to call American Housekeeping! American Housekeeping is the largest and most trusted Utah house cleaning company. At American Housekeeping, we want to help you take care of all those little (and big!) chores that would otherwise take up hours of your life.

We all wish we had superb cleaning skills like the experts, especially when it comes to hard to remove substances like mold.  If you have a mold problem in your shower/bath never fear! 

Just follow these easy to follow cleaning tips and your shower grout will be mold free before you know it!

3 Ways to Remove Mold

Grout is made of a mixture of cement and sand.  Overtime the water barrier dissolves with constant exposure to moisture, and mold and mildew form as a result.

1. Mix ½ cup of baking soda with a gallon of water in a bucket.  Splash the baking soda solution on the affected tile and tile grout and scrub thoroughly.  Let the solution sit for an hour to loosen the mold and then rinse and reapply if necessary. For stubborn stains, let the solution soak overnight.
2. Soak paper towels in white vinegar and place directly on stubborn mold spots.  Let the vinegar sit for 15 minutes or more and scrub thoroughly.  Rinse and repeat if necessary.
3. Mix 1 cup of bleach with 5 cups of water in a spray bottle. Soak the moldy areas for at least 15 minutes and then scrub vigorously.  Rinse and repeat.

If you’re like most of us and don’t have time to spend hours scrubbing your shower contact us! We are your reputable Utah house cleaning company.  American Housekeeping is a favorite source for superior, professional Utah house cleaning. A sparkling, well-maintained environment is an invitation in itself, pleasant to visit and comfortable to live in. At American Housekeeping, we want to help you take care of all those little (and big!) chores that would otherwise take up hours of your life.

At American Housekeeping our customer relations are very important to us. We pride ourselves on being honest and professional. That’s why it’s hard for us to see faulty advertisements that hook consumers with a false sense of security.

Service Provider Internet Lists
There are companies who advertise that they “screen and approve professionals” in a variety of service industries. On their commercials they show service people conducting dishonest acts while working in a customer’s home. Then these companies claim if the homeowner would have gone through one of the service providers on their list, such a thing would not have occurred.
Well the truth is that they cannot guarantee this because they’ll let most anyone on their list who is willing to pay their fees. There is no means to provide any guarantees that they are honest and reliable in order to be included.
False advertising entices with a false sense of security

It’s not our intention to put these companies down, but we do want to point it out because we know how frustrating it is for consumers to find reliable service companies.

Our recommendations in finding a reputable company are:

• Ask for referrals from friends and family who have had positive relations with a particular service company.
• Check with the Better Business Bureau to see if the company is a member in good standing with them. Also see if the company has had many unresolved complaints.
• Make sure the company is bonded
• Find out how many years the service provider has been in business
• Deal with companies who do criminal background checks and drug testing

At American Housekeeping we obtain the majority of our customers through word of mouth. Our reputation is one reason have endured serving the Wasatch Front for 20 years. Our customers are loyal to us. I personally invite you to discover the difference for yourself. Call us, your Utah house cleaning providers, today!