The Ultimate Post Renovation Clean Up Guide

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Renovations are a major challenge. With things pushed into corners and dust everywhere, we thought you’d appreciate our Ultimate Post Renovation Clean Up Guide – here goes:

Stuff Flying Everywhere!

While renovating, there may be one (maybe even two times) you need to hire a skip bin for 7 days – certainly in the initial stages when you are knocking out old walls and cupboards and there’s stuff flying everywhere. This stage of a renovation can produce of lot mixed heavy and general waste.

Once you’re done – your new fittings and fixtures are all in and your walls are good…

Start At The Top, and Work Down

Sounds too simple doesn’t it? And it is – but many don’t do it and the clean up takes hours longer than it needs to.

1. Ceilings and Walls

Start by dry dusting the ceilings and walls – especially if they’re freshly painted. if you’ve wallpapered, you can vacuum the walls carefully using the brush attachment.

Use caution if wiping the ceilings and walls with a damp cloth – and make sure you have some spare paint and paper now while the renovation has just been done. It may be a lot harder to track down matching paint and paper when maintenance is inevitably needed.

2. Light Fixtures and Fans

Whether your fixtures and fans are old or new, they’ll need a good wipe with a soft, damp cloth and you’ll likely need to remove the shades of your light fixtures to remove dust and bugs. Warm soapy water will probably be the go here.

3. Floors

You’ll want to go over the floors a few times with the vacuum. If you have hard floors, follow with a good mopping but go easy on the suds.

4. Furniture

Your furniture will almost certainly need a vacuum with the upholstery attachment, even if you’ve had your furniture covered.

A soft damp cloth for your wooden and metal furniture and any display items will do the trick.

5. Air Filters

Now – before you do anything else, you’ll want to check the air filters and fans in your dwelling. One, to see if they are there (sometimes painters and other trades people remove them in the course of their work), and two, to give them a clean out or change so your renovation dust doesn’t keep showing up in your home or apartment.

Enjoy Your Fresh Renovation!

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