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Cleaning Floor Surfaces

Wondering how to care for your type of floor. Look here for ideas on cleaning tile, stone, marble, hardwood, laminate flooring, carpet, concrete, vinyl, brick, and slate.
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Whisk Broom

Whisk brooms are designed to clean up quick messes. These brooms typically have very short handles that make it easy to sweep up small messes. Find out if a whisk broom is the right tool for you.

Carpet Broom

Find out what a carpet broom is? What are carpet brooms used for? What are the pros and cons of carpet brooms?

Dust Brooms

Dust brooms are a little different in their construction than regular brooms. Dust brooms are frequently used on hard surface floors. Find out the pros and cons of dust brooms.

Vacuuming Stairs

If you're like many people, you leave your stairs until last. So often should we really bring out the attachments and vacuum our stairs?

Vacuum Hard Surface Floors

Hard surface floors can be a challenge to vacuum. Many vacuum cleaners seem to spit dirt out from underneath the vacuum when hard surface floors are involved. Find out how to use a vacuum cleaner to vacuum hard surface floors and how often it needs to be done.

Does Professional Carpet Cleaning Shrink Your Carpet?

There is still some myth floating around there that having your carpets professionally cleaned will cause your carpet to shrink. Find out where this idea came from and how to make sure that your carpet is safe.

Clean a Doormat

Find out how to clean your doormat. Keeping a doormat clean keeps the interior of your home clean. Find out what to do weekly, monthly, and seasonally to clean your doormats

Sweep a Floor

Find out how to choose a broom, what motions to make, how to care for a broom, and how often to sweep.

Cleaning Hardwood Floors- A Wood Floor Care Guide

Hardwood floors are a beautiful addition to any home. Hardwood Flooring Online gives housekeepers the knowledge they need to maintain and clean their hardwood floors. Avoid pitfalls that could damage your floor.

Cleaning Vinyl Floors

Vinyl floors can be an attractive and inexpensive flooring solution for many homes. Check Floor Facts for the proper care for your vinyl flooring.

Slate Flooring Cleaning and Maintenance

411 Home Repair has information for cleaning slate floors in the home. Check out the ideas for proper method and cleaners.

Cleaning Laminate Flooring

Do It Yourself, gives helpful ideas and steps to cleaning and maintaining laminate flooring in the home. Includes tips on cleaning candle wax, chewing gum, blood, fruit juice, wine, beer, soda pop, and pasta sauce off your laminate floors.

Protect Your Ceramic Tile and Stone from Wear and Tear

Pioneer Thinking has some great advice on maintaining your ceramic stone and tile. Avoid common mistakes and keep your stone and tile looking newer longer.

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