5 Second Rule

So, do you use the 5 second rule?

Studies have shown that bacteria found in E. coli and staphylococcus take between 3 and 30 seconds to transfer to commonly dropped foods...toast, pasta, biscuits, sweets etc which have landed on carpets, laminate, tiles etc. The type of flooring played a part in this time scale, stating that bacteria would more likely to transfer to these foods through moisture from tiled and laminate surfaces.

 

So, like it or not, we are all surrounded by dust mites.

So, in my last Blog, we discovered there is no major benefit to installing hard flooring throughout the house to alleviate us of these dreadful creatures. They are here and all we can do is make our homes more alien to them.
We are aware that, dry, clean, well maintained carpets can improve our air quality, but how?

Your carpet will trap and filter any air borne particles that fall to the ground naturally through gravity. All 2,000,000 of them. (average amount found in the UK home). Dust mites are way too small to be seen by the naked eye, but its not the mites themselves that cause allergies, it`s their faeces that can stay airborne for up to 10 minutes because of their lifeless weight.

Regular vacuuming with a powerful vacuum cleaner will remove the faeces, not all dust mites will be removed because of their strength and sticky substance  that allows them to cling to fibres. Also the fact they do not like light so will burrow down into the fibres of your carpets.

Hot Water Extraction todays most commonly used method of cleaning carpets and furniture will also help to give relief from these mites and their offerings.

And please, remember don`t have nightmares, we live with these creatures as have generations before us, but we now have the education to help ourselves.

Regular Vacuuming of:
*  Carpets,
*  Upholstery
*  Soft Furnishings
*  Mattress`s

*  Using Hot Water Extraction method for cleaning

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Take Care
Paula