DoorFly.com: 10 Things People Don’t Like to Clean at Home

In any sort of living space, cleaning up certain areas can sometimes turn into your worst nightmare. In your own home, maintaining your living area has to become a priority in order to maintain the homes value and functionality. Here are just a few of the worst places to clean in a home and the best ways to tackle the project:

Gutters: Your gutters route water from the homes roof to a place that it can drain away from the house, protecting your siding windows, doors and foundation from water damage. Unfortunately, despite their functionality, gutters can be a huge headache to clean, especially when they fill with leaves and debris. Its best to clean gutters at least twice a year. While you can hire someone, the cheapest way to get your gutters clean is by grabbing a ladder and climbing up yourself. Begin by scooping out the loose debris, then blasting out the gutters with a hose. If your drain pipes are clogged, use a plumber’s auger to free ad pull out the debris from the bottom.
Toilets: Toilets can become a hot spot for germs in your house if they aren’t cleaned regularly. Luckily, toilet bowl cleaners, brushes and disinfectant wipes can make this job easy. According to Galt Home Toilet Bowl Cleaner Reviews and Buying Guide, the Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner with Bleach is the best way to go. This is available for around $3 at your local store.
Shower/Bathtub: If showers aren’t cleaned regularly, you can start to get a build-up of scum, hard-water stains, mildew or rust. The best way to go about cleaning your shower is squeeging daily and using a daily spray to prevent mildew and soap scum from even forming. If you’re looking for a cleaning product, Consumer Reports recommends the Comet Scratch Free Disinfectant with Bleach or the Ajax with Bleach Scratch Free.
Drains: Shower, bath and sink drains clog often with hair and other bits of bathroom filth. Many times you can remove the clog with a plunger or drain snake, but sometimes you need to turn to liquid drain cleaners.
Baseboards: If they aren’t kept clean, baseboards get dusty and start to look very dingy, very quickly. Many times, we miss cleaning the boards because they’re hard to reach with a vacuum or mop. To clean them, you will need a to use a mixture of water and vinegar and scrub with a sponge or tooth brush.
Oven: If you use your oven regularly, you often run into the problem of carbon (baked on black stuff on the bottom of the oven) on the inside of your oven. To prevent this build up, you can make a home-made baking soda and water solution to spray on the walls between uses. If you need to clean up the carbon, you can use the self cleaner or a number of products available at your local store.
Windows: Cleaning the windows of your house, both inside and out can turn into a huge headache. Make sure to remove screens before cleaning your windows from the outside and use a a mixture of dish soap and water. Windex or another form of ammonia works well for the indoor windows.
Refrigerator: Your refrigerator can accumulate sticky patches and stains from food and get unorganized very quickly. Getting organized is the first way to clean the refrigerator. After that, pull out all the food and wipe down the inside of the fridge with a mixture of baking soda and water.
Carpet: If you have kids, pets or clumsy fingers, you know how easy it is to stain your carpet. The best way to remove most stains is by blotting and rinse the area with water. Make sure not to scrub the area, or you will set in the stain more permanently.
Garage: The garage tends to accumulate your stuff, while getting dirty very quickly because of the exposure to outside. Make sure to sweep regularly and stay organized. If you have oil stains you want to remove, try covering the stain with Soft Scrub Lemon and let it sit for a day. Rinse the spot off and see the results.