In all the Christmas rush, and all the Hetic chaos, you can always rely on us to make your home one less thing you have to worry about by calling us to do the dirty work wihle you spend quailty time with your loved ones!
Make a New Year resolution that will last all year long! Hire us to clean your house all year around!
Happy Holidays from a of us here at Maid to Order Fl Inc.
We will be returning woth a new blog on post holiday clean up on January 3,2011
A little reminder if your holidays get too messy, you can always hire us! Joanne Braccio-Maid to Order Fl Inc.
Rejuvenate your home with a personalized cleaning based on your needs from MAID TO ORDER. Your satisfaction is our best recommendation. We are not happy until you're happy. Our clientele is based on word of mouth and our years in business are a testament to our outstanding reputation.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Why have your house cleaned weekly by a professional house cleaner
Weekly cleaning services are beneficial because they reduce the concentration of bacteria and microorganisms in your home, especially in damp areas such as bathrooms, toilets, kitchen and gardens and lawns. Regular weekly visits are preferred by many households who are very particular about keeping their homes clean and tidy on a regular basis.
Weekly cleaning services offered by professional cleaning companies revolve around the needs of their clients. After all, it is your home and the cleaning is done to satisfy the needs of your family. That is why house cleaning services ensure that they make their visits at a time that is convenient for you. Timings offered are extremely flexible and do not impinge on your other routine activities. They ensure that you are not inconvenienced in any manner during the cleaning process.
Professional house cleaning services will make sure that you or your family, especially the children do not suffer from the after effects of chemicals and detergents used during the weekly cleaning process. Companies nowadays offer their client the option of using green chemicals for the weekly cleaning works to mitigate the effects of harsh chemicals.
It is immensely beneficial to use a professional weekly cleaning service to ensure that your house remains free of germs, bacteria and dust. It promotes good health among all your family members.
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How to Clean a Mattress
Carole Pagan
© 2007
The question of how to clean a mattress comes up fairly often, especially when you’re expecting out of town visitors.
Remember that a mattress is a piece of upholstery - except that it catches and holds unpleasant things like dust mites, dead skin, and odors.
If you’ve never had a Kirby demonstration in your home, have one. It’s a real eye-opener! When they do the mattress with the attachment that allows you to see how much stuff they are pulling out, it is horrifying.
So the first step in cleaning your mattress will be to vacuum, and vacuum, and vacuum some more. Flip the mattress and repeat. Do your pillows while you’re at it.
If the mattress truly needs cleaning, use an upholstery cleaner, and be careful not to soak it. A foam cleaner, or a dry cleaner would be best. You don’t need mold on top of it!
To eliminate odors and allergens, spray it down with FeBreeze allergy formula. You can do this every time you change the sheets.
Make sure you’re changing your sheets and washing them in hot water once a week. Wash or clean your blankets or comforters as needed. It’s nice to have washable ones so you can do them once a month. If you have dry clean bedding, I would suggest removing it at night when you’re going to sleep. But I guess that’s a personal choice. I’m all about avoiding extra housework!
If you have stains, Pet stain remover works great. Honest! I use Oxy Solution by Simple Solution.
This article was contributed by Carole Pagan
© 2007
The question of how to clean a mattress comes up fairly often, especially when you’re expecting out of town visitors.
Remember that a mattress is a piece of upholstery - except that it catches and holds unpleasant things like dust mites, dead skin, and odors.
If you’ve never had a Kirby demonstration in your home, have one. It’s a real eye-opener! When they do the mattress with the attachment that allows you to see how much stuff they are pulling out, it is horrifying.
So the first step in cleaning your mattress will be to vacuum, and vacuum, and vacuum some more. Flip the mattress and repeat. Do your pillows while you’re at it.
If the mattress truly needs cleaning, use an upholstery cleaner, and be careful not to soak it. A foam cleaner, or a dry cleaner would be best. You don’t need mold on top of it!
To eliminate odors and allergens, spray it down with FeBreeze allergy formula. You can do this every time you change the sheets.
Make sure you’re changing your sheets and washing them in hot water once a week. Wash or clean your blankets or comforters as needed. It’s nice to have washable ones so you can do them once a month. If you have dry clean bedding, I would suggest removing it at night when you’re going to sleep. But I guess that’s a personal choice. I’m all about avoiding extra housework!
If you have stains, Pet stain remover works great. Honest! I use Oxy Solution by Simple Solution.
This article was contributed by Carole Pagan
Friday, December 3, 2010
Why You Want Carpet to Come Clean
Have you ever noticed that only a few days after cleaning, you can see dust everywhere, settled on glass tabletops and the like? Dust happens. Household dust carries bacteria, dander, mold spores, germs, and pollen. To add to the flurry of grime, your family, friends, pets — and even that open window — bring in fresh dirt all the time. A lot of it is settling on your carpet.
Between longer work days, time-consuming commutes and kids’ activities that keep the calendar full, who has time to worry about cleaning the carpet? Today, we’re spending less time on household tasks, yet we still expect excellent results. Fortunately, carpet cleaning products, methods, and equipment are improving all the time. Cleaning carpet may seem like more of a chore than dusting a coffee table, but properly cleaning and maintaining your carpet makes all the difference in the world.
Preserve the life and beauty of your carpet
With their rich colors, textures, and intricate weaves, carpet and rugs can transform any room into a home. But like most textiles, the beauty and life of your carpet depends on the care it receives.
Did you know that independent testing by the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) has shown that many cleaning detergents and spot removers work no better than water? And, some leave a sticky residue that can cause the carpet to get dirty again faster than you can say, “Vacuum.” Even worse, some cleaning agents can actually damage carpet! Plus there is a significant difference in cleaning performances of the world’s many vacuums, commercial extractors, and professional carpet cleaning services. Abolishing poor-quality products and services in favor of proper cleaning will significantly lengthen the days of your carpet and preserve its appearance. Thankfully, the CRI Seal of Approval (SOA) program takes the guesswork out of selecting which products to use.
Improve your indoor air quality
Do you have allergies? Believe it or not, you can keep your carpet. Studies have shown that carpet is often better at trapping allergens than hard flooring such as tile or hardwood. How can this be? Particles and allergens fall to the floor (out of the breathing zone) and onto the carpet. The fibers of the carpet trap allergens and particles, reducing their continued circulation in the air. Proper cleaning with a CRI-approved vacuum effectively sucks up the dust in the carpet, locks it in the machine, and keeps it out of the air.
Allergic to carpet itself? Not likely. Most of today’s carpet is made from plastic fibers, which most people are not allergic to. Of course, if you have wool carpet and are allergic to wool, you might have a problem. In that case, you would remove the wool carpet and not buy a new one, just as you wouldn’t buy wool sweaters. And, if you are an allergy sufferer who wonders about carpet and mold, don’t worry. It’s difficult to grow mold on carpet. When carpet is kept clean and dry, mold simply cannot grow.
Clean + Dry = No Mold
Avoid premature replacement costs and disposal in landfills
Let’s talk about the cost/value of keeping and maintaining carpet for its full lifecycle. Proper cleaning helps protect your carpet investment and safeguards you from having to replace it before its time — great news because it also keeps carpet out of the local dump.
Keeping post-consumer carpet out of landfills is an environmental goal benefiting us all. With more than 300 million Americans — and that number keeps growing! — household waste is an environmental concern. Most school children today have learned the new “three Rs,” which stand for reduce, reuse, and recycle. If spending a little extra effort and, yes, money, on your floor covering helps meet this environmental goal, you may agree it’s worth it.
But maintaining your carpet also protects your pocketbook in the long run. Just how long should a well-cared-for carpet last? It’s hard to say. Believe it or not, there are cases out there of 100-plus-year-old Oriental rugs still in use. But generally speaking, 10 years is given as a guideline for quality carpets that are well-maintained (12.4 years according to DuPont studies). Use manufacturers’ warranties as a guide to how long you can anticipate a particular carpet to last. And look at those warranties carefully — large carpet manufacturers are tying their new carpet warranties to proper cleaning and maintenance with CRI Seal of Approval products.
Adapted from Carpet Cleaning Tips for Dummies, by Elizabeth Goldsmith, PhD and published by Wiley.
Between longer work days, time-consuming commutes and kids’ activities that keep the calendar full, who has time to worry about cleaning the carpet? Today, we’re spending less time on household tasks, yet we still expect excellent results. Fortunately, carpet cleaning products, methods, and equipment are improving all the time. Cleaning carpet may seem like more of a chore than dusting a coffee table, but properly cleaning and maintaining your carpet makes all the difference in the world.
Preserve the life and beauty of your carpet
With their rich colors, textures, and intricate weaves, carpet and rugs can transform any room into a home. But like most textiles, the beauty and life of your carpet depends on the care it receives.
Did you know that independent testing by the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) has shown that many cleaning detergents and spot removers work no better than water? And, some leave a sticky residue that can cause the carpet to get dirty again faster than you can say, “Vacuum.” Even worse, some cleaning agents can actually damage carpet! Plus there is a significant difference in cleaning performances of the world’s many vacuums, commercial extractors, and professional carpet cleaning services. Abolishing poor-quality products and services in favor of proper cleaning will significantly lengthen the days of your carpet and preserve its appearance. Thankfully, the CRI Seal of Approval (SOA) program takes the guesswork out of selecting which products to use.
Improve your indoor air quality
Do you have allergies? Believe it or not, you can keep your carpet. Studies have shown that carpet is often better at trapping allergens than hard flooring such as tile or hardwood. How can this be? Particles and allergens fall to the floor (out of the breathing zone) and onto the carpet. The fibers of the carpet trap allergens and particles, reducing their continued circulation in the air. Proper cleaning with a CRI-approved vacuum effectively sucks up the dust in the carpet, locks it in the machine, and keeps it out of the air.
Allergic to carpet itself? Not likely. Most of today’s carpet is made from plastic fibers, which most people are not allergic to. Of course, if you have wool carpet and are allergic to wool, you might have a problem. In that case, you would remove the wool carpet and not buy a new one, just as you wouldn’t buy wool sweaters. And, if you are an allergy sufferer who wonders about carpet and mold, don’t worry. It’s difficult to grow mold on carpet. When carpet is kept clean and dry, mold simply cannot grow.
Clean + Dry = No Mold
Avoid premature replacement costs and disposal in landfills
Let’s talk about the cost/value of keeping and maintaining carpet for its full lifecycle. Proper cleaning helps protect your carpet investment and safeguards you from having to replace it before its time — great news because it also keeps carpet out of the local dump.
Keeping post-consumer carpet out of landfills is an environmental goal benefiting us all. With more than 300 million Americans — and that number keeps growing! — household waste is an environmental concern. Most school children today have learned the new “three Rs,” which stand for reduce, reuse, and recycle. If spending a little extra effort and, yes, money, on your floor covering helps meet this environmental goal, you may agree it’s worth it.
But maintaining your carpet also protects your pocketbook in the long run. Just how long should a well-cared-for carpet last? It’s hard to say. Believe it or not, there are cases out there of 100-plus-year-old Oriental rugs still in use. But generally speaking, 10 years is given as a guideline for quality carpets that are well-maintained (12.4 years according to DuPont studies). Use manufacturers’ warranties as a guide to how long you can anticipate a particular carpet to last. And look at those warranties carefully — large carpet manufacturers are tying their new carpet warranties to proper cleaning and maintenance with CRI Seal of Approval products.
Adapted from Carpet Cleaning Tips for Dummies, by Elizabeth Goldsmith, PhD and published by Wiley.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Maid to Order
Rejuvenate your home with a personalized cleaning based on your needs from MAID TO ORDER. Your satisfaction is our best recommendation. We are not happy until you're happy. Our clientele is based on word of mouth and our years in business are a testament to our outstanding reputation.
Commercial Cleaning
From kitchens and bathrooms to desks and windows, our extensive office cleaning keeps your workplace sparkling. We also do vacancies, clearing trash and cleaning spaces from top to bottom so that they are ready to be moved into.
Seasonal Rentals & Vacation Homes
We do before and after visits. We can take special care of anything you need, including cleaning, maintenance and hurricane prep to ensure an enjoyable and worry free vacation for owners and renters alike.
In hurricane situations we are happy to secure any and all entrance points, as well as all outside furniture, planters, etc. around property.
Residential Cleaning
The below services are provided by Inside Homes, Inc.
Commercial Cleaning
From kitchens and bathrooms to desks and windows, our extensive office cleaning keeps your workplace sparkling. We also do vacancies, clearing trash and cleaning spaces from top to bottom so that they are ready to be moved into.
Seasonal Rentals & Vacation Homes
We do before and after visits. We can take special care of anything you need, including cleaning, maintenance and hurricane prep to ensure an enjoyable and worry free vacation for owners and renters alike.
In hurricane situations we are happy to secure any and all entrance points, as well as all outside furniture, planters, etc. around property.
Residential Cleaning
- Counters
- Tubs
- Sinks
- Patios
- Bathroom Vacuuming
- Baseboards
- Dusting
- Toilets
- Dishwashers loaded and unloaded
- Entrance Ways
- Garages
- Laundry
- Light Fixtures
- Windows
- Faucets
- Changing Sheets
- Mirrors
- Appliances cleaned inside and out, including refrigerators at no extra charge
- Kitchen
- Cabinets
- We check and change AC filters
The below services are provided by Inside Homes, Inc.
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