I thought I was the only goofy person who used the upright vacuum on my couches like you showed in the video! That beater-bar dislodges the pet hair so much better than running over it a million times with just an upholstery attachment at the end of the vacuuming hose. I even do the carpeted stairs by maneuvering the upright to get most of the hair on my way up the stairs and then on the way down I use the hose and crevice tool to get into the edges and corners. It saves time and aggravation, but it costs you in sore and aching muscles. It's so rewarding when the cleaning is over and you can sit back and admire your work, so it's all worth it in the end.
Obviously you can't (or at least shouldn't!) if working professionally, but for your own shower screens and tiles, they are so much easier to clean immediately after a shower. The steam softens everything. As for cleaning drains, tell them, prevention is so much cheaper than plumbers emergency call out rates. Every so often I 'power-flush' my WC. It is really a two person job, but you fill a bucket with hot water (from the tap, or faucet as it is called in the USA) and pour it into the toilet bowl from as high as you can and as quicly as you can while the other person flushes. This once a year chore has meant that I have never had a blockage, nor has anyone else I know who has tried this. Even those who in the past had needed semi-regular professional unblocking.
I have two german shepherds I vacuum daily then I clean the vacuum ... I'm a Shark lady. Your bathroom ugh too much work for me, no no glass shower doors, those tiles are pretty but hard no for me.
I love hearing you don't let the hair pile up and tackle it every day. That is the price we pay to have our amazing pets. If you notice the vacuum is not enough, a tool we love is called a chomp chomp.
Would I want a cleaner to tell me I need to get the drains cleaned so the water drains faster? Um, yes but…. as a cleaner, aren’t you the one with the knowledge and tools to do that? Confuzzed.
Unclogging a drain is a job for a plumber and not the cleaner. If in a shower, and it has a cap that is meant to be removed and cleaned, then yes, we will do that. We could help, but because we have not been trained to unclog a drain, we do not want to risk it, and we will leave it to the experts.
@@CleaningtheECway You're definitely correct about entrusting repairs to the experts. What one is willing to risk doing in one's own home differs tremendously from what one should risk doing when hired to clean (not repair) in someone else's home. There is a very real possibility that you could damage plumbing and unknowingly cause a hidden leak that slowly saturates the ceiling of the room below, leading to a catastrophe. All of that structural damage you would be financially responsible to repair and likewise you would be required to restore to its original condition or replace with new items everything that existed before the ceiling collapsed. In your own home, I am sure there are many situations in which you do as the original commenter suggested and you have successfully fixed many problems like slow drains and dripping faucets. And there probably have been a handful of times when the problem turned out to be more complicated than you anticipated, which you made worse by trying to handle it yourself instead of calling in a professional right away. You are wise to resist the temptation to try to fix what you are not professionally qualified or experienced or actually contracted by your clients to do.
Sorry, I found this slow, boring, & nothing I didn't know.
Thank you for your input.
I thought I was the only goofy person who used the upright vacuum on my couches like you showed in the video! That beater-bar dislodges the pet hair so much better than running over it a million times with just an upholstery attachment at the end of the vacuuming hose. I even do the carpeted stairs by maneuvering the upright to get most of the hair on my way up the stairs and then on the way down I use the hose and crevice tool to get into the edges and corners. It saves time and aggravation, but it costs you in sore and aching muscles. It's so rewarding when the cleaning is over and you can sit back and admire your work, so it's all worth it in the end.
Obviously you can't (or at least shouldn't!) if working professionally, but for your own shower screens and tiles, they are so much easier to clean immediately after a shower. The steam softens everything.
As for cleaning drains, tell them, prevention is so much cheaper than plumbers emergency call out rates.
Every so often I 'power-flush' my WC. It is really a two person job, but you fill a bucket with hot water (from the tap, or faucet as it is called in the USA) and pour it into the toilet bowl from as high as you can and as quicly as you can while the other person flushes.
This once a year chore has meant that I have never had a blockage, nor has anyone else I know who has tried this. Even those who in the past had needed semi-regular professional unblocking.
I enjoyed your video 🙂
Someone says I'm a rude troll. I TRULY didn't mean to be. I thought it was constructive, but I won't make that mistake again. Once more, sorry
I am sorry that happened.
I have two german shepherds I vacuum daily then I clean the vacuum ... I'm a Shark lady. Your bathroom ugh too much work for me, no no glass shower doors, those tiles are pretty but hard no for me.
I love hearing you don't let the hair pile up and tackle it every day. That is the price we pay to have our amazing pets. If you notice the vacuum is not enough, a tool we love is called a chomp chomp.
Would I want a cleaner to tell me I need to get the drains cleaned so the water drains faster? Um, yes but…. as a cleaner, aren’t you the one with the knowledge and tools to do that? Confuzzed.
Unclogging a drain is a job for a plumber and not the cleaner. If in a shower, and it has a cap that is meant to be removed and cleaned, then yes, we will do that. We could help, but because we have not been trained to unclog a drain, we do not want to risk it, and we will leave it to the experts.
@@CleaningtheECway You're definitely correct about entrusting repairs to the experts. What one is willing to risk doing in one's own home differs tremendously from what one should risk doing when hired to clean (not repair) in someone else's home. There is a very real possibility that you could damage plumbing and unknowingly cause a hidden leak that slowly saturates the ceiling of the room below, leading to a catastrophe. All of that structural damage you would be financially responsible to repair and likewise you would be required to restore to its original condition or replace with new items everything that existed before the ceiling collapsed.
In your own home, I am sure there are many situations in which you do as the original commenter suggested and you have successfully fixed many problems like slow drains and dripping faucets. And there probably have been a handful of times when the problem turned out to be more complicated than you anticipated, which you made worse by trying to handle it yourself instead of calling in a professional right away. You are wise to resist the temptation to try to fix what you are not professionally qualified or experienced or actually contracted by your clients to do.