ok so I am not a cleaning fanatic...matter of fact i despise the vacumn cleaner....but i must admit i bought a dyson pet one at the local goodwill (what a find) and do rather enjoy it cause it does not get all clogged up and break every 3 minutes...(how did i know my daughter had pantyhose under her bed till the vacumn sucked it up) or burn a belt.... (oh u mean those little tiny legos will do that?) having had 10 children and 4 hairy dogs and birds, and fish and some other 4 legged creatures in the house I may or may not have known about... allow me to say....the dyson is the first vacumn cleaner we have not had to take to the repair shop on a monthly basis.
I have also learned that a nice big plastic leaf rake is an indispensible household cleaning tool...when u have kids... Before I vacumn under anything like beds, sofa's i rake it..this also helped reduce vacumn repair bills and keeps the dyson out of the shop.
Ok now toilets....after the above I have also sort of gotten real good at plunging and unclogging and replacing toilets....and bathtub drains....
those porcelain toilets u know u get that water stain..easy solution go get some polident denture fizzies and toss a few in...(dentures are porcelain get the connection)
they also do well when the toilet is umm clogged with some form of something....i find 3 tabs 5 minutes and a little old fashioned cussing works
the best.
Those weaves (hair added to your head) when you have 4 Diva daughters living in the house with weaves can kill a drain....sink, shower, tub....beleive it or not...a weekly dose of polident tablets tossed down the drains keep those weave clogs from happening...(I really do not like liquid plumber or draino or other caustic chemicals)...this has saved me snaking the drains,,as well as plunging (my grandaughter said one day..oh zede u just live to fix the bathrooms dont u) and it has also helped prevent teaching my grandaughter any new cuss words.
I have also learned when getting ready to replace the toilet first thing i do is write a note that says "TAKE THE FOIL OFF THE DRAIN FIRST DUMMIE" and tape it securely to the floor by the toilet to be removed..that way when i take the toilet off and put aluminum foil on the drain hole...and then work on everything prior to putting on the new seal and putting the toilet together..when i go to place the new toilet on the drain hole i will remove the foil first before doing what i did 5 times in a row and installing the toilet...etc etc etc and doing the test flush and...having no success and then remembering the foil!...I know most people would think this comes under home repair but in my house.....when all the kids were little and cassette tapes, toy giraffees, hot wheel cars,a mouse (dont ask) ,,watches...and god knows what else was being tossed in the toilet..we replaced them rather frequently.
vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, orange/lemon peels are my favorite cleaning products and they are cheap..and if the kids/dogs were to get into them...they would barf their guts up real fast.
speaking of which,,,,i need to go plunge my five minutes are up!
