What are some things you think of when you think of spring? If increased contaminants in your home didn’t come to mind, managing them should now be a top priority. Why? Wet weather, human activity, and more can contribute to a rise in allergens, dust and mold, resulting in unpleasant living conditions. However, regular house cleaning can reduce the amount of contaminants present, helping to keep your home healthy and comfortable.

How Spring Contributes to Indoor Contaminants

Signs of spring, such as flowers, rain showers, and warmer temperatures, can lead to increased moisture, pollen, and dirt inside your home. As temperatures rise, we tend to open windows and doors more often, allowing allergens like pollen inside our homes. Additionally, rainy spring days can increase indoor humidity, which can promote mold and mildew growth. Plus, we often track moisture, dirt, and bacteria from outside into our homes on our shoes. 

5 Necessary Spring Cleaning Tasks

Therefore, here are five helpful housekeeping chores to reduce the presence of allergens, mold, and dust in your home:

1. Wash Window Screens and Wipe Down Window Sills – As mentioned above, leaving windows open can increase the amount of airborne allergens inside your home. Removing dirt and pollen from windows can impact how much of each can come indoors. Additionally, temperature changes and increased humidity can cause condensation to accumulate on window sills. Keeping windows clean is critical to preventing mold and mildew growth, as well as improving indoor air quality. 

2. Sanitize Your Refrigerator’s Drip Pan – Cleaning your refrigerator’s drip pan is critical to prevent mold issues. The rise in humidity during spring can lead to more condensation in your refrigerator. This can lead to excess water in your fridge’s drip pan. Standing water on a dirty drip pan creates an environment where mold and mildew can thrive.

3. Prioritize Keeping Dry, Clean Floors – Routine mopping is important to keeping your home clean, but there’s more that can be done. Ensure everyone in your home dries the floor right away if they track water inside. This will help make housekeeping easier by preventing bacteria buildup, mold growth, and more.

4. Disinfect High-Touch Surfaces – Regularly disinfecting high touch surfaces like doorknobs, handles, and light switches can reduce the spread of germs and allergens. This should be prioritized as people are likely spending more time outdoors and could carry these contaminants inside on their hands. 

5. Dust Thoroughly – Foot traffic helps dust travel throughout your home. Therefore, we recommend dusting regularly. While dusting shelves, tables and countertops is important, deep cleaning is also necessary. Don’t forget about hard-to-reach places, like high corners, to prevent pollen buildup. 

While there are many things to love about spring, we can’t ignore the increased risks to our family’s health and comfort. Our team is eager to make keeping your home clean and healthy easy this spring and beyond! Give us a call, send us a message, or visit our website (simply enter your ZIP code and then contact us via our house cleaning quote form).