The October Home Cleaning Checklist

Fall is here and October it's the best month to conquer deep-cleaning chores for a clean and comfortable fall-winter home, without you feeling overwhelmed.
This Fall Cleaning Chore Checklist will help you prepare home for the coming months. We like the idea of chores dived into two categories, the outside and the inside of your home:

Outside Your Home

You'll want to start organizing first the outside of your home as next month (November) we will have a sunset in Vancouver around 4:49pm according to www.timeanddate.com. So do take advantage of sunlight.

Outside the house autumn chores:
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1. Balcony and patios generally should be cleaned once every two years or more, depending on their surface composition. Start by clean your balcony or/and patio furniture, umbrellas, children's summer toys.
2. Check caulk around windows and doors. Caulk -a material used to seal joints or seams against leakage in various structures and piping- is important around windows to keep the warm air in and the cold air out. Not only will you be more comfortable, but you'll save on energy bills, too. 
3. Inspect external doors and garage doors. Do they close tightly? Install weather-stripping, door thresholds if needed.
4. Wash exterior windows. The best way to clean windows combines elements used by window-cleaning pros and home-mix aficionados. 
5. Drain and store garden hoses. Install insulating covers on exterior spigots. Get the kids to help you drain and store the garden hose.
6. Check gutters and downspouts. Clear of debris if necessary. 
7. Have chimneys and flues inspected and cleaned if necessary.

by: CYNTHIA EWER

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Inside Your Home

During Fall season and with winter coming, it makes sense to tuck the family into a freshly-cleaned home via fall cleaning.

Now that you have covered the outside of your home, ​deep clean and welcome approaching holidays with a clean and comfortable home.  

Try these cleaning tips:

• Focus on public rooms: living room, family room, entryway, guest bath.
• Clean from top to bottom. Vacuum drapes, curtains or dust window blinds. Vacuum baseboards and corners.
• Vacuum upholstered furniture, or have professionally cleaned if needed. Move furniture and vacuum beneath and behind it.
• Wash interior windows.
• Turn mattresses front-to-back and end-to-end to equalize wear.
• Launder or clean all bedding: mattress pads, pillows, duvets, blankets, comforters. Tuck the family into a warm and cozy winter bed.
• Schedule professional carpet cleaning early this month! Warm October afternoons speed carpet drying. Carpet cleaning firms get busy by the end of October, so schedule now for best service.
• Prepare the kitchen for holiday cooking. Clean and organized kitchen cabinets, paying particular attention to baking supplies, pans and equipment.
• Clear kitchen counters of all appliances not used within the last week. Clear counters look cleaner--and provide more room for holiday cooking.
• Pull refrigerator away from the wall, and vacuum the condenser coils. For bottom-mounted coils, use a long, narrow brush to clean coils of dust and debris.

by: CYNTHIA EWER

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