Tag archives for: Cleaning Tips

How To Easily Clean a Smelly Washing Machine

A smelly washing machine is a common issue faced by many homeowners throughout the UK. And such an issue is becoming more frequent due to many of us opting to wash at lower temperatures which results in the bacteria not being killed off.

Cleaning your washing machine to remove the dirt and the odours isn’t a difficult task – and below, we explain why your washing machine smells and share our top tips on how to clean a smelly washing machine.

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Clean Your Home with Ease…With These Old Wives Tales

During December we ran a competition on Birmingham Favourites, in an attempt to find the best old wives tale, which have been passed down through the generations and are still sworn by. We had a great response to the competition, and after careful consideration we’ve picked our five favourites…including the winning entry.

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Vacuum Cleaner Tools

6 Vacuum Cleaner Tools You Must Have

Providing your home with a thorough clean is the easiest and most effective way of keeping not only your carpets / flooring free from a range of dirt, dust and debris – but also other areas of your home, including your mattresses, upholstery and those hard to reach areas such as picture rails.

To achieve such a thorough clean, it’s important to make sure along with having a fully functioning vacuum cleaner you have the six vacuum cleaner tools listed below. Each of these tools will help you to clean various areas of your home effectively and easily.

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Gold Christmas Decorations

14 Tips to Avoid a Christmas Nightmare

We’ve all seen the John Lewis #manonthemoon Christmas advert and the Coca-Cola truck has made its annual appearance meaning one thing – Christmas is just around the corner.

Stress levels are likely to be rising as you run around the shops looking for the must-have toy for your children or the chestnuts for your stuffing, and this is all before you get your home ready for visitors.

To help with the latter, below we’ve shared 14 top tips to help you avoid a Christmas nightmare, from making sure your kitchen is ready for the increased cooking, through to quick yet effective cleaning tips – and of course, you cannot forget tips for keeping Grinch at bay.

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How to clean your oven for less

How to Clean Your Cooker for Less

Whether you see yourself as a wannabe chef or you cook only because you have to, it’s important to make sure your cooker is kept at the top of its game. Key to achieving this is to provide it with a thorough clean, but this doesn’t mean you need to turn to a bucket full of various cleaning products.

Instead, in this post we explain how to clean your cooker for less, by using everyday food items you’re likely to have in your home.

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Back To School Doodles

7 Awesome Back to School Cleaning Tips for Busy Parents

Wow. As you survey your home following the ecstatic weeks of freedom your kids have enjoyed this summer one thought goes through your mind. How am I ever going to clean this up? Quite a few of us here at eSpares have kids so we know your pain if you’re dreading the post-summer holiday cleaning. Luckily we’ve got some excellent cleaning tips here to help!

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Life’s Messy, Clean It Up – 27 Simple & Effective Tips

Life is messy, but with these 27 simple yet effective tips there’s no reason why you cannot clean it and add a bit of sparkle to your home, garden and car – and all for little outlay but big rewards.

  1. Car –Go waterless and achieve a showroom shine with ease
  2. Garden – Gardening isn’t just about flowerbeds and mowing the lawn
  3. Cooker – A clean cooker can help your food taste nicer, plus it brings health benefits
  4. Dishwasher – For clean pots and pans, you need a clean dishwasher
  5. Windows – Never wash them on a cloudy day

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