The amount of bacteria on the bathroom floor differs depending on how many people use the sanitary hardware and how they use it. Cleaning habits affect how your bathroom can spread germs on your skin or the rest of the house. How you handle the toilet or how you flush impacts how dirty the room can be over time.
This is why cleaning your bathroom regularly is highly important. A filthy bathroom can lead to poor health for the household members.
Deep cleaning is just as important. Sanitize your often used facilities at least once a week, depending on how many you are in the house who uses them. To make the weekly deep cleaning easier, clean the bathroom every day. This means wiping away toothpaste, soaps, and small puddles, getting rid of stray hairs and checking on the drains.
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Spotless Sink and Toilet
Blobs of toothpaste, makeup stains, and soap residue collect as many germs as other parts of the bathroom. Wiping down the countertops and sinks every day with a cleaning wipe or a damp cloth with a cleaning solution significantly impacts your cleaning habits for a better living.
Water, dish soap, and cloth can do the trick in cleaning them. If it already has a stubborn build-up, mix equal parts of vinegar and water, dip the fabric, and wide down the surface. Dip an old toothbrush into the same solution to clean around the edges and the grout. Once you’re done rinsing, be sure the sink and the faucet are completely dry before you leave it.
To make your toilet shine, you can also do a simple home remedy. Pour a cup of baking soda into the toilet bowl and let it sit for a few minutes. Start brushing, and flush afterward. If you can still see stubborn spots, investing in a small, light-duty electric pressure washer will be the best option. It blasts water to hard-to-reach areas from a safe distance.
Dealing With Bathroom Clogs
Hair and soap are the culprits. Hair alone can cause clogged drain lines and is even worse when mixed with soap and other substances. It can form into growing solid clumps and clog the drain. Some soap bars contain grease, oil, or fat that can’t be dissolved.
Using a bent wire coat hanger for a clogged drainpipe is an effective remedy to get solid dirt that causes the clog. A plunger is another option, but many people are easy to give up on it. If used properly, it’s also an effective way.
A mixture of baking soda and vinegar is another solution to the problem and possibly the best one for mild clogs that a plunger or a hanger can no longer solve. Pour the baking soda first down the drain, followed by the vinegar. This mixture breaks down dirt and falls further down the drain. Afterward, flushing with boiling hot water is better than just hot water. This trick applies to your shower, toilet, and sink drains.
If none of these DIY remedies works, there’s probably a problem with the rest of the sewer line. In that case, you must call professional high-pressure drain cleaning services before the problem gets worse.
A Sparkly Clean Bathtub
You need to pay attention to what material your bathtub is made of so that you can figure out what kind of cleaning products work for it without ruining it. Some materials, like acrylic and fiberglass, can be easily scratched by abrasive tools and cleaning products. A porcelain-enamel tub is prone to chipping and rust.
Switch to a homemade cleaning product instead of those expensive store-bought ones. A simple home remedy can be more effective and non-toxic to the air and your family’s respiratory system. Mixing white vinegar and dishwashing soap is the simplest way to do it. To have a more convenient scent, you can add essential oil, such as lavender or tea tree.
To clean the showerhead, pour a generous amount of white vinegar into a plastic bag, just enough to submerge the showerhead nozzle. Then tie it in place to soak overnight. Remove it the following day and rinse.
Final Thoughts
Deep cleaning the bathroom means a healthy household and comfortable living since it’s the most popular room in the house.
Since the bathroom has the most moisture in the house, it has the highest amount of unwanted and sickening bacteria. These bacteria hold on to moisture and dampness, so the best way to avoid having a dirty bathroom is to keep it as dry as possible.
This means putting dirty clothes in the hamper instead of the floor, placing wet towels on a rack, and dabbing yourself in the shower instead of on the bathmat to prevent damp floors.
