[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/blog/post/tips-for-cleaning-hard-to-reach-areas-in-your-home":3,"/blog/post/tips-for-cleaning-hard-to-reach-areas-in-your-home-surround":186,"/blog/post/tips-for-cleaning-hard-to-reach-areas-in-your-home-related":197},{"id":4,"title":5,"authors":6,"badge":12,"body":14,"date":174,"description":175,"extension":176,"image":177,"meta":179,"navigation":180,"path":181,"seo":182,"stem":183,"tags":184,"__hash__":185},"posts/3.blog/post/tips-for-cleaning-hard-to-reach-areas-in-your-home.md","How To Clean Hard To Reach Places In Your Home",[7],{"name":8,"to":9,"avatar":10},"Julia Mann","",{"src":11},"/avatars/julia-mann.webp",{"label":13},"Housecleaning Services",{"type":15,"value":16,"toc":160},"minimark",[17,21,26,36,41,69,72,76,79,83,91,94,105,109,117,120,123,127,130,137,140,144,147,150,154,157],[18,19,20],"p",{},"No one likes cleaning. Which makes it even easier to miss hard-to-reach spaces, like your ceiling fan, the top of the door frame, and behind the appliances. With the right tools and a little focus, you can keep your home clean easily in less than an hour each month. We look at how to clean hard-to-reach places in your home. Here is your complete cleaning checklist with these housecleaning tips for challenging areas.",[22,23,25],"h2",{"id":24},"hard-to-reach-places-you-should-clean-once-a-year","Hard To Reach Places You Should Clean Once a Year",[18,27,28,35],{},[29,30],"img",{"alt":31,"className":32,"src":34},"brown ceiling fan",[33],"rounded-lg","https://bprassets.s3.amazonaws.com/blogfiles/assets/images/post/Body%20Pics/03-07-17_images/brown-ceiling-fan.jpg","\nIn most cases, the hardest-to-reach places you need to clean at high up, between, or underneath things you use every day. However, sometimes you just don’t think to clean a place – like under the lip of your countertops. Here are some of the hard-to-reach places you should clean once a year.",[37,38,40],"h3",{"id":39},"cleaning-checklist-for-hard-to-reach-places","Cleaning Checklist for Hard-To-Reach Places:",[42,43,44,48,51,54,57,60,63,66],"ul",{},[45,46,47],"li",{},"Ceiling fan blades",[45,49,50],{},"Inside ceiling lights or recessed lighting",[45,52,53],{},"The top of the cabinets",[45,55,56],{},"Between and underneath kitchen appliances",[45,58,59],{},"Around door frames and window sills",[45,61,62],{},"Underneath the edge of the medicine cabinet",[45,64,65],{},"Under the lip of the kitchen and bathroom countertops",[45,67,68],{},"On top of partial walls and tall, built-in shelves",[18,70,71],{},"Begin by going room by room and taking an inventory of the hard-to-reach spaces. To do this, you may need to look around your house with a new perspective.",[22,73,75],{"id":74},"cleaning-tools-for-hard-to-reach-places","Cleaning Tools for Hard-To-Reach Places",[18,77,78],{},"One of the biggest reasons we avoid cleaning is that we are using the wrong tools. Dusting wipes and multi-purpose cleaners are convenient, but they aren’t meant to clean everything in your home. Here are the best tools for cleaning hard-to-reach places.",[37,80,82],{"id":81},"angled-dusting-brushes","Angled dusting brushes",[18,84,85,90],{},[29,86],{"alt":87,"className":88,"src":89},"Angled dusting brush",[33],"https://bprassets.s3.amazonaws.com/blogfiles/assets/images/post/Body%20Pics/03-07-17_images/Angled-dusting-brush.jpg","\nAngled dusting brushes are perched on top of a long, lightweight handle similar to a broom’s. If you don’t already have one, look for a good-quality microfiber duster or a disposable duster that can be easily replaced when worn out.",[18,92,93],{},"Dust the following high surfaces with this type of brush:",[42,95,96,99,102],{},[45,97,98],{},"Ceiling fans",[45,100,101],{},"Light fixtures",[45,103,104],{},"Partial walls",[37,106,108],{"id":107},"wide-fluffy-dusters","Wide, fluffy dusters",[18,110,111,116],{},[29,112],{"alt":113,"className":114,"src":115},"multicolored, soft duster isolated on white background",[33],"https://bprassets.s3.amazonaws.com/blogfiles/assets/images/post/Body%20Pics/03-07-17_images/multicolored,-soft-duster-isolated-on-white-background.jpg","\nDust is attracted to electronics—as you have no doubt noticed as you wipe off TV and laptop screens.",[18,118,119],{},"Wide, fluffy dusters with long handles and flexible heads are good for cleaning behind and underneath heavy electronics, such as stereo systems and large televisions.",[18,121,122],{},"They also work great on blinds, fan blades, and around door frames.",[37,124,126],{"id":125},"brooms-and-sweepers","Brooms and sweepers",[18,128,129],{},"Long, narrow brooms and sweepers are great for reaching into narrow spaces, like between the stove or refrigerator and underneath cabinets and furniture.",[18,131,132],{},[29,133],{"alt":134,"className":135,"src":136},"close-up of a broom sweeping tile floor",[33],"https://bprassets.s3.amazonaws.com/blogfiles/assets/images/post/Body%20Pics/03-07-17_images/close-up-of-a-broom-sweeping-tile-floor.jpg",[18,138,139],{},"Once a month, sweep out loose debris and vacuum it up. Once a year, you should scrub behind and underneath your stove and refrigerator with a grease-fighting household cleaner. This will get rid of heavy grime that can build up.",[37,141,143],{"id":142},"step-stool","Step stool",[18,145,146],{},"The adage “out of sight, out of mind” is especially true when it comes to cleaning. A step stool can be an important part of your cleaning kit.",[18,148,149],{},"A small three-step stool will give you a new perspective on your home and show you surfaces you’ve missed. Use it to reach the tops of your cabinets doors, your fan blades, and anything just out of reach.",[22,151,153],{"id":152},"remember-the-hard-to-reach-places","Remember the Hard-to-Reach Places",[18,155,156],{},"Just because some areas are hard to reach doesn’t mean they should be left out of a regular cleaning schedule.",[18,158,159],{},"You won’t need to drag out the step stool every week, but add these new tasks to your cleaning rotation once a month or so. 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