Housekeeping by Yourself

gloria said:
The sliders work great if on wood floors on carpet they sink down into it and are a devil to get heavy furniture to slide.
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There are two kinds of sliders -- one for wood floors (or any hard flooring) and one to use for furniture that is on carpet. I haven't used them yet, because I forgot I had them. My sister and I used the kind made for carpet and easily slid lots of heavy furniture when my sister wanted to move it around as part of clearing out my mother's stuff after she died. Note that it took both of us to move heavy, tall pieces because we didn't want them to tip over.
 

The sliders are a wonderful saver of one's body. really useful. housecleaning in general.....i should hire someone to come and do it but relunctant to pay for something i feel i should do myself, no matter how poorly ! takes a lot longer than 10 yrs ago and way longer than 20 years ago
 
gloria said:
The sliders work great if on wood floors on carpet they sink down into it and are a devil to get heavy furniture to slide.
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Not so..if you use the correct sliders. there are sliders for hard floors and sliders for carpeted floor..I use both. My sofa which takes 3 grown men to move usually because it's big and heavy , has them under the feet permanently..and I can move the sofas by myself with those sliders under..

Sliders will go under anything..fridges/freezers.. beds.. sideboards, sofas.. all of it..and move things easily...
 

WheatenLover said:
I am very weak from 7 months of weekly chemo, surgery, and now radiation therapy. But I moved my fridge to clean under it.

My sister told me this trick. It worked when I moved the washer and dryer, too. Spray something around the front feet of the appliance. I used 409 cleaner. I also sprayed it under the fridge between the feet and anywhere else I could reach, which was probably not too bright since the onl parts of the appliances that touch the floor are the feet. The appliances moved easily. I think my sister used Windex.
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I'd be concerned at anyone doing that because if it's not cleaned up afterwards properly then it's going to be a skid risk... particularly on a kitchen floor
 
I made it my rule, when I moved to my apartment, not to own any more back-breaking furniture! And I had a lot at the time.
I sold everything large and/or heavy.... best decision ever.
My leather sofa is the heaviest thing I own now, and I can move it around the room when needed.
And I have a new bed, mattress and frame and I can move them easily by myself too. Love that freedom.
 
My husband and son are both over 230 lbs so our furniture is all sturdy, heavy stuff and it's all sitting on carpet.
I may try the sliders!
In the meantime, I just go under the furniture with my Swiffer. It will pick up the worst of the dust bunnies and believe me after Covid I had some huge ones. (Dust bunnies are formed by hair sliding around picking up dust and lint as it goes.)
 
We bought this house new. The comparison between it and the last older ones is amazing. More air tight, better furnace. There’s much less need to push aside the big furniture. The china cabinet has only been moved once in 15 years and that’s because the room was being painted. A quick swifter underneath on a rare occasion is all that’s needed.
 
It's tough to get old. House cleaning being one of those reasons. Years ago, I used to be called Mr Clean because my apartment was always neat & tidy as was my desk at work. But now in my old age suffering from arthritis, it's ######### difficult to bend down and to do apartment cleaning. Ugh, the pain of bending down to clean the oven or to pick up pieces of paper that fall to the floor is just awful. Why can't we find the Fountain of Youth, already gosh d____n it!
 
oldiebutgoody said:
It's tough to get old. House cleaning being one of those reasons. Years ago, I used to be called Mr Clean because my apartment was always neat & tidy as was my desk at work. But now in my old age suffering from arthritis, it's ######### difficult to bend down and to do apartment cleaning. Ugh, the pain of bending down to clean the oven or to pick up pieces of paper that fall to the floor is just awful. Why can't we find the Fountain of Youth, already gosh d____n it!
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For paper and other things you want to move from the floor, try using a grabber. They sell them at Amazon.
 
officerripley said:
I got me a battery-operated, "stick" vaccum; it's not as powerful as a regular vac but sure a lot easier to handle.
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I've had a " stick" vacuum for quite some time.
Boy, does it ever suck, can't believe how good the suction is.
I go over the carpet floors for a couple of days, then will use my bigger Dyson, and repeat.
That "stick" does a really great job....no over amount left for the dyson.
You're right, the stick is much easier to handle.
 
We have a friend who comes in and cleans the 2 bathrooms, vacuums the carpets in 3 rooms and a 5X8 rugs in the mudroom, sweeps and mops the kitchen and 2 bathrooms. She does all that in one hour, and no it isn't the greatest job in the world, but we love her and would never want to hurt her so we can't fire her. Tomorrow we have a company coming in to do the windows inside and out. The price is very reasonable, so we won't worry about hiring them again. Oh and DH first said he didn't want the gutters cleaned and now he changed his mind. OH well sooner or later we will get it together.
 
oldiebutgoody said:
It's tough to get old. House cleaning being one of those reasons. Years ago, I used to be called Mr Clean because my apartment was always neat & tidy as was my desk at work. But now in my old age suffering from arthritis, it's ######### difficult to bend down and to do apartment cleaning. Ugh, the pain of bending down to clean the oven or to pick up pieces of paper that fall to the floor is just awful. Why can't we find the Fountain of Youth, already gosh d____n it!
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Get you some reachers to pick up things on the floor. I was falling out of my wheelchair when I discovered them. Walmart and Amazon have a good variety of them. I have some short ones and some long ones. I keep at least one in every room to pick up things I drop on the floor or to get things out of my pantry when I am too weak to stand very long.
 
MickaC said:
I've had a " stick" vacuum for quite some time.
Boy, does it ever suck, can't believe how good the suction is.
I go over the carpet floors for a couple of days, then will use my bigger Dyson, and repeat.
That "stick" does a really great job....no over amount left for the dyson.
You're right, the stick is much easier to handle.
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What kind of stick vacuum do you have? Is it easy to empty?
 

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