Springtime Can Mean Allergy Time

Posted on February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 Donald1 CommentPosted in Cleaning Tips, Health

Are Allergies Causing You to Miss Out on Crawfish Boils and Picnics? We All Know Pollen is an Irritant, but Here’s a Rundown of the Specifics that Highlight the Necessity of a Professional Cleaning

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Watery eyes can be just the start of a long list of symptoms stemming from spring allergies. Pollen is the number one cause of hay fever, but pollen is a general term for all the spores that trees, grasses, and weeds contribute to the plant reproductive process. You can’t blame a plant for trying to fertilize, but you can minimize your exposure. Keeping your home clean and pollen free can help alleviate allergies and the sicknesses that come with it.

The Trees and Weeds Behind the Sneeze

While we all love the sight of a blossoming tree in spring, those very blossoms are the source of many common spring allergens. Here are some trees at the top of the list of usual suspects in Louisiana:

Cedar
Cypress
Maple
Mulberry
Oak

Trees aren’t the only ones to blame for all the hacking and coughing. Weeds can be just as potent and compel you to grab an extra antihistamine before you leave for the day. Not to be outdone, here’s a shortlist of some of the biggest allergy offenders:

Bermuda
Johnson
June
Perennial Rye
Timothy

Timothy, Johnson, and June may sound like three people you went to high school with, but these weeds should not be taken lightly. They can trigger allergies just as quickly as their larger tree brothers. If you’re prone to allergies, taking precautions and limiting time outside during allergy season is the best way to ensure a happy upper respiratory system this coming spring.

Keep Your Home Clean During Spring

There’s no way to scrub down the outside world, but you can take steps to promote a healthy, clean environment inside your home or office. In fact, inside air quality is often five times as polluted as outside air. This means that your favorite blanket isn’t just effective at keeping you warm and cozy but also at trapping significant numbers of dust and common spring allergens. Along with furniture and blankets, friendly Fido the dog is, unfortunately, also to blame for the tracking of pollen into your home. When he plays outside, large amounts of pollen gets trapped in his coat before he re-enters the house. Luckily, there’s a solution to the indoor allergy blues.

Indoor Allergy Relief

You may think you’ll be able to keep up with cleaning this allergy season, but once the first pollen grains are released, the task of upkeep will be too much to handle. Who has time to vacuum carpets, dust the house, and sweep the floors while pollen continues to mount? The task will seem never-ending, but D’s Cleaning Service is here to help. We’ll do all the jobs mentioned above and more to take care of the indoor cleaning while you go enjoy the beautiful springtime sunshine.

The best way to keep allergies at bay is to hire a professional cleaner like D’s Cleaning Service to remove as much of the pollen caught in your drapes, carpet, and furniture as possible. D’s specializes in both home and residential cleaning, so if your office starts accumulating dust and pollen this spring, contact D’s Cleaning for a top-notch spring cleaning. Just watch as your sneezing, sniffling, and coughing subsides when your home or office is de-allergized.

Removing Pollen Stains from Your Home

Posted on April 10, 2018April 9, 2018 DonaldLeave a commentPosted in Cleaning Tips, Home

Fresh Flowers Smell Great, But the Pollen They Bring Can Stain Your Carpet

Springtime can be a wonderful time of the year as hibernating flowers blossom back to life and brown grass and the bare trees begin to flourish with fresh green leaves. With all the wonderful changes happening as the seasons change, there’s also a downside: pollen is everywhere.

From the layers of yellow dust on your car to the allergies that wear you down, pollen affects everyone. While pollen can be a bigger problem for people going outside, it can also cause a problem for people who like to keep a clean home. Pollen can stain clothes, furniture, and even carpets.

Pollen stains are more common than people may think. From the fresh flowers you bring inside to the sheet of pollen on everything you touch outside, pollen can come into your home from a number of places and ruin the carpets. While preventing pollen from entering your home is the best way to avoid stains, knowing how to properly remove them from your carpet is the next best solution for people with spring fever.

How Does Pollen Stain Your Carpets?

Fresh flowers from outside or even the store may seem like a great way to bring the spring’s beauty into your home and lift the mood. However, certain flowers such as lilies can drip liquid pollen onto your floors as they begin to wilt.

Pollen from outside can also find its way inside and stain your flooring. Especially in the mornings when there’s dew on the grass. Pollen can stick to the bottoms of your shoes and on your pet’s paws and be carried right inside. Fresh flower pollen and dampened tree pollen are the biggest culprits of the yellow stains in your carpet.

Removing Pollen Stains is a Delicate Process

Some stains can be easily removed by vigorously scrubbing the problem spot with a damp rag until it’s gone. When it comes to pollen stains though, tough scrubbing and even rubbing the area will push the yellow color deeper into the carpet fibers.

Instead of scrubbing a pollen stain, vacuum the dander to get as much out of your carpet as possible. Once you remove as much of the loose pollen as possible, lightly dab the area with a paper towel and rubbing alcohol. Be sure to work around the edges first and work your way into the center of the stain.

There’s a Reason People Spring Clean Their Homes

Pollen makes it harder to keep a house looking clean. However, there are ways to reduce how much gets into your home. Wipe off the pollen around the entrances to your home at least once a week. This includes porches, door frames, and windows. The less buildup there is around the outside of your house, the less likely you will end up with pollen stains inside.

Spring cleaning is not always an easy task. With preventing messes that pollen causes and keeping up with your routine cleaning schedule, it may be difficult to balance.

If you cannot seem to get those stubborn pollen stains out of your carpet or need help with your spring cleaning, it might be time to for professional treatment. D’s Cleaning offers deep cleaning and carpet shampooing solutions to remove stains in your floors brought in by the spring season. We also provide routine cleaning services such as window cleaning, dusting, and disinfecting bathrooms. If you are looking to keep pollen away from your home, D’s Cleaning provides pressure washing services as well.

To keep your home looking fresh this spring, call D’s Cleaning Services to get the professional cleaning assistance you need.

Cleaning Crew Supplementation

Posted on October 24, 2017October 30, 2017 DonaldLeave a commentPosted in Business, services

Lending Your Cleaning Staff a Helping Hand

When people say “the more the merrier,” they’re normally talking about the more people there are, the more fun they will have. When we say it, we’re talking about the more help you have, the easier the cleaning job.

Your cleaning staff keeps your workspace clean on a routine basis, but there are times when your cleaning crew may need extra helping hands. At D’s Cleaning Service, we not only offer independent cleaning services, but we also provide crew support to help your existing cleaning staff. Sometimes major cleaning jobs require extra equipment or assistance, and D’s Cleaning Service can offer just that.

Cleanup After an Event

There’s so much planning and arranging that goes into an event and cleaning up afterward is a big part of that planning. Depending on the event, you may need a big cleanup crew for extensive cleaning. D’s Cleaning Service can work with you and your cleaning staff to get the job done faster and give the event space a sparkling finish.

There’s no need to worry about asking your cleaning staff to work extra hours or on their days off. The D’s Cleaning Service crew can add to your number of professional cleaners and will be there when you need them.

Spring Cleaning and Inspections

Whether it’s spring cleaning or cleaning up after the holidays, there’s always a certain part of the year when people feel the need for a heavy-duty scrubbing. When your business is in need of a deep clean, no matter how big or small the office, our cleaning crew can be there to help.

When work starts to pile up, offices can sometimes fall behind on their cleaning habits. There are many cleaning tasks that require a stronger task-force such as shampooing carpets, pressure washing, floor polishing, and more.

D’s Cleaning crew would be happy to assist your staff to make your office shine. Our staff not only cleans to exceed industry standards, but we also aim to exceed your standards.

From general bathroom and office cleaning to deep cleaning the carpets and wiping down desks, we can help your cleaning staff get your office space in prime condition. Your custodians will not feel crunched for time or overwhelmed with large cleaning assignments ever again with help from D’s Cleaning Service.

Post-Construction Cleanup

Renovating a business or residential building can be messy work. Even the best construction crews can leave a big mess. When construction ends in chaos it could take days to clean up and require special equipment as well.

Not every business owns industry-grade products for their cleaning staff to use, and that’s where D’s Cleaning Service comes in to help. Our staff has state of the art cleaning equipment to remove every speck of debris from the floor. D’s Cleaning Service works with your staff until the construction area is tidied up.

Whenever your cleaning staff needs extra help, D’s Cleaning Services will be there to lend a hand. With flexible hours, we can be there to help whenever you need. Give D’s Cleaning Services a call at 225-572-9497.

Spring Cleaning Tips for the Office

Posted on February 14, 2017February 17, 2017 DonaldLeave a commentPosted in Cleaning Tips

Spring has sprung! The return of warm weather and spring’s fresh start is the perfect time to clean and organize your office. Now that the cold days of winter have passed, here are a few tips to help you tidy up your office and transition into spring.

Spring Clean Your Office for a Fresh Start to the Year

Clean All Surfaces

The best place to start your spring cleaning is on the surfaces that are used every day. Your desk, chairs, tables, and shelves get dirty over time and may have been overlooked in the busy days of winter. It is important to keep these surfaces clean by dusting or wiping them down with professional cleaning chemicals.

Other surfaces that are often forgotten about are the electronics in your office. It is essential to wipe down the phone, keyboard, mouse, printer, fax machine, and computer screens in your office. These electronics can get grimy over time and collect dust and other particles. Don’t forget to remove the pesky crumbs in your keyboard that may have built up over quick lunches and mid-day snacks. Once they are clean, your electronics will function like new and be ready to use all season long.

Freshen Up the Break Room

As one of the most used communal rooms in the office, the break room can get messy easily with employees preparing and eating food. The first step to achieving a spotless break room is to clean the refrigerator. Empty out and discard all food that is no longer edible and wipe down the interior and exterior with professional cleaning products.

It is also important to keep your other appliances clean. The microwave and coffee maker can become unsanitary with caked on food over time and employees do not always think to clean them out. Use wipes or cleaning products to wipe down these and any other appliances so that you can start off spring with a fresh break room.

Tidying the Bathroom

Another commonly used place in the office is the bathroom. A dirty bathroom is the last thing your business needs in the eventful days of spring. Toilets and sinks collect grime, particles, and dust over time. It is important to thoroughly scrub these fixtures to keep the bathroom looking and feeling clean. Sweeping and mopping floors will also help to sanitize your entire bathroom.

Make Your Carpets Look New Again

The carpets in your office are often the home of all of winter’s messes. Salt from the roads, dirt, and snow on the bottom of shoes, and dust from the heater all get trapped in your carpet leaving it unclean. Your carpet needs a professional deep clean to remove all of the winter debris and messes. A professional cleaning will leave your carpet looking as good as the day you bought it.

While all these tasks are essential in creating a clean workspace in your office, they can all be very tedious and time-consuming. Hiring a professional cleaning service like D’s Cleaning Service can help your business with the headache that is spring cleaning, leaving your office fresh and ready for the new season. Call D’s Cleaning Service today for your Baton Rouge and New Orleans area offices.