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My grandma always ‘aired out’ the house by picking a mostly warm, slightly breezy day and then opening up every window and door in the house for at least a couple of hours. It’s a good time to do any housecleaning that needs chemicals too, because none of the chemical fumes stay in the house.
Dirty fans and vents spread dust, especially in the winter with the heater on or in the summer with the air conditioner on all the time. And ceiling fans or desk fans need to be cleaned too.
I don’t let people smoke inside my house, because the stink from the smoke and everything in it stays behind when they’re done. Make smokers go all the way outside before they light up, and don’t let them stand beside a window or open door. If it’s rainy or cold outside, that’s their problem.
I have a vacuum with a hepa filter, and it really keeps the allergens down inside my house. You have to make sure the vacuum has a quality filtering system, a lot of them are just cheap and don’t catch much. A good hepa filter system will really help if you have hay fever or pets.
Have a professional come out once a year and blow out your central heat and air system. There are a lot of places in there that you can’t reach to clean. Be prepared to leave the house when they do it, though, especially if you’re allergic to dust!
An Indoor plant like the Snake(mother in-laws tounge) plant gives off a great deal of oxygen compared to other plants.So you are literally cleaning your air with this plant.
if you open a few doors or windows then the air will flow through your house
A bowl or dish of white vinegar will help to reduce odors, especially from smoke.
Charcoal absorbs dampness and odor. Put some charcoal briquets in a container where odors lurk.
thank you for the tips on controlling odors. I am a smoker, and what I do is have small clay or terracotta bowls with lids filled with kitty litter around my home. bedroom, restroom, living room, my tiny office and my patio. if anything, you don’t see those black bottomed ashtrays, and i dig the cig butts way in the kitty litter so they don’t show, and when there are 5 to 6 in there, i dump the kitty litter in the trash and refill. it’s kind of neat, and you can get the kitty litter (and possibly the bowls w/lids at the 99 cents store.
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Dont let pople smoke in your house if you have wallpaper and carpet because the smokey smell will be absorbed by ur carpet and wallpaper
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