Fredrick, MD Holiday Cleaning & Safety Tips

The holidays are rapidly approaching, and everyone is working tirelessly to prepare. It is vital that your Fredrick, MD home be both secure and festive for your family and friends.

Children and Family Safety Tips- 

• "Fire salts" appear great in the fireplace, but they contain heavy metals that, if taken, can cause stomach distress and vomiting. Allowing children to toss a handful of salt onto the fire is risky since it is all too easy for them to forget to wash their hands or confuse the salts for sweets.
• Check that small children are securely restrained in vehicle seats and that everyone else is wearing a seat belt. Drinking or using drugs should never impair a driver.
• Food that requires refrigeration should never be left out for longer than two hours.
• Poisonous plants should be kept away from children, such as mistletoe berries, Jerusalem cherries, and holly berries.
• Turn out all lights before going to bed or leaving the house. A single spark is all it takes to start a fire.

Cleaning Tips-

• Stock up on goods in areas where you will need them. Messes will disappear faster if you don't have to run downstairs to obtain spray cleaner and paper towels. In each bathroom, have cleaning wipes and glass cleaning wipes on hand. Microfiber cloths can be used to erase fingerprints around televisions.
• Install mats or throw rugs, as well as a boot tray, at all entrances. These will keep dirt, water, and sludge from tracking about.
• Your pets may have free reign over the furnishings for the rest of the year, but certain guests may not be comfortable wearing fur. Lint brushes and wrapping packaging tape over your palm, sticky side out, are both useful.
• Clear up a closet as soon as possible so that you don't have to pack guests' jackets into an already cramped space. This is a perfect opportunity to go through your closet and check what still fits and what you haven't worn in a while.
• Cleaning the fireplace may result in a fresh mess. Anything that can be machine washed should be done so in powdered detergent and the warmest water safe for the material. To remove stubborn stains, soak things in a presoak washing product overnight.

If the water or smoke damage becomes out of control and spreads throughout the room, call the experts at Restoration 1 of Fredrick right once. It is vital to act swiftly to limit the damage to your home. Their technicians are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to restore order to commercial and residential properties.