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Outdoor Cleaning

Terrific tips and tricks to keeping the exterior of your home as clean as the interior!

We put Hayward's Aquavac 650 to the test to find out. When Chad and I started looking for a new home, we knew we needed to find one with a pool. While we live in Ontario, Canada and have about 4 months of pool season each year, it was a...
Maybe you've noticed, but your yard really takes a beating throughout the winter months. You don't want to just roll out your patio furniture and—boom—start entertaining, because it will always look a little dingy and unkempt. But luckily if you hit all the items on this to-do list, it...
My garage had yet to see a car in it, until now. Yes I know, embarrassing, but true. Since we moved into this house over 5 years ago, our garage has become a catch all that was in need of a major overhaul. Boxes and old packages, sports equipment, winter...
As I said before (see part 1), while cleaning the entire garage is a job and a half as they say, I often find it easier to chunk big jobs like down into smaller projects to make it more palatable (and frankly so that it will fit into my...
The garage, I think, is hands down the hardest “room” in the house to clean. Why? Because everything you don’t want in the house usually ends up there (I speak from personal experience). The garage is boiling hot in the summer and freezing cold in the winter. It’s dirty. It...
In the summer nothing beats hanging out with friends and family in your backyard – sipping cold drinks, enjoying delicious barbecue – it’s the life, am I right? But if you have a grimy deck or patio that relaxation goes right out the window. It’s no fun drinking something...
Garage cleaning. Just hearing those two words makes me shudder. I would rather clean anything – ANYTHING – before tackling my garage. But if we don’t pay attention to the garage it can become a dumping ground. This has happened to me before and required a lot of effort to get...
Cleaning a BBQ I love BBQs; the tastes, the smells, the anticipation of a perfectly grilled steak (my steak style is called 'Chicago'; rare on the inside and charred on the outside).  But BBQ fans be forewarned; you can be the best chef with the best ingredients and recipes, but...
I've been asked a lot lately about cleaning windows and in particular 'what's the best way to clean a window' - so today, I'm going to show you how to clean your window like a professional... Do you know why professional window cleaners use microfibre pads and squeegees to clean...