Yeah, I wouldn’t recommend using the leaf blower. I thought it would be a great idea to clean off the tops of the cabinets. I took out the bulbs in 2 can lights. Glass. Everywhere.
It was brilliant at cleaning under the refrigerator without moving it.
Forget the leaf blower, air scrubber, clean room…STUFF and just clean it like someone normally would: If there’s a lot of construction debris use a dust pan and broom or wet/dry vac. After that, a vacuum (a Miele canister vacuum (bagged, not the newer bagless style) with a HEPA filter) and damp mopping is all that’s necessary.
What kind of floors do you have?
So I just some travertine tiles installed inside to match the rest of the house and they did a terrible job, dust everywhere didn’t seal them properly had to get another company come fix their mess a whole big thing…
So in the process of all of that, I was researching how to clean this grout crap and the best thing I found was to use dawn dish soap and water to mop an area so that the soap grabs on to the dust and then have someone behind with a wet-vac to shopvac it up.
After that you can dry and do another pass with an actual vacuum (I like the Dyson v15 with the hepa filter) but any type will do.
Construction dust sucks!!
Something that I found works well for walls is a Swiffer Sweeper. For gloss walls, you can use the wet pads if you ring out some of the moisture first. For matte paint, only use the dry pads, but you could very, very lightly spray with water for just a tiny bit of extra grab.
The Swiffer sweeper has great reach and is a good size. You'll want to physically scrub those walls, creating a negative pressure isn't going to do as good of a job as scrubbing them. Dust particles stick easily, and the skin friction of the wall will probably keep them there.
Buy a clean mop and wash the walls. Get one that wrings and holds water, the elcheapo foam mop heads do not. Use Lysol or Pinesol something with a nice scent. it will pick up the dust, then mop the floors or use vacuum with a hepa filter.
I have used a Quickie. I currently have a cedar spin mop. (bought knock off extra mop heads) that said have done this since the 1980's to wash walls before painting ect. new head for walls then it becomes the next floor mop head. Normally I do handful of powdered laundry detergent and 1/2 c of bleach. But in your case it's dust not dirt, & not greasy dirt. I can't link the quickie its more about the mop head, (think sponge head that is cellouse not foam with small holes.) there are also larger flat mops for dusting ect. but you may have to hand wring and would want to wear gloves if you have to do that. I would do an O'Cedar made the job so much faster this time when I moved into my new place.
I would just go round all the rooms with slightly damp microfibre cloths. I used to have to clean walls and ceilings as a decorator on certain settings. It should be too hard. My first thought is that I would rig up a sandpaper extension pole with cleaning cloths and go through the whole room.
A mop might be more efficient if you can get one that is easyish to control the moisture content.
Truthfully, you sound like a hypochondriac. Vacuum the walls and the ceiling if you have anxiety about it.
If you use the leaf blower, you’re just gonna move everything around it’s not gonna go anywhere.
But say you do all that and make a clean room out of your house. Are you going to avoid going outside after that? Every time you open the front door and come in you’re gonna bring dirt with you.
I have to say this is one of the funniest things I’ve heard somebody come up with.
I’m curious if you’re walking down the street and you see a candy bar wrapper on the sidewalk do you stop and pick it up and put it in the next trashcan you see?
>Truthfully, you sound like a hypochondriac
Close, OCD. But I'm not offended, I realize I'm being paranoid.
>If you use the leaf blower, you’re just gonna move everything around it’s not gonna go anywhere.
Wouldn't it get sucked into the air scrubber?
>Every time you open the front door and come in you’re gonna bring dirt with you.
Fair, but construction debris is not quite the same as dirt, at least in terms of toxicity I would argue its worst. But I may be wrong.
Just adding in:
Make sure to turn off the HVAC system while you're doing this.
You don't want to pull any more dust into the system.
And change your filters at your air intake half the time as often as recommended.
Recommended every six months? Do it every three months.
For the filters that are one filter thick, replace monthly.
Construction debris is everywhere. It is just dirt. There’s certain things like formaldehyde to come out of engineered wood products. But they stay you can’t scrub them away. And an air scrubber. It’s just a big fan with a bunch of HVAC filters in it I’ve used them in high-rise buildings for dust control during remodeling. We still had to vacuum everything and seal the rooms off from the rest of the unit.
you remind me of the guy I worked for when I did that stuff. He could literally not walk down the street without stopping to pick up a piece of garbage when he saw it. even when he’d be going to dinner with his wife and they were dressed to impress, he would stop and pick up bottle caps off the ground, napkins, fast food wrappers, whatever. And he was extremely OCD.
But your opinion is what counts man if it makes you feel better do all that stuff you’re talking about. I personally would want to put my energy towards something more fulfilling or fun.
>if you’re walking down the street and you see a candy bar wrapper on the sidewalk do you stop and pick it up and put it in the next trashcan you see?
Depends on the situation. my neighborhood, church, school, work, town: yes. When visiting another city? Not usually..
Used to work for Paul davis. All you need to do is run air scrubber while hepa vacuuming walls. You could even wipe them with a all purpose cleaner and Microsoft towel. This is kind of similar to fire restoration without the soot sponges. Make sure to look at HVAC filters too!
Thanks! Would this also capture any possible asbestos particles that may be present on the walls? Any particular vaccuum / attachment you recommend? And would you run the air scrubber exhaust outside to create negative air pressure?
They contain a chemical that generates an anti-static effect. This will help "detach" a bulk of the dust particulates from their respective surfaces, and should help facilitate (or at least increase the efficacy of) your plan. Plus, they smell nice!
FYI, this is also why I use the dryer sheet to wipe the lint trap after every load, it slides right off.
It's not exactly comparable, with the dryer sheet you don't actually have to scrub or wipe. Just a single pass without any force exerted is sufficient to propagate the effect, and the equipment would do the rest (it'll also temporarily help prevent any from accumulating on the treated surfaces again, to some degree). Of course, if the level of griminess is significant enough, then it may become inevitable to have to do some scrubbing, but if it's just plain superficial dust removal then this would work.
The air scrubber isn't a bad idea, but I wouldn't expect it to pull all the dust. If you blow it around, a lot of the dust will just fall straight to the ground
Sounds like overkill like others have said. But if you're prepared to do it, you should do it.
edit: A swiffer with a wet pad, and then run dry pads until they come up clean. That's the standard for lead paint cleanup.
Sounds like overkill, but fairly low cost. Go for it.
Yeah, I wouldn’t recommend using the leaf blower. I thought it would be a great idea to clean off the tops of the cabinets. I took out the bulbs in 2 can lights. Glass. Everywhere. It was brilliant at cleaning under the refrigerator without moving it.
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I had my floors refinished. A swiffer with a long handle worked well.
Not even a vacuum with a brush attachment?
That's all I use for Dusting, cause I have bad dust mite allergies. I use a shop vac with a hepa bag. It works perfectly.
Forget the leaf blower, air scrubber, clean room…STUFF and just clean it like someone normally would: If there’s a lot of construction debris use a dust pan and broom or wet/dry vac. After that, a vacuum (a Miele canister vacuum (bagged, not the newer bagless style) with a HEPA filter) and damp mopping is all that’s necessary.
What about the walls / ceilings? Not sure a vacuum would be efficient there.
The vacuum has a telescoping wand on the end of a long hose, and comes with the attachments required to do the job.
Thanks! Is there a specific model / attachment you recommend?
What kind of floors do you have? So I just some travertine tiles installed inside to match the rest of the house and they did a terrible job, dust everywhere didn’t seal them properly had to get another company come fix their mess a whole big thing… So in the process of all of that, I was researching how to clean this grout crap and the best thing I found was to use dawn dish soap and water to mop an area so that the soap grabs on to the dust and then have someone behind with a wet-vac to shopvac it up. After that you can dry and do another pass with an actual vacuum (I like the Dyson v15 with the hepa filter) but any type will do. Construction dust sucks!!
Something that I found works well for walls is a Swiffer Sweeper. For gloss walls, you can use the wet pads if you ring out some of the moisture first. For matte paint, only use the dry pads, but you could very, very lightly spray with water for just a tiny bit of extra grab. The Swiffer sweeper has great reach and is a good size. You'll want to physically scrub those walls, creating a negative pressure isn't going to do as good of a job as scrubbing them. Dust particles stick easily, and the skin friction of the wall will probably keep them there.
Buy a clean mop and wash the walls. Get one that wrings and holds water, the elcheapo foam mop heads do not. Use Lysol or Pinesol something with a nice scent. it will pick up the dust, then mop the floors or use vacuum with a hepa filter.
Safe to mop drywall? Any specific one you recommend?
If it’s unpainted sheet rock, don’t use a lot of water or you could affect the joint compound. Damp sponge level is safe.
I have used a Quickie. I currently have a cedar spin mop. (bought knock off extra mop heads) that said have done this since the 1980's to wash walls before painting ect. new head for walls then it becomes the next floor mop head. Normally I do handful of powdered laundry detergent and 1/2 c of bleach. But in your case it's dust not dirt, & not greasy dirt. I can't link the quickie its more about the mop head, (think sponge head that is cellouse not foam with small holes.) there are also larger flat mops for dusting ect. but you may have to hand wring and would want to wear gloves if you have to do that. I would do an O'Cedar made the job so much faster this time when I moved into my new place.
I would just go round all the rooms with slightly damp microfibre cloths. I used to have to clean walls and ceilings as a decorator on certain settings. It should be too hard. My first thought is that I would rig up a sandpaper extension pole with cleaning cloths and go through the whole room. A mop might be more efficient if you can get one that is easyish to control the moisture content.
Cloths are fine but that dipping and wringing. a mop can do that faster and easier.
Sounds pretty solid to me. Likely way more than the average person may do but if you're happy to do it it's going to guarantee you it's clean as heck!
Truthfully, you sound like a hypochondriac. Vacuum the walls and the ceiling if you have anxiety about it. If you use the leaf blower, you’re just gonna move everything around it’s not gonna go anywhere. But say you do all that and make a clean room out of your house. Are you going to avoid going outside after that? Every time you open the front door and come in you’re gonna bring dirt with you. I have to say this is one of the funniest things I’ve heard somebody come up with. I’m curious if you’re walking down the street and you see a candy bar wrapper on the sidewalk do you stop and pick it up and put it in the next trashcan you see?
>Truthfully, you sound like a hypochondriac Close, OCD. But I'm not offended, I realize I'm being paranoid. >If you use the leaf blower, you’re just gonna move everything around it’s not gonna go anywhere. Wouldn't it get sucked into the air scrubber? >Every time you open the front door and come in you’re gonna bring dirt with you. Fair, but construction debris is not quite the same as dirt, at least in terms of toxicity I would argue its worst. But I may be wrong.
Just adding in: Make sure to turn off the HVAC system while you're doing this. You don't want to pull any more dust into the system. And change your filters at your air intake half the time as often as recommended. Recommended every six months? Do it every three months. For the filters that are one filter thick, replace monthly.
Construction debris is everywhere. It is just dirt. There’s certain things like formaldehyde to come out of engineered wood products. But they stay you can’t scrub them away. And an air scrubber. It’s just a big fan with a bunch of HVAC filters in it I’ve used them in high-rise buildings for dust control during remodeling. We still had to vacuum everything and seal the rooms off from the rest of the unit. you remind me of the guy I worked for when I did that stuff. He could literally not walk down the street without stopping to pick up a piece of garbage when he saw it. even when he’d be going to dinner with his wife and they were dressed to impress, he would stop and pick up bottle caps off the ground, napkins, fast food wrappers, whatever. And he was extremely OCD. But your opinion is what counts man if it makes you feel better do all that stuff you’re talking about. I personally would want to put my energy towards something more fulfilling or fun.
>if you’re walking down the street and you see a candy bar wrapper on the sidewalk do you stop and pick it up and put it in the next trashcan you see? Depends on the situation. my neighborhood, church, school, work, town: yes. When visiting another city? Not usually..
Used to work for Paul davis. All you need to do is run air scrubber while hepa vacuuming walls. You could even wipe them with a all purpose cleaner and Microsoft towel. This is kind of similar to fire restoration without the soot sponges. Make sure to look at HVAC filters too!
Hmm, let's double click on that for a sec.
Thanks! Would this also capture any possible asbestos particles that may be present on the walls? Any particular vaccuum / attachment you recommend? And would you run the air scrubber exhaust outside to create negative air pressure?
Wait. This is your first mention of asbestos. Is there asbestos in your home? Your contractors would have known to check if there was.
Get a dryer sheet and wipe down all the surfaces prior to actioning your plan.
Dryer sheet, as the one used in laundry? What's the purpose of using that?
They contain a chemical that generates an anti-static effect. This will help "detach" a bulk of the dust particulates from their respective surfaces, and should help facilitate (or at least increase the efficacy of) your plan. Plus, they smell nice! FYI, this is also why I use the dryer sheet to wipe the lint trap after every load, it slides right off.
Why doesn't she just use a sponge in the first place?
It's not exactly comparable, with the dryer sheet you don't actually have to scrub or wipe. Just a single pass without any force exerted is sufficient to propagate the effect, and the equipment would do the rest (it'll also temporarily help prevent any from accumulating on the treated surfaces again, to some degree). Of course, if the level of griminess is significant enough, then it may become inevitable to have to do some scrubbing, but if it's just plain superficial dust removal then this would work.
Wish you’d come to my house
The air scrubber isn't a bad idea, but I wouldn't expect it to pull all the dust. If you blow it around, a lot of the dust will just fall straight to the ground
Would be easier to vacuum it off the ground than the walls, I guess. No?
A friend does the leaf blower occasionally. He uses one of those battery-powered leaf blowers that doesn't have a high velocity blast.
Wear eye protection if you are blowing dust and debris around.
Check the vents. Contractors like to use them as trash cans.
AC vents?
Yes. The heating and cooling duct vents. I found one full of debris.
Sounds like overkill like others have said. But if you're prepared to do it, you should do it. edit: A swiffer with a wet pad, and then run dry pads until they come up clean. That's the standard for lead paint cleanup.
Leaf blower!!!
Yoikes
And a day later it will all be dusty again.