Thread: Is Your House Clean

Not quite squeaky clean, but definitely no shavings or loose dust.

Originally Posted by Mobyturns

Not quite squeaky clean, but definitely no shavings or loose dust.

what was said above
but when grandchild here for visit I have to change into clean clothes in the shed before coming in that way only minimal stuff on me
Regards Michael

When I enter the shed and know its going to get dusty I change into a one piece "Tyvek" disposable safety suit in the shed and change into clean clothes before coming back down into the house - that stops most oil, grease, shavings and dust from coming back down into house.

Got that tip from a previous thread on this forum - has worked quite well so far. The Tyvek suit is quite tough and has lasted aaaaages.

https://www.google.com/search?q=tyve...w=1386&bih=896


Bill

We have 2 Border Collies and SWMBO often comes home from horse riding with a face like a chimney sweep, boots covered in poo, and clothing covered in straw and horse hair so what I do kinda looks OK after that.

During this week my nephew has been doing his Uni Archeology assignment of making a copy of an ancient artefact by original methods (blacksmithing) on the back patio so the bricks of the back patio have been covered in ash and charcoal, It has also rained a bit and the dogs have trekked a foot wide black/brown smear over the back veranda, through the cream tiled laundry floor and into the house. All the mats are filthy, fortunately wood floors hide a bit.

We do have cleaners that come in once a week but the floors only stay clean for about half a day. By day 2 there is dog hair and paw prints everywhere. We do a sweep through a couple of times a week but that only lasts till the next time the dogs walk, rumble, tumble thru.

Occasionally when SWMBO is out and I take the kitchen rubbish out to the rubbish or go down to the shed at night, I sometimes step on something with my boots and having lost most of my sense of smell I manage to trek that right through the hour before seeing it or SWMBO detects it when she walks inside. Then its buckets and mops and lots of yelling and cursing till it get cleaned up.

With the mess that my pig of a stepdaughter leaves around the house there is nothing I could traipse into the house from the shed that would even be noticed.

She cooked dinner on Saturday night and breakfast on Sunday morning for Fathers day then P!$$3d off for the afternoon leaving the kitchen in a total mess, knowing we had guests coming in the evening and would have no option but to clean up after her.

The only thing in my experience that I can compare cleaning up the mess she left was cleaning up after a particularly messy suicide. It was definitely far worse than cleaning up after a neat and clean suicide. I have experienced both.

Doug

Hay Bob that sounds like home, even if 2 Jack Russells are smaller than Boarder Collies and my wife has to cross Canberra and not Perth to play with her horse.

Regards

I tend to live in my work clothes at home as well as work and usually traipse in and out the house without much concern so long as there are no shavings chips or fall off me type lumps. I do try and make a point of taking my boots off at the door as chicken crap, steel swarf and mud are not usually a good mix with the carpets in the bedrooms, the rest of the timber floors seem to cope fine. That said though, I have my boots on now - but the cleaner comes tomorrow

I have to strip prior to entering the living quarters.

Quite a variety of situations.

I guess I should say something about my situation. As the garage is located at my mother's house it is a little different but sort of the same rules. Try and keep the house clean. I generally dust off loose shavings and hit the clothing with my hands.

I know I will not get into a great deal of trouble.

IF I know I'm not alone I will make an effort at brushing myself down and taking my boots off outside the back door. I'm fortunate in that there's a toilet and shower easily accessible from outside for extreme cases HOWEVER I'm going to try Cava's approach ... I reckon that if I stripped off before entering the house there will NEVER be another complaint about wearing dirty clothes into the house again!
fletty

Originally Posted by fletty

..... I'm going to try Cava's approach ... I reckon that if I stripped off before entering the house there will NEVER be another complaint about wearing dirty clothes into the house again!...

Originally Posted by fletty

HOWEVER I'm going to try Cava's approach ... I reckon that if I stripped off before entering the house there will NEVER be another complaint about wearing dirty clothes into the house again!
fletty

No chance.

I then get told off for walking around in my undies - just can't win sometimes!

I have to dust myself off before entering the house.

I am no neat-freak. But I can only stand so much mess.

My wood shop is downstairs. Two flights of carpeted stairs up to the living level
catch a lot of the crumbs which I didn't brush off. The stuff in my clothes usually falls out
as I get ready for bed = I can shake out that mat from time to time.

There are gates downstairs as well, a "pig pen" for the Chesapeakes after a bird hunting session.
I built steps so I can walk them into a downstairs bathtub and hose them off to dry in the Pig Pen.
There's nothing quite like big dogs after a good, satisfying roll in some fresh bear poo. Nothing.