How to Vacuum Carpets and Floors

Maintain your carpet - and even your floors - by vacuuming regularly.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Cleaning Cloths
• Crevice Tool Vacuum Attachments
• Lightweight Vacuum Cleaners
• Vacuum Bags

1. Inspect the area before you vacuum. Pick up objects that could cause a clog in your vacuum cleaner.
2. Check the vacuum bag to make sure it isn't already full. If it is, change it.
3. Vacuum forward instead of backward: you'll get the job done faster and you won't wear out your cord as quickly.
4. Overlap your strokes to ensure that you get all dirt and residue.
5. Change your vacuuming direction occasionally to reduce matting in your carpet.
6. Use a damp cloth on corners, or use a crevice tool attachment on your vacuum cleaner.
7. Get rid of dust particles by occasionally waving a vacuum wand under your bed.

Tips & Warnings

• For litter on carpets and floors, use a lightweight vacuum cleaner; for cleaning deep into the carpet, use an upright vacuum and a power brush.
• Consider purchasing a vacuum with a rotating brush or combination beater/brush bar, which loosens dirt in the carpet and then sucks it up.
• Vacuuming isn't just for carpets: keeping floors free of loose dirt is one of the most effective ways to maintain them.
• Straw, string and thread can trap debris in the vacuum hose and cause a clog.

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