If you’re looking for a simple, eco-friendly answer to all your cleaning tasks at home, then steam cleaning is the way to go. By turning tap water into steam, it sanitizes and disinfects various surfaces.
Using a combination of high pressure and heat, steam can penetrate deep into surface pores to eliminate:
- Grease
- Dirt
- Residue
- Molds
- Bacteria
- Viruses
- Germs
With steam cleaning, your home is thoroughly cleaned without the need to rely on harsh chemicals. The cleaning capacity of steam promises endless possibilities. To show you just how great an alternative it is to traditional cleaning methods, here are the benefits you can get:
- Environment-friendly
Year after year, the packaging alone of cleaning aids creates a lot of waste. The cleaning agents themselves often get poured down into drains and sinks, then end up in bodies of water or sometimes leach into the ground.
Steam cleaning is a chemical-free method which significantly reduces the environmental impact of your cleaning activities while maintaining hygiene and cleanliness in your home.
It provides an all-natural alternative for deep cleaning. With the use of only tap water, you can perform various cleaning tasks without posing any harm to the environment.
- Cost effective
Why waste money on tons of cleaning supplies and tools? Instead, make a smart investment on a single steam cleaner that can perform all sorts of tasks. Time is money and steam cleaning can save you both by tackling tasks with speed while disinfecting and sanitizing at the same time.
Besides the initial purchase, the only cost you will incur from steam cleaning is for the electricity and water used. Compare that number to the repeated cost of buying cleaners, detergents and other products, steam cleaning means great money savings.
- Safe
As steam doesn’t make use of harsh chemicals, it doesn’t pose any risk to pets or small children. Most cleaning solutions have corrosive oxidizing agents in that if a pet or child gets in contact with surfaces contaminated with them, they may:
- Damage the lungs
- Cause illness or irritations
- Hurt the eyes
With only heat and water, steam cleaning allows your home to remain free from chemicals and pollution. This method offers both superior and safe cleaning while keeping your family protected.
Prevent allergies
The common allergens coming from outside that end up inside the home lodge themselves in upholstery, carpeting, and even through air vents.
Individuals suffering from allergies or asthma can benefit greatly from steam cleaning. SInce it uses heat and water to remove dirt and grime on most surfaces, it can prevent respiratory issues and the aggravation of allergy symptoms.
Remove molds
As molds start to grow, especially in the bathroom, it produces harmful mycotoxins that can trigger various health problems.
Using bleach doesn’t actually eliminate molds, instead, it simply turns it white so that it appears to blend in with the surface. The high temperature of steam kills molds while removing it from hard-to-reach places altogether.
Kill germs and bacteria
The extreme heat of steam cleaning obliterates germs and bacteria. Small, superheated vapor molecules blast into different surfaces where their explosive expansion blows away the grease, grime, dust and other foreign substances.
- Fast and efficient
Mopping up the floor is a lengthy process compared to steam cleaning. What’s more, you still have to bother putting a yellow sign clearing you from any legal liability in case someone slips on the wet floor (in a commercial building). Meanwhile, steam cleaning dries up almost instantly with an impeccable finished result.
- Easy to use
A steam cleaner is usually lightweight in construction and is easy to use compared to a mop and bucket. This is specifically helpful for those who are older or have a disability and have a hard time cleaning.
By using a steam cleaner, you can work from a standing position to avoid aching arms, and the need to go down on both hands and knees to scrub floors.
Steam all cleaning cares away!
Steam cleaning is an extremely efficient method of cleaning.
More importantly, it is the safest, and greenest way to clean your home.
Do away with cleaning for mere appearances and take advantage of the benefits steam cleaning has to offer. If you want to turn time-consuming tasks into trivial cleaning chores, all you will ever need is a steam cleaner to bring out the luster of your home interior design.
AUTHOR BIO
Rania Bellos launched Dust Busters Cleaning Services with the help and support of her husband after spending 15 years working in the banking and finance industry in France, Lebanon and the UAE. She welcomes the daily challenges and exciting opportunities provided by the highly competitive residential and commercial cleaning services market.
