Mr Disco.

[reddragdiva]

Saturday is Cleaning Day! Today it finally clicked that the reason I collapse gasping every time I attempt a serious clean here is because the house is so foul that disturbing the foulness at all kicks it up and into my lungs. This is not a reason to desist, however. Does anyone have recommendations for paid cleaners? Or, better yet, a desire to accept cash for house cleaning?

It's been a dull week and no mistake. Also, we're broke, so no Reptile for me. Also, I've spent the week in plant bukkake exhaustion anyway.

Reasons to copy all your entries from LJ to DW: there's text search for individual journals here (on paid ones). Refreshing after not even Google working reliably on LJ. Now all I need is to *cough* pay for my DW account. Update: A month paid for by damned_colonial *smooooch*

Comments

[sola]

Man, i would come clean; every time i clear an area here, it's like a great weight lifted off my shoulders.

If the dust and your lungs are that bad, maybe you should invest in a proper mask; they're not expensive, and though they can be uncomfortable, it's better than dying of bronchitis.

[reddragdiva]

Perhaps if I wore it every minute of the day.

[sola]

http://www.respro.com/products/urban-commuting/cycling/city_mask/

Bonus: You can tell everyone you're in training for... somethingorother.

There is another UK maker which has a mask that you hold in your mouth, scuba-style, so you don't have to strap a hot piece of rubber to your face, but damned if i can find them now.

[rbarclay]

Carpeted floors anywhere?
If not: do you mop up or vacuum?

[arkady]

Carpeted everywhere except kitchen and bathroom - and no, ditching the carpets isn't an option; we're renting and have no choice or say in the matter.

[rbarclay]

Then you don't have much options, other than going for an expensive vacuum cleaner with a really good filter, I'm afraid, if you want to reduce allergic reactions against cleaning.
Slightly moisturizing the carpets before vacuuming helps a little, but it's not a lot, and, frankly, not worth the hassle (for me, with an allergy against dust mite excrements only, that is).

[redcountess]

If they're using the Bush upright Diva and I got as a wedding present it has a HEPA filter, but after all this time that will need replacing.

[urocyon]

Just throwing in a vote of sympathy. :-| Stirring up the dust and assorted other allergenic crap is one of the major reasons our house is a sty ATM. Leaving it there really doesn't help, but neither does getting asthma attacks and itching all over every time I stir it up. (Or Ingvar does, or...) The proper mask suggestions sound good--a regular dust mask helps me some, but something heavier-duty ought to work a lot better. I had to get a dark giggle out of the "every minute of the day" one.

Even though we're in moving limbo ATM, I've still been considering investing in a couple of HEPA room filtration units to make it slightly more possible to get the shit cleared out so we can, erm, move.

Hope you find something that helps!