a dusty house

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Anice · 02/03/2011 12:49

My current home seems to get exceptionally dusty very quickly. One of the bathrooms has thick dust on the floor within a week of being cleaned even though no one uses the bath or shower in this room (just the loo and sink every day).
There are cobwebs in the corners and on the ceilings. I hoover them up but new ones appear in less than a week.
Since leaving home i have lived in a variety of flats and houses, from Georgian, Victorian, 1960's, 1980's and this one which is 1930's.
Is there such a thing as a dusty house? Is it a question of airing the house more?

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LilQueenie · 02/03/2011 14:07

I guess you have spiders lurking to make that much cobwebs so quick. Dusting once a week and opening windows for at least 15 mins a day should help.

jaffacake79 · 02/03/2011 14:10

Do you damp dust though?
Depends where you live, what surrounds you and if you've got big spiders lurking to make the webs!

DorisVinyard · 02/03/2011 14:11

Yes IME there are "dusty" houses. I have lived in quite a few different houses like yourself and some are definitely more dusty than others.

kathpeak · 02/03/2011 15:53

Yeah, there are some houses that just cover themselves in dust. One house I lived in was very bad. It had concrete floors under the fairly old carpet and underlay. My Dad had lung troubles so I ripped up the carpets etc. The dust was completely unbelievable. I sealed the floors with a water based sealant and then laid laminate, wood and lino floors instead. The difference in the house afterwards was amazing. I didn't have to dust every other day any more. Vacuuming the soft furnishings regularly helped too.

kathpeak · 02/03/2011 15:54

deliakate · 02/03/2011 16:29

Also, bathrooms are terrible for dust because of all the loo roll being ripped off - it settles really thickly and is a pain.

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Anice · 02/03/2011 16:58

every room is carpeted, except the kitchen and bathrooms so maybe that's the problem because when I think of it I've mostly been living in places with wooden or tiled floors.
Maybe I need to buy an extra powerful vacuum cleaner?

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peachybums · 02/03/2011 18:10

Yes my current house is the dustiest house ive ever lied in. I wet dust and go round with a cloth on the end of my brush handle to get rid of cobwebs once per week and sometimes even dust the living room up to 3 times per week lol.

McGrumpyPantsofGrumpington · 02/03/2011 20:53

Mine is due to having hot air heating (or whatever it is called where the warm air is blown out through vents in the wall) as in the winter my house gets covered in dust really quickly but nowhere near as bad in the summer. I think it all builds up waiting for the moment when I switch the fecker on just to annoy me.

Fluffycloudland77 · 02/03/2011 21:42

My new vacuum has a bag that's made of a fabric and it filters better than my old bagless one so it's actually keeping what it's collected and not blowing it out again.

The cat kills spiders so we don't get as many cobwebs now.

The flat we used to live in had textured ceilings which I always said hadn't been sealed or painted and all the dust was White, this house has textured ceilings but painted so we get a lot less dust here

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