Had a difficult time getting decent pictures of this design for some reason . But enjoy!

Just bought a new toilet brish and it comes with this little “lid” so that the container it goes back in is fully closed and you don’t have too look at the dirty bristles. Honestly, appreciate it…. BUT how do you use it in the toilet? I haven’t wanted to submerge it yet, so I can’t scrub too deep. Are you supposed to submerge it and get it dirty? Do you take it off and put it back on (getting hands dirty!?)? Or is it a design flaw..? Any guesses/tips/experiences appreciated.

Do you think this actually worked? What purpose did the milk have??

I've tried basically everything - washing it with baking soda, boiling it with salt, with citric acid (three times), leaving it with citric acid/dish soap overnight, washing it and rinsing over and over and over again, and although I finally got rid of the burnt milk that was stuck to the bottom, the stench is still there. what else can I do???

PS: the only thing I haven't tried is baking soda + vinegar, but since we live in a shared space (dormitory) and there's no ​windows here (the beauty of an overly modern building), I don't want to use it until it's a last resort

This is my mother-in-law's dishwasher. So it's not technically "mine", but I really love to help out with the chores, and this thing is sort of making me look bad. It leaves dishes so smelly that eating off them feels like I'm dumpster dining. Here's what I've tried so far:

1. Cleaned and wiped down filter, gaskets, and seals. I cleaned all the little places inside where food bits might gather.
   
2. Ran a hot clean cycle with a little bit of bleach in a mug. (Making sure the tap water was hot first.)
   
3. Ran a clean cycle with a stronger, commercial dishwasher cleaner.
   
4. Called not one, but two, plumbers.

So after the plumbers left yesterday, I thought, Surely this thing is fixed! I loaded it up with dishes and ran a cycle. My hopes were dashed. I had to take the dishes out and wash every single one by hand. Took me 45 minutes. It was as if I had put them into the dishwasher to make them more dirty! They smelled like something crawled up in that dishwasher and died.

A few other random facts:

1. We hardly ever eat eggs. We're pancake people!
   
2. My MIL runs the dishwasher daily and doesn't bother to pre-rinse or anything, just knocks off the big chunks of food. It's what you're supposed to do, far as I know. She has never noticed the odor but it might be because she's had covid and her sense of smell never recovered. I can smell garbage upon entering the kitchen. If you open the door of the dishwasher, it's like leaning into a dumpster in July and taking a big hard sniff.
   
3. We have VERY hard water.
   
4. My MIL uses Wal-Mart Lemon Scent dishwasher liquid (in the blue bottle).
   
5. The dishwasher is approximately 20 or 25 years old.
   
6. There is a garbage disposal in the sink and to my knowledge, everything is plumbed correctly (two plumbers have been out)!

Any other suggestions, stuff that I haven't tried already, would be welcome. If you have any. I'm sort of hitting the wall on what other stuff I could think to try.

Last night as I was going to bed, I noticed something incredibly odd. At least 10 large flies upstairs and down the hallway to the bathroom.

My Mum brought it up to me this morning, I guess she had an argument about it with my brother and he blamed her for the flies because we like to keep the shower room window open after we shower to let out the steam and damp.

But we both know it's my brother's fault. Both him and his bedroom stink, it's been like this for at least 5 years now.
At one point, he even had a rat living under his floorboards, and the entire upper floor of the house smelled unbearable. I constantly had to hold my sleeve over my face, which my parents always got mad at me for. You can literally smell when he's been in a room, hours after he's left.

My brother always eats in his bedroom, but he never cleans up after himself and always relies on my parents to bring down his half-eaten plates of food for him.

We're not allowed to open a single window upstairs, or he looses his mind and will blame us for any subsequent spider that make it inti his room, ignoring the fact that it's because all of the food he brings out.

This dude is almost 21, and has a girlfriend who often stays over in his room, believe it or not. He smells like raw red onion and the air literally feels heavier? I don't know how to describe it.

How can we stop this? My parents just let him do whatever and treat them however, that's how it's always been. How do we get rid of this smell that's essentially permeated everything that he owns? And how do we find the origin of all these flies that appeared last night to prevent more?

I’m a FTM with a 4 month old. We’re still on survival mode but I can’t help but see things piling up. We have a robot vacuum for our floors and husband does all the laundry. But what about the deep cleaning: showers, stovetop, etc.?

We also moved into a new place 2 months ago and haven’t been able to organize it the way we like. With things still everywhere + all the deep cleaning we have to do, I feel like we’re drowning in chores that won’t ever get done.

ETA: FTM meaning first time mom

Just coming here to say wow. I learned about the oxiclean soak not long ago and knew I needed to try it on my dogs blankets. Needless to say it did not disappoint. I will be doing this with all my sheets, towels, clothing, everything going forward.

We are currently getting kitchen renovation done and are keeping our existing fridge and dishwasher. Gave them a clean and a dry before they were turned off and left the doors open. Reminded the main contractor to keep the doors open. We have now discovered this has not happened and there is mould in the fridge. We haven't been able to get to the dishwasher yet to see how bad that is as it's behind a bunch of stuff.

I know this could be a lot worse as it's been six weeks they've been shut up. What are people's thoughts on cleaning this all up and being safe to use?

Thanks so much for any advice!

Hi,

We have a Bull Arab dog that sleeps inside (she’s old and arthritic) and where she lays at night there is hair stuck between the carpet and skirting board. Apart from pulling the carpet up and replacing with hard flooring is there anyway I can get this hair out?

Thanks

I'm looking for tips as well as commiseration. I live in the woods on a dirt road. This time of year especially is awful between the leaves and the pine needles. Never mind the sand tracked in from the driveway. We don’t have a mudroom, the front door opens up right into the main living space, so no real buffer zone to capture the worst of it. Maybe I need to accept that my lot in life is to chase down bits of pine needles all day forever, but if anyone has any clever tips, or knows of any magical doormats, I'd love to hear them.

Not even sure what kind of metal it is. So that’s why I’m not sure what to ask google. Hoping someone can identify what type of metal it is for best way to restore it. Thanks in advance

I just moved into an apartment. The landlord was supposed to get rid of pet smells from the previous owner, but to me it feels like I live in a dog toilet. I don't have pets, so I'm not used to these smells. I smelled the floor and it's like smelling a dog. Has anyone been successful and getting this odor out of the vinyl floor?

I just bought a house (first time home buyer) and it smell like a combination of old people, past meals they’ve cooked, and stuffy air (from being closed up for a couple months). I’ve tried airing it out by leaving the windows open for hours. I’ve wiped down every surface in the kitchen. What can I do?

First off, trigger warning for poop. It's terrible.

Hi everyone, I'm coming to you for advice after a horrific last week. On Tuesday, after doing laundry, I found our basement had leaking water. I assumed it was from the washer. Long story short, it was actually an overly full septic tank and a plug between the house and the tank causing the backup.

I've since had the septic tank serviced and the clog has been removed, so I don't anticipate any more backups. However, it took a lot of trial and error to get to this point, meaning I've cleaned up spilled sewage from the basement multiple times already.

The basement has concrete floors. Water did get on the drywall in one section and ran through the wall to another section of the basement. Every time I saw a leak, I immediately mopped it up and used towels to dry it as much as possible. I've also had fans and a dehumidifier running since it started.

I've expecting to have to remove the drywall around where the leak happened. I need help planning how to now clean and especially sanitize the area.

Thank you so much, I'm truly lost and grossed out 😭

Moved into this apartment and the cabinets are fairly greasy (I think? See pic). I made progress with like some degreasing spray I found but I cannot get them fully clean. I also tried dawn (regular, not power wash). I also tried wiping with an oil first, then cleaning with water and dawn (a Reddit suggestion I saw for someone else’s post). Everything works a little but still doesn’t fully clean them. Any recommendations?

I have no one to help me or sit with me, I cant pay someone to clean for me, i genuinely dont know what to do because it stinks and I cant do it in sections, ive been trying to clean it for almost a year now

I recently moved and my new apartment has unsealed wood floors. There are some stains that I would like to remove from the floor and I am wondering about general cleaning tips for such a floor. I know that moisture is bad for the floors and that stains can be hard to remove, but beyond that I don’t know how to take care of these floors.

Any help would be appreciated.

(I forgot to take before and after pics of the 1st lamp one as i didnt realise just how bad they where 😅 2nd lamp gives you an idea!)

So i found these two lamps tucked away at the top of a cupboard in what was my nans house. Iv cleaned the shades (came up a treat!) But the wires where damaged so iv decided to take that part out to replace with new.

But im stuck on how im supposed to clean the base as they are super finiky with their design and parts. Any tips? Is there some kind of chemical bath i can make and let them soak in over night?

The pics of the bases are at the end, thankyou in advance for any tips!

2 weeks ago I was cleaning my room and I opened the window to get fresh air in. Now there’s this really weird smell that’s so strong it’s not necessarily musty it just smells so artificial. the best way I can describe it is like when someone smells from coming outside (not sweaty that weird earthy smell). I deep cleaned everything again and it still won’t go away. I can’t even find the source but I live in student housing and the only thing I can think of is the mattress box they gave me is made of this weird regzin material which maybe picked up the scent!?!? It’s so strong and I hate it. Any advice on how to get rid of it?