How To Reduce Dust In Your Home (DUST-PROOFING Hacks!)

How to reduce dust: Clean.

I work in a hospital the surfaces are damp dusted daily, the floors are swept and mopped daily. We use an all-purpose cleaner in warm water. Infection control has proven that this is the best solution for dust and it also reduces infections. Dust carries germs obviously.

My mum was a super cleaner & she had a live in cleaner , before she died she told me, " dont waste too much time cleaning ". Life is too short , Dust to Dust Ashes to Ashes.

This isn’t a hack. This is “clean yo house”

Another item that can be easily overlooked are ceiling fans. The top side of the blades collect a LOT of dust. Be sure to dust them off before you reverse the fan in the Spring/Fall.

I do literally all of those things and still fight a daily fight with the dust in my 130-year-old house. Old houses are dust traps and seem to produce dust out of their own bricks and woodwork!

It's also important to replace your hvac unit's filter every month or so. They collect a lot of dust and will keep it in circulation if it's not changed. Dusty furniture is a sign it's not been changed in a while. Thanks for your video.

One thing I do periodically on my door mats and carpets is to hang them and give them a good hosing. Running water takes a lot of the dirt/dust with it. I started doing this because I noticed that no matter how much/often I'd shake the mats they never stopped releasing dust, like they had infinite amounts of it. The first time I hosed down my door mats the water came out of them dark...

Not wearing outdoor shoes indoor not just keeping dust away, it also keeps germs away. Each of our windows have 2 panes of glass, and the blind is built in between the 2 panes. No dusting of blinds needed, just clean the glass. I like that. ❤️

Tip: To clean curtains, toss them in your dryer and use the no heat setting. Regarding the humidifier, don't buy one without checking the humidity level first. For my living area, I've often had to run a humidifier into the early summer. I've yet to see the humidity go high enough anywhere but my bathroom to even consider a dehumidifier. Regarding carpets, the first time you pull up a wall-to-wall carpet and the padding underneath it, you'll likely find the desire to remove them all.

Frequently doing the dusting, vacuum,sweep,mop routine really improves the situation. Routinely changing all filters for any air handler, if it's a dehumidifier, humidifier, heater, air cooler, air cleaner, ETC greatly improves the situation also.

I prefer curtains and to minimize dust I wash once a year or more depending and I will take them down and run them through and air fluff cycle one or two times - removes a ton of dust real easy!

A lot of helpful tips! Thanks! I just moved out of my parents home and suddenly the floor is so dusty, so I was just looking for some helpful hints on things I could be overlooking as someone who is not used to dusting. I got even more advice than I was hoping to get.

I'm going to have to disagree with the whole blind vs curtains, slat blinds are extremely time consuming to clean, I clean professionally and slat blinds collect way more dust than slat blinds, curtains are much easier to shake off, or take down to clean, even vacuume, slat blinds are the WORST

Depending on the type and size of your windows- I have sash style windows that have an opening that fits a furnace air filter quite nicely. The window can be opened the filter set into the track and the window closed down to the filter. Filters come in many different sizes and configurations and small gaps can be taken up with a bit of cut to fit foam.

Never thought id be looking up a how to dust your house video until i bought a house with a fire place, it seems like the dust will never leave!!!

We have wood floors through out the entire house except tile in the wet areas. I use area rugs in our bedrooms and the living room only, all other rooms are plain floors (could never understand carpet or rugs under a dining table as food and drink spills occur especially with children). I incorporate all your tips and they make a BIG difference not only in dust but keeps the air fresh in the house. Our air purifiers are close to being replaced, we have been saving for higher quality ones for a bit) as we keep small ones in all the bedrooms and a large one in our living room, family room and laundry room.

Clutter is the reason I'm watching this in the first place. I want lots of stuff to be displayed and also reduce the amount of dust in the air to settle down on my stuff

We were finding that dust would reappear within 3 days of vacuuming and dusting. It was frustrating. We then cleaned every square inch such as inside the furnace vents, the basement storage locations, under every piece of furniture, and the tops of all cabinets. Dust problem disappeared. It must have been sneaking out from hidden locations and repopulating central areas. A lot of work. Built ins make a lot of sense given our experience.

I am a dust expert. I think the sheets and the comforters on the bed or the biggest collectors of dust should take them outside and shake them once a week. If you notice your nightstands they have dust on them because when you pick up the covers to put them over you dust goes flying.