Hacks for Cleaning Your Ceiling Fans

By Maid Brigade of Northern Connecticut

Cleaning your ceiling fans is a dirty job, but it’s an important one.

When dust sits around, dust mites move in, and they contribute to allergies and sinus infections. A dusty fan can send mites scattering to bedding and furniture, so it’s a health risk.

When you’re ready to get started tape down the fan’s switch and put on a hat. Then spread out drop cloths or old sheets on the floor and furniture. Try to cover a radius about twice as wide as the blades.

Standing on an extra-tall stepladder that puts you about a head above the blades, slip the bag or the pillowcase over each blade, pulling it back to trap dust. Use a cotton cloth for residual grime and to dust the base and the light fixture.

If, however, you have a very high ceiling that’s out of range, use a ceiling-fan duster. It is shaped to fit around the blades and screws onto an extension pole.

You should clean your fans at the beginning and the end of fan season, or every other month if you use the fan year-round.

Need some help around the house? Give Maid Brigade of Central Connecticut a call at 860-645-6243 and we’ll help you out.