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How Clean Is Your House Episode 1

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How Clean Is Your House, Episode 1

 

James, a science teacher with a spic and span lab, lives in London.  He says,"I know I've got  a very high mess threshold...I don't think it's a health hazard."


Check out the How Clean Is Your House Vid excerpts!

Kim & Aggie's Inspection 

Upon entering James home, Aggie says, "This place looks like it's been burgled!" James moved in 18 months ago and turned the home into a hovel, with half eaten take-aways all over the place.

Aggie picks something up and says, "Lovely fungus here." The rugs are encrusted with stains and cat hair.

Looking into the loo, Kim says, "Men never aim at a toilet." "There's going to be some very strong words!"

In another room, they find hair on the floor. Says Aggie, "He's coming along, shaving his head and leaving it lie there!"

Kim asks James, "Why don't you take the time to clean this dump?" James uses the excuse that it is the person that counts, not the environment they live in. Kim called him on that half-truth and said he's called that excuse up to the extreme. They show James his festering filth and tell him he must sort through things to keep before they can clean. Aggie looks at Kim, "Do you think we can help him?" Kim says, "If we can't do it, who can?" Cleaning a bum site of this scale calls for military precision!

Aggie finds carpet beetles that love human and animal hair, she found larvae all over the place. How to fix this? Aggie tells James, "Clean." She also found fly pupae. Flies eat by liquifying and vomiting, this is all over the kitchen surfaces.

Cleaning Highlights 

The first thing Aggie suggests is moving the cat litterbox. A litter box has no place in the kitchen. It attracts flies, they go all on your food and surfaces. "It's not healthy." (Remember James initial words that he didn't think his hovel was a health hazard? hmmm.. any second thoughts, James???

1.Glass top table: Sprinkle on lemon juice, wipe off. Buff with a wet cloth.

2.Microwave: place a bowl of hot water with a lemon slice inside on high for 5 minutes. It will loosen the grease on the sides and the lemon will deodorize it.

3.Toilet: use a cleaning powder (did I see a can of Bon Ami in her hand?!) Never use a brush! It is disgusting! 9 out of 10 household toilet brushes have urine and feces on them. Clean with paper towels, using gloves.

4. Floor: mild liquid soap with a capful of bleach, wear a mask. (be careful with this one... there are some liquid soaps/detergents that should never ever come near bleach! Read the manufacturers warning!) Also use an abrasive powder.

5. Faucet, lime scale on tap: fill plastic bag with white vinegar soaked rag and put around faucet scale. Hold with a rubber band for a couple hours.

When finished cleaning, there was a total of 100 buckets of filthy water and 20 bags full of rubbish taken out of this tiny 1 bedroom flat.

Concluding Remarks 

Two weeks later, the girls talk to James brother, Pete. Pete doesn't think James has kept the place clean. He says,"James is a monster for mess."

Kim and Aggie visit James and Aggie blurts out, "I am so impressed!" James admits it is such a good feeling in keeping the flat tidy.

James seems to be a changed man and says he is not going to go back. "I like living like this."

Good for you James!

Favorite quotes from the show 

James says:

I don't think its a health hazard.0 points

Aggie says:

Lovely fungus here.0 points

Pete says:

James is a monster for mess.0 points

Disclaimer 

This lens is created purely for entertainment. If you choose to try any of the cleaning methods mentioned on the show by the lensmaster or by guests, you are on your own. Follow the product manufacturers' directions explicitly. Always use safe products and never ever anything that carries a warning on the MSDS. Wear masks, gloves, full body suits, armor, spacesuits, whatever ya got!

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