We recently had some painting done, which meant emptying out a room. We have baseboard forced water heaters in our house and I’ve never paid much attention to them, other than to dust them once in a while. While getting the room ready, we noticed the front of one of these had come loose. My husband removed it and was getting ready to put it back on when I happened to actually look inside. Horrific sight. The coils of the radiator were covered in dog fur (we have two golden retrievers). It never occurred to me that the covers might come off these and there might be nastiness lurking underneath. We vacuumed it out and then went on to do some other rooms. I’m hoping to do a few each weekend.

It’s sort of stunning to think you have a clean house and then discover hidden dirt in a place you never even thought to look! Where have you been horrified to discover dirt in your house?

We recently had some painting done, which meant emptying out a room. We have baseboard forced water heaters in our house and I’ve never paid much attention to them, other than to dust them once in a while. While getting the room ready, we noticed the front of one of these had come loose. My … Read more →