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Dear Flipped,
I got started on a little fall cleaning this weekend. I dusted my shelves, scrubbed my tabletops, mopped my kitchen, vacuumed my carpets, then cleaned the floors under the carpets. But then it occurred to me: how am I supposed to clean whatever is under the floors? And what about what’s under that? And should I be cleaning whatever is above the ceilings and inside the tables and inside the inside of the tables?
Please help,
A reader
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Dear Reader,
If you’re going to clean, you might as well clean everything. But fortunately for you, cleaning under the floors is incredibly easy. Here’s how you do it:
- Tear up all the floorboards. Make sure you don’t damage them, though, because you are going to want to replace them later.
- Get in there with a vacuum and a heavy duty sponge. There will probably be all kinds of stuff under the floorboards: dust, grime, even actual dirt! Bet you’re glad you’re getting rid of it all now.
- Get a jackhammer and break through to the next level, whatever that is.
- Don’t stop until all the dirt is gone, no matter how far you have to dig.
Hope that helps!
Flipped
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