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Safety tips on household chores

 


For many of us, home is a sanctuary of peace and relaxation. Hence, we spend a lot of time and money putting together a place that suits our recreation needs. While furniture and fittings play a big part in your home design, lighting up a room can largely affect the overall look and feel of your home. Good lighting will complement and complete the effect you are seeking, but it’s important to remember that bright lighting is not always good lighting.

Cleaning the Windows

For those who stay on high levels, this is a task with heavy risk. Most foreign domestic workers are taught by housewives to clean the windows using a traditional method –newspapers. They usually sit on the window ledge when they’re doing so, causing a lot of unnecessary risk.

Safety Solution: A magnetic window cleaner that locks the two sides together through the glass so that when one side moves, the other side follows. So while you’re cleaning the inside of the windows, the outside gets cleaned too.


Hanging Out the Laundry

With the vast majority of Singaporeans living in HDB flats, it is a common sight to see housewives and domestic workers sticking long bamboo poles with heavy laundry out of the window for drying. The weight of the laundry can easily topple their balance and send them flying out of the window.

Safety Solution: An indoor laundry rack that extends from the ceiling. Once extended, you can hang your clothes on it, then retract it upwards so that your clothes are drying out of the way.


Cooking


The greatest risk involved in cooking is fire. Sometimes we take safety for granted when we leave cooking unattended, especially when we’re boiling soups or braising meats. All it takes is for a kitchen towel or some newspapers to catch on fire and the damage could be irrevocable.

Safety Solution:
Keep combustible materials away from heat sources such as candles, burners and stoves. Always have a can of fire extinguisher within reach.


Cleaning the bathroom

Wet floors may not pose a danger until you step on them. Bathrooms are also conducive environments for the growth of algae, which can be slippery. Bad falls can happen in a split second, especially when you’re not on guard.

Safety Solution: Use bathroom mats with non-skid backing, and install grab bars beside toilets, in the shower and the tub.



   
   
 
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