Wednesday 29 February 2012

Dangers in the kitchen

The kitchen is one of the most important rooms in any home, as it’s where we cook food, read the morning paper and talk with other family members or flat mates about the day that just ended or the one up ahead. Everything seems nice and sweet, but if the kitchen gets too dirty or you neglect some basic safety regulations, this essential space in any home can become a source of disease and problems. There are many things that can go wrong in a kitchen, one of them being not properly overlooking the cooking process. If you heat something in the microwave or in the oven, you have to be careful that the contents don’t get extremely hot and “go over” their boiling point. If this happens, the liquids inside will start bouncing around, with the results being quite unpleasant. The less harmful thing that might happen is that the food will get splashed all over the oven or microwave and you’ll have to spend time and energy to clean them up- not to say that you’re losing the food you worked so hard to cook. Then, the oven or the microwave could get damaged and you’d have to invest in a new one or for repairing the current one. And, most devastatingly, the hot food might hurt someone in the kitchen if it’s not securely covered when it “blows”. After this type of incident, you would have to consider deep cleaning the kitchen, as the residue can be spread around the kitchen and you could have more problems down the line if you don’t take immediate action. Bacteria and harmful microorganisms can develop within the resource rich layers of dirt and stains and then spread around the house, causing diseases and some nasty allergies. Or, even worse, the residue can be food for rodents, cockroaches and other pests, which are clearly a bother, as they can ruin a perfectly decent kitchen (and home), transforming it into a dirty and insalubrious space for creepy crawlers. The same goes for the ventilation systems linking to the kitchen- they might be full of bacteria and mold that, once released into the air stream and over the food in the kitchen, can cause some serious health issues. ventilation cleaning is a very important part of keeping your kitchen clean and you should leave it to professionals. Still, if you want to do it yourself, make sure you use the right tools and proper substances. Leaving even one area covered with mold will make it spread and you’ll be at it again in no time. Pollen is another enemy that might crawl up your ventilation systems and into the kitchen, destroying the clean air and possibly causing some serious allergic reactions. The same level of care should be shown for the kitchens in institutions, like banks or company headquarters. If such a place is insalubrious, potentially all the employees could get sick and the activity of the institution get blocked for a while. Also, the authorities could get notified and the owners of the business might get a hefty fine if it gets proved that they neglected employee health standards. Of course, the best thing is to appeal to professional cleaners that will resolve all these problems in a day’s work, as their efforts will cover, amongst others, ductwork hygiene and deep kitchen cleaning


ventilation cleaning, duct cleaning

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