Staying Clean
We're just getting into RV life in a Class A with plans to be full-time in 5-7 years (depends on how long the teens take to be on their own once they graduate HS!). I am looking for some good suggesti...
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Veebyes wrote:
Half the battle is keeping the dirt on the outside.
Depending on the site there is a multi step process before feet hit indoor carpet. First there is the bristle mat to get the chunks out of shoes & sides of shoes. Step sideways onto a regular doormat. Up the carpet covered steps onto a small section of sacrificial old thick carpet for a wipe there. Inside there are some cheap & nasty runner rugs over the good stuff.
Almost 10 seasons & 1500 nights on the road, mostly at SPs & no outdoor mat, can't say the carpet looks like new but it is holding up pretty good considering.
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You'll still need a vacuum if you've much carpeting and as much as I despise the cost(and lack of longevity)of modern vacuums I'm currently using a Dyson with a ball center and it's EXCELLENT. This is a housekeeping tool that you shouldn't worry yourself about weight and even cost- just do it. Ohhhhhhh and I bought her a chargeable Dirt Devil and have discovered it's pretty much a hunk of junk.
Doesn't change the fact that I told my 93 y/o mother to stick to hardwood or laminate and tile during her ten years back remodel but at least my older sister threw in the towel and bought her a decent vac whose benefits I'm now reaping as I clean the carpet daily from my parrot's belief that he'll someday enter the Olympics shot-putting nut shells and dried corn kernels.
So hard to train parents today.
