Month: July 2022

Mattress Care: Ways to Protect Your New Mattress

Mattresses really are a big investment, so it’s important to take care of them. In fact, taking care of a bed mattress the way these tips say could make it last longer. In today’s blog, the experts at Superstar Furniture talk about how to take care of your mattress.

The best groundwork is crucial

Different kinds of mattresses need different kinds of foundations to support them properly. Innerspring mattresses, for example, can work well with a box spring season, which adds height to the bed, keeps your mattress in place, and improves airflow. Recollection foam mattresses, on the other hand, tend to work well with a slatted platform bed, as long as the slats are no more than 3 inches apart from each other. Hybrid mattresses also work well on platform bed frames with wooden panels or closely spaced panels. If you have joint pain, back pain, flexibility issues, acid reflux disease, or if you snore, an adjustable bottom bed frame could help relieve some of your symptoms. Just make sure that the bedding you choose will work with an adjustable foundation for your bed.

Choose your bed guard carefully

One of the most important tips for taking care of a mattress is to find the right mattress guard, which can help a lot with taking care of your bed mattress. Even so, you will want to choose a bedding guard based on your needs. If you’re mostly worried about fluids and stains, for example, a water-proof bed guard can give you some peace of mind and protect your bedding from unsightly stains and mildew. Dustmites and pet dander can also easily gather in your bed, so if you have severe allergies, you should definitely think about getting a bed mattress guard with allergen protection. Bedding protectors can also add comfort by giving you more padding and help you keep the right temperature. This is especially helpful for people who have a storage foam bed that tends to get hot.

Rinse Your Home bedding On a regular basis

Cleaning your bedsheets might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about how to take care of your bedding, but it will have a big impact on how long your bed lasts. Most of the time, you should wash your sheets and pillowcases once a week to keep them from spreading bad bacteria and smells to your bed mattress. We also recommend washing your sheets with boiling water to get rid of germs and dust mites that may have gathered there. According to the manufacturer’s directions, you should also rinse your bedding guard every sixty days. As long as you put a sheet between you and your duvet or comforter, you can probably get away with washing them every other month.

Spin or change your bed mattress often.

Another important tip for taking care of your bedding is to rotate or flip it often to help spread the wear and tear that comes from sleeping in the same place every night. Before, flipping your bed mattress was a common thing to do. However, most modern mattresses are made to have only one side, so they need to be rotated instead. Newer innerspring, hybrid, memory foam, and pillowtop mattresses should all be turned once or twice a year. Even so, some bed mattresses are not made to be rotated, so make sure you read the manufacturer’s instructions.

Atmosphere Out Your Mattress Frequently

One of the easiest ways to take care of a mattress is to let it air out regularly. When you clean the bedsheets or leave town for a while, take off the bed mattress guard, open the window shades, and let the bed air out. This will not only stop any smells, but the UV rays from the sun can also kill microorganisms and dust mites.

Completely clean your bed. Regularly

As well as regularly cleaning your bedsheets and mattress protector, vacuuming your mattress with the upholstery bond every month or two can help get rid of dust, dust mites, and other contaminants. In fact, our cleaning manual has instructions on how to clean your bedding so that it will last for years to come.

Don’t eat or drink in mattress

If you want your bed to last, you won’t want to overlook this bed mattress care tip. In reality, eating and drinking in your bed could cause some pretty big mattress problems. Not only can crumbs attract bugs and other insects, but spilling a drink on your bedding can cause odors and fungus.

Don’t stand up or jump on the bed

Moving and sitting on your mattress can damage your bed, especially if you have an innerspring bed. That’s why it’s important to make it illegal to jump and stand on your bed.

Move your bed mattress carefully

Many bed mattresses get damaged when people move to a new house or condo. This is why moving your mattress carefully is one of the most important tips for taking care of your bed. Before you move your bed, put it in a plastic bed mattress travel bag to protect it from damage, airborne dirt and dust, dirt and grime, and possible infestations. You should also support the mattress with rope or a ratchet band so it doesn’t move around and hit other things in the moving pickup truck. No matter what you decide to do, do not bend, fold, or pull the bed mattress down to the ground.

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10 fire prevention tips for apartment building managers

As a building manager, you know that you have a legal and moral obligation to protect the health and safety of your tenants wherever possible.

Ensuring proper fire safety is in place is perhaps the most important task in this regard, as residential fires pose a serious risk to life and can cause extensive property damage.

By implementing these basic fire safety tips your property management company can minimise the risk of a fire outbreak in the apartment building you are responsible for, and make sure that if the worst does happen, the damage will be as minimal as possible.

A failure to take action to prevent fires from starting and educating tenants on basic fire safety can have devastating consequences both financially and legally for your company and by following this advice both you and your residents will enjoy significant long-term benefits.

Top tips for fire safety

As a property manager, following these 10 preventative fire safety tips will significantly reduce the odds of a fire breaking out.

1. Electrical Safety

Close to half of all dwelling fires in the UK are caused as a result of either faulty electrical appliances or misuse of equipment.

Ensure that all residents are aware of best practices when it comes to using electrical devices and hire a qualified electrician to carry out any building rewiring.

Pay close attention to the lifespans of your electrical systems and teach all residents the importance of reporting signs of faulty electrics such as a hot power cord or burn marks around the plug socket.

2. Maintain heating systems

Heating systems are another major cause of domestic fires in the UK.

As a building manager, it is your responsibility to ensure yearly cleaning and maintenance of communal heating equipment and remind tenants of the importance of doing the same.

3. No Smoking

Although it is impossible to prevent residents from smoking in their own homes unless you are the landlord, make sure that the legal requirement for no smoking in communal areas is maintained and no smoking signs are placed in prominent areas.

Also, make sure to remind residents of the risks associated with having a lit cigarette around soft furnishings.

4. Monitor the laundry

Many apartment buildings have a shared laundry area, but without the proper maintenance and cleaning, this convenience could soon become a nightmare.

Dryer lint is extremely flammable so remind tenants to always remove their dryer lint after using the dryer and provide designated disposal areas.

At least once a year you should also have your communal dryers professionally cleaned.

5. Promote safe cooking

Kitchen fires are by far the most common residential fire type, and whilst you can do little to directly prevent poor fire safety practice you should remind tenants of the risks associated with cooking.

Also provide information on how to deal with common fires which require unique responses such as grease fires, oven fires, and microwave fires.

6. Schedule inspections

Including inspections in your lease agreements is a good way to check for major fire hazards within apartments.

7. Landscaping

Remove all flammable foliage that is too close to your rental property.

Dried up and dead shrubbery is the most prone to ignition so remove all dead wood, leaves, and weeds.

Instead, choose a healthy fire-resistant plant species to add some colour to your building’s outdoor space.

8. Be careful with rubbish disposal

All rubbish disposal bins and areas should be located at a safe distance from residential areas.

You should asl provide residents with a list of materials that are highly flammable and, therefore, require special disposal.

These include oil/gasoline, bleach, old gas canisters, batteries, and fireplace ashes.

9. Use professional fire safety services

To guarantee that equipment installation, maintenance, and repairs of your fire safety systems are completed to the highest possible standard, hire a professional fire safety and security firm to manage your property.

Fire safety is not something to take lightly so rely on the experts to make your property as fire ready as possible.

10. Waking Watch

If the building that you manage has been identified as having unsafe flammable materials within the exterior wall system, similar to those found on the Grenfell Tower in 2017, you are legally obligated to take additional fire safety measures.

These come in the form of either a common fire alarm system or a waking watch service.

Whilst waiting for the funding or installation of a common fire alarm, a waking watch service can be used to monitor the entire property for signs of a fire.

Trained fire marshals will be stationed in the building 24/7 continually patrolling the interior and exterior for signs of a fire and managing the evacuation if required.

Here at Prime Secure, we offer highly trained and fully qualified Waking Watch Fire Marshals officers at below the industry average hourly rate.

For more information, contact us now on 0345 88 88 333, or via email at info@prime-secure.co.uk.

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