Some of the things you have at home can become your real enemies even though you might not be aware of that. Yet, their secret activity not obvious to you can be rather harmful for your budget and health. Read this article thoroughly and keep an eye on them at home. If you find anything suspicious in them, change them for new ones as soon as possible.
Your mattress
Needless to say, having a good-quality night sleep is extremely crucial for every human being. Still, even if you are extremely worn-out, you might still be struggling to fall asleep if your sleeping place Is not particularly comfortable.
When it comes to mattresses, there can be several problems.
First of all, they tend to get deformed. This happens because people have their own sleeping preferences spending the majority of nights in a particular position. This causes similar mechanical pressure on the mattress changing its shape. As a result, it is not straight and convenient anymore.
For many people, such deformations can cause discomfort making it difficult for them to fall asleep at night. Still, there are even worse situations which are not rare at all. A deformed mattress can cause severe back problems. It can be even worse if you are sleeping on the bad which had belonged to someone else who had deformed the mattress even before you.
Despite the fact a mattress seems to be more of a type of a long-term investment, you should be careful about its quality. Once you find it uncomfortable, you just need to buy a new one without any second thought even if it has not been used for a long time.
By the way, even if your mattress was not deformed during a long time of usage, you should still change it regularly since it gradually becomes a home for various pests such as pathogenic microorganisms and small insects which can cause various diseases such as allergies, asthma or pneumonia.
Your pillows
As you can imagine, pillows have a similar fate. If a pillow is deformed and you cannot make it come back to its original shape, you should certainly get rid of it. Otherwise you are risking to suffer from severe back and neck pain.
Pathogenic bacteria and insects also love pillows and they can even have a better way inside your lungs as your head is resting on the pillow rather than on a mattress. Certainly, you can clean your pillow at home especially if it is made of a synthetic material. Even though it is possible, you will not be repeating it over and over again as finally your pillow will lose its shape forever.
A shower curtain
A shower curtain is constantly exposed to water, humidity, soap residuals as well as pieces of skin and other dirt. All of these substances combined together are creating a perfect environment for the proliferation of microorganisms which are not only making a curtain look filthy and unpleasant but also can cause a spread of pathogenic organisms.
It is recommended to wash the curtain regularly and change it from time to time.
Metres
In the majority of situations, the metres for gas, water and electricity you have at home are helping you to save money. Unfortunately, not everyone is careful about the precision of the measurements made by this equipment.
First of all, all metres have some approximate expiration date. It does not necessarily mean they will not work properly afterwards, however, you should be particularly attentive to the precision of measurements. It is recommended to call the official representative of a company to make an estimation of the equipment and give you a document about the condition of the metre.
Sometimes metres do not work properly even if they are still quite new. It might happen in various ways including not being sensitive enough to the used resources, thus, making the results of the measurements too low. Do not think you are lucky to have such an issue with your metre. In the reality it can make your service provider calculate the usage of resources in the way which will be a way more expensive than it could have been. Thus, you should be careful about the condition of your metres on your own.
Batteries in a smoke detector
If you have a smoke detector at home, you should also keep it running. Check its condition regularly as at any moment the batteries used in this useful device can run out of charge. As you can imagine, in such a situation, the detector will just not be able to detect anything. Needless to say, there is no sense in such a device if it cannot work properly.
Of course, many people do not have such a device at their homes at all. Yet, those who have not equipped their homes into such detectors might be more vigilant as they do not have external equipment to rely on. The people who have such a device at home, might feel confident about a detector letting them know if there is anything suspicious going on.