How to Clean High Ceilings and Corners Safely Without Ladders

Cleaning high ceilings and corners can often feel challenging because these areas are hard to reach. While standing on stools, chairs, or ladders is an option, it comes with the risk of falling and getting hurt. Declining cognitive abilities tend to debilitate your decision-making and judgment of height and depth while you clean high ceilings. Luckily, there are ways to clean high places safely without having to climb on something.

Ways to Clean High Places Without Ladders

From brooms to vacuum cleaners and grabber tools, there are several solutions to enable safe cleaning for seniors.

Use Brooms With Long Handles to Dust Tall Windows and Walls

If you search the market, you will find several ladder-free cleaning tools to help you clean your home safely and efficiently. One such tool is a long-handled broom. As the name implies, these are regular brooms with extended handles to help you reach high spaces, such as corners and ceilings.

The long handles on these brooms are lightweight and easy to grip, making it possible to generate force for scrubbing baseboards and bathroom walls. You can use the brooms to scrub dirt directly or after applying cleaning products on high walls and ceilings.

While long-handled brooms eliminate the risks associated with ladders, chairs, and stools, you must use them correctly. A recommended tip is to take breaks occasionally to regain your energy. The breaks will help you soothe your neck muscles (as they may undergo strain as you constantly look up while cleaning).

Get High-Reach Vacuum Systems to Clean Ceilings

Like long brooms, you can find vacuum cleaners with long handles and attachments that help you reach inaccessible corners. Using these vacuum cleaners is safer than using cherry pickers, scaffolding, or ladders because you can operate them from the ground, thus avoiding trips and falls. Many modern vacuum systems also have innovative locking mechanisms that ensure the system remains securely attached to its long handle during operation.

Another reason to use a vacuum cleaner is that it helps you save a lot of time. House cleaning is a chore you want to complete as soon as possible, and this device makes it possible. Modern vacuum cleaners feature high-power suction and soft brush heads that reduce the effort and time you spend cleaning up the mess in the house.

Fetch High-Placed Objects With Grabber Tools

A big part of cleaning any home involves removing objects from cramped spaces before cleaning them (both the objects and the spaces they occupied). If such objects are stored in sections or cabinets at a height, removing them becomes a challenge. Fortunately, a solution exists for this problem: long-reach grabber tools.

Grabber tools typically have long handles with a claw or pincer at the end, which helps fetch objects from tight spaces. Once you pick up something, you can clean it using the same grabber tool by fitting the tip with small cleaning pads or a microfiber cloth.

Modern grabber tools are highly versatile. Besides picking up objects from corners and inaccessible places, they can be used for wiping down high surfaces, such as window ledges or light fixtures, or to simply pick up trash from the yard. They can also be fitted with brushes and sponges to be used as long-handled brooms. The handles of grabber tools are lightweight, making them easy to maneuver.

Use Lint Rollers and Extension Poles to Clean Out-of-Reach Dirt Particles

Few cleaning tools are as cost-effective, non-polluting, and versatile as lint rollers. All you need to do is roll them once or twice over surfaces to absorb fur, hair, crumbs, dust particles, and even small insects.

The adhesive surface of a lint roller makes cleaning any area in your home a breeze, eliminating the need for a ladder. For easy ceiling and wall cleaning, you can attach lint rollers to the end of grabbers or other extendable cleaning gadgets.

Tips for Cleaning High Places Safely

In addition to using ladder-free tools, you can follow a few other cleaning habits to make home cleaning safer and more enjoyable.

Use Lighter Tools

You may become exhausted quickly if you use heavy tools to clean high places in your home. Lighter tools are easier to grip and maneuver, allowing you to use them for hours without getting exhausted.

Always Have Someone Spot You

It is always advisable to have someone watch you while you clean your home. This ensures that, in the event of any mishap during the activity, they can attend to you quickly.

Improve the Overall Lighting of Your Home

Visibility is crucial when cleaning high areas in your home. Ensure your house is well-lit, as this helps you view those surfaces more clearly while cleaning them with lint rollers or microfiber cloths.

Clean in Short Shifts

Using your energy judiciously lets you clean your home more systematically. To avoid exhaustion, clean in ten-minute shifts with breaks in between to allow for recuperation.

Ask Someone to Clean With You

Another tip is to look for community resources and companions to make each cleaning session a collective and more enjoyable experience.

Seek Cleaning Assistance Programs

Rather than risking injuries or mishaps by cleaning tall ceilings on your own, contact non-government organizations for help. You can also make use of assistance programs for help with household tasks.