Prison architecture: rehabilitation and humane design with criminologist Professor Yvonne Jewkes, The University of Bath

Make sure you clean them as soon as you notice them and wipe any residue with a damp cloth..

Just like with carpets, it’s important to use the right settings for hard floors.Some vacuums have a hard floor tool, such as the Dyson Soft Roller.

Prison architecture: rehabilitation and humane design with criminologist Professor Yvonne Jewkes, The University of Bath

Others allow you to lower the bristles or switch off the brush bar to prevent scattering.There are also vacuums with hard floor suction modes.Read the instruction manual to find out how to maximise your vacuum’s effectiveness on each surface.. Use the crevice tool along floor edges.

Prison architecture: rehabilitation and humane design with criminologist Professor Yvonne Jewkes, The University of Bath

Many vacuums have poor edge cleaning performance, which allows dirt to build up along skirting boards.Use your vacuum’s crevice tool to pick up debris that the main floorhead can’t reach.. Avoid vacuuming large amounts of big debris.

Prison architecture: rehabilitation and humane design with criminologist Professor Yvonne Jewkes, The University of Bath

Rice and a few small cereal pieces are probably fine to vacuum, but large debris can block a vacuum.

Use a dust pan to get rid of the worst of a spillage before using your vacuum.. Never vacuum liquid spills.The suction power also reduces, so the vac doesn’t stick itself to the floor.

Changing the settings with the slider is straightforward and it’s easy to move from one surface to another..The suction power is impressive in all settings and it doesn’t dip as the dust cup fills.

The removable wand and range of tools make above-floor cleaning a much easier task, although you do feel the weight after a while.. Carpets.Carpet cleaning is a mixed bag for the Shark AZ950UKT.. It’s highly effective at surface cleaning, but deeper cleaning on thick carpets is more of an issue.