
It really has been an eye opener using elbow grease instead of electricity to pick up the dirt.
I can see that my huge rug in the sitting room is totally impractical and that only rugs small and manageable enough to pick up and take outside for a beating would be any good in a no hoover house. It was really hard work brushing it.
All of the other rooms are a doddle, just sweep with the big broom and then use the shovel pan and brush. Even around the Rayburn which we run on wood, (so lots of mess here!) is tidy. I think that actually the house is tidier because of not using the hoover. I use the handbrush to flick over the skirting and ledges now whereas before it was such a fidget changing hoover heads it didnt get done. Shame on me.
I am tempted to use it on the sitting room carpet though........