Sharon Barr – Scrub Hub

Washing Machine Brands to Avoid

Sharon Barr — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:22:26 +0000

The most labour-saving household appliance of all time has to be the washing machine. But if yours is becoming dated and isn’t energy-efficient or your clothes are still stained after a cycle, it’s maybe time to renew your machine. There’s a plethora of brands, makes, and models to choose from that suits your household, preferences,… Read More »

the 3 Compartments in a Washing Machine Drawer Explained

Sharon Barr — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:05:39 +0000

Most modern washing machines have fancy digital displays, providing you will all kinds of clear information on your washing cycle. Things like temperature, speed, time, and pre-set programs to suit the specifics of the washing load are all there on the control panel. But the washing machine drawer is often confusing since they’re not clearly… Read More »

NHS Hospital Cleaner Job Description

Sharon Barr — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 12:57:32 +0000

For many years, there has been a negative stigma attached to being a cleaner, it was seen as a low paid, unskilled, dirty job. But times have changed, cleaning is now a respected, well paid career, whether you clean hospitals for the NHS, or for a private business. Workers who clean for the NHS are known as “Domestic Assistants”, they keep hospitals, GP Surgeries, Health Centres…

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A Guide to Sew Medical Scrubs

Sharon Barr — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:52:26 +0000

Sewing medical scrubs from scratch using online patterns and your own sewing machine is a rewarding home sewing project. Doing your part to craft comfortable, durable, coloured scrubs for local healthcare workers is a great way to get involved in helping the community. With the right uniform patterns, fabrics, and sewing machine, anyone can learn… Read More »

Where to Buy Medical Scrubs

Sharon Barr — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 14:47:40 +0000

Scrubs, also known as surgical scrubs, or medical scrubs, are the clean clothes that doctors, nurses, dentists, and other people who take care of patients in a healthcare setting use. They were first made solely for surgeons and others in the operating room, to make sure they were sterile. But now, most hospital staff are required to wear some type of scrubs which are now colour coded to help…

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Best Home Carpet Cleaning Machine

Sharon Barr — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 22:03:39 +0000

Hardwood and laminate floors may be in vogue, but there’s still big demand for carpets. They’re soft and inviting underfoot, add colour and style to any room, and absorb ambient sound and noisy footfalls. Carpets – especially those in heavily trafficked areas in your house – require periodic cleaning. There are two ways to go… Read More »

Why Your Washing Machine is Not Heating Water

Sharon Barr — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 18:57:24 +0000

Washing machines and dishwashers, how could we live without them? Today, we rely on machines to handle big cleaning tasks more than ever, which has freed up our time to do more of the things we enjoy, and improve our downtime around busy work schedules. There’s nothing like a washing machine breakdown to make you… Read More »

Philips vs Tefal Steam Generator Irons Compared

Sharon Barr — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 14:27:13 +0000

As you shop for a steam generator iron, Phillips and Tefal are two brand names that you’ll probably come across again and again. Both companies are known for their dependable, high-powered steam generator irons. With such impressive products from both of these manufacturers, which brand should you buy? We take a closer look at how… Read More »

Washing Machine Symbols Explained

Sharon Barr — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:09:00 +0000

Clothing and other machine-washable fabrics, like bedding and towels, are made from different textiles and require their own specific washing, drying, and ironing techniques. To provide you with instructions on how to best manage these fabrics, they have labels with laundry symbols. Washing machines also have symbols that describe specific functions and programs of the… Read More »

Tumble Dryer Making a Grinding, Squeaking, or Banging Noise

Sharon Barr — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 23:23:54 +0000

Your tumble dryer does a great job of drying large loads of wet laundry, that would etherise take hours to dry on a washing line outdoors, on a good day. And in winter, without a tumble dryer, you would have to find ways to dry your clothes indoors, which isn’t always easy. But recently you’ve… Read More »