30 Dec 2025 5 Hacks for Cleaning Under Heavy Furniture Without Hurting Your Back
Clean without a trip to the chiro.
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Having a clean home is important, but it’s certainly not worth hurting yourself over. One of the biggest challenges of cleaning is getting under large, heavy pieces of furniture, such as sofas and coffee tables—these spots can be super narrow, and the furniture is often too heavy to move on your own easily. Cleaning without straining your back can be tough, but it doesn’t have to be.
Here, cleaning pros share their best tips and tricks to get to those hidden areas without risking injury—or a trip to the chiropractor
Meet The Expert:
- Robin Murphy, chief cleaning officer at Maid Brigade
- Claudia Meneses, CEO and founder of AvantiGreen Eco Cleaning
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Try a Long-Reach Duster
Need an easy, cheap, and low-tech way to clean that spot between the sofa and the wall or underneath a low sofa without moving a piece of furniture? Claudia Meneses, CEO and founder of AvantiGreen Eco Cleaning, suggests keeping a flexible long-reach duster or microfiber wand handy as you clean your home. “These tools slide easily under beds, sofas, and dressers,” she adds. “They are great with dust bunnies.”