These errors are leaving dirt behind on your floor and shortening the life of your vacuum.

Deep-cleaning jobs, including and especially those we associate with spring cleaning, can evoke images of dragging out buckets and mops and sponges in preparation for a lot of scouring and scrubbing.

Worried about getting enough suction power to bust dust bunnies? Here's what experts recommend when choosing between an upright vacuum and a stick vacuum. Stephen J. Bronner is a New York-based ...