She didn’t clean for 20 years, but the house was clean (7 photos)

Someone likes to wipe the dust, someone likes to wash the dishes, but here There are few fans of general cleaning. And it must be done. One woman figured out how to keep the house clean without applying efforts.





Gabe was born in 1915 in Newnberg, USA. Her father worked as a building contractor and the family often moved from place to place. But this did not stop the girl from finishing externally polytechnic college. Already at the age of 17 she got married and the couple had two children: girl Lauren and boy Grant.

Francis and her husband founded a construction company in Portland and everything fell on the shoulders of his wife: running a business, housekeeping, and two children.



A creative solution came to Francis Gabe's mind after a divorce, after 35 years of living with her husband.

For the first time, she thought about building a self-cleaning at home, when I saw a jam stain on the wall of the house. She is so pissed off that she just grabbed a garden hose and washed it off. In five years after this historic event, in 1979, the project of an ideal home was ready.

If we simplify it a lot, then the dwelling looked like a huge dishwasher.

With the help of an automatic cleaning system, all surfaces, including ceilings and walls. While washing at the same time dishes, things were washed and even a doghouse, along with the dog itself. The hostess simply picked up an umbrella and pressed the button. Well, or went out from home.





Washing system drawing

The floors were sloping, and so that all the water went to street, in each room a drain was installed. The ceiling was complex a system of nozzles that first sprayed the cleaning solution, followed by clean water was supplied to him, and at the very end - air. After washing at home the system dried all the rooms. Cleaning only took an hour!



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Of course, such a system has its own characteristics. In the house Francis could not hang curtains and lay carpets. Wooden furniture I had to gradually replace it with a plastic one. The floors were covered several layers of boat varnish, the upholstery of the furniture was waterproof, a special waterproof awning hung over the bed, the books were placed in special plastic containers - another know-how from Francis. Things she washed in a special closet, where she was cleaned and dried. AND on the same hangers, things were automatically moved to the closet for clean clothes. All plumbing was also self-cleaning.



It is not surprising that Francis in the 80s was often invited to various TV shows, and the house became a tourist attraction and drew crowds tourists. Gabe admitted that the idea of such a house is not only essential will make life easier for people with disabilities, but will also help families with several children, where the mother cleans almost continuously. Better spend that time interacting with children than constantly wiping dirt, dust and stains. Although once a crowd burst into Gabe housewife enthusiasts who began to accuse her of a self-cleaning house can lead to divorces, because they will not be needed to their husbands. Let us leave the discussion about why these women considered themselves exclusively as an attachment to everyday life ...



Francis house outside

Unfortunately, in 2001, an earthquake severely damaged foundation of the house, and the system began to work only in the kitchen. Soon loved ones Frances was placed in an old people's home, where she and lived until the age of 101, passing away in 2016. She survived not only two husbands, but also their children.

After Frances Gabe's death, her wonder house was sold hippie guy. The grandson of the inventor says that the new owner is very happy with your home.



I wonder if it will be possible in the future to make such houses accessible to everyone?

Considering how much technology is now in modern houses, it is dangerous to water them from the heart with water. But how would it be it’s great not to do cleaning and at the same time stay in the houses cleanliness... Tell us what methods you use for regular maintaining cleanliness in the house.