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A Third of Your Life, on Something Nobody Cleans

A mattress absorbs around half a litre of perspiration a week, plus skin cells, every night for years. That is the food supply for a dust-mite population, and mite waste is one of the most common indoor allergy triggers there is.

Ferntree Gully sits in the foothills of the Dandenongs, and the bush is the defining factor. Sloping blocks, mature gums overhead, and homes that are mostly sixties and seventies brick veneer.

Bark, leaf litter and fine grit come inside constantly, and because the blocks slope, a lot of homes have a back door that opens onto damp ground. That combination puts more abrasive soil into carpet here than in a flat suburb with a paved yard.

Shade is the other factor. Tree cover keeps these houses cool and damp through winter, which slows natural drying and is why we bring more air movement to jobs in the Gully than we would to an open block in the west. It is also why mould and musty odours come up more often in conversation here.

A mattress protector is not a substitute, which surprises people. Most are thin, many are not sealed at the sides, and perspiration passes through them steadily. A protector reduces what gets in. It does not stop it, and it is not a reason to never clean the mattress underneath.

Age matters more than appearance here. A mattress that looks clean at eight years old has still absorbed thousands of hours of perspiration and skin cells, and the dust-mite population reflects that rather than what the ticking looks like from above.