Seriously, I don't even know how to mop. Are you guys taking like buckets and an old school mop or what is happening here? (I'm serious, please explain.) My H got in a habit of doing this for a few weeks but that ended.
We just use a swiffer-like thing (dry one) on the hardwoods.
I use a Swiffer Wet Jet sometimes when I'm too lazy to clean up a spot on the tile or hardwoods with a rag and cleaner. That's the only mop like device in my house. And it's been used three times since last September when I bought it. We sweep or vacuum if we really have to (all hardwoods, tile in the kitchen and laundry room)
How often do you: 1) clean your toilets- Weekly 2) clean your showers- I wipe down the sides and spray a bleach cleanser 1x week. Actually on the ground scrubbing? rarely 3) sweep/vacuum- sweep- 4-7 days per week depending on my kids messiness/vacuum- living room is 2-3x per week, bedrooms 1x per week 4) mop/wash floors- Spot mop, as needed and a full is around once a month.
This post reminds me that when I met my husband, he thought showers were self cleaning. Like, the soap and water you use when you shower kept it clean.
Needless to say, I'm stuck cleaning the bathrooms most of the time, and I'm not going to say how often I do it or any of the other things lately lol.
How often do you: 1) clean your toilets - never the cleaning lady does every 2 weeks though 2) clean your showers - never the cleaning lady does every two weeks 3) sweep/vacuum - main floor gets neato'd almost daily. Rest is every 2 weeks when cleaning lady does it 4) mop/wash floors - cleaning lady does every 2 weeks. I spot clean as necessary
This post reminds me that when I met my husband, he thought showers were self cleaning. Like, the soap and water you use when you shower kept it clean.
Needless to say, I'm stuck cleaning the bathrooms most of the time, and I'm not going to say how often I do it or any of the other things lately lol.
How often do you: 1) clean your toilets - weekly 2) clean your showers- biweekly 3) sweep/vacuum - I run the roomba in one area at least, daily. I sweep the kitchen floor all day long. 4) mop/wash floors - I run the scooba at least once a week. Bathroom floors are mopped biweekly.
Post by DarcyLongfellow on Sept 3, 2015 13:47:58 GMT -5
I'm a horrible housekeeper, so my schedule shouldn't be aspirational for anyone!
How often do you: 1) clean your toilets -- whenever I start to see a ring. Usually that ends up being weekly. 2) clean your showers -- the kids' bath gets cleaned more often -- maybe every 2 weeks or so. My shower...um, whenever I realize it's been a while. It's awkward to clean. 3) sweep/vacuum -- pretty much daily because we have a dog who sheds a ton and who drops his dog food all over the kitchen. 4) mop/wash floors -- I spot clean when necessary (above dog is also prone to accidents in the house in his old age). I mop all over maybe once a month? Or before I have company over.
This post reminds me that when I met my husband, he thought showers were self cleaning. Like, the soap and water you use when you shower kept it clean.
Needless to say, I'm stuck cleaning the bathrooms most of the time, and I'm not going to say how often I do it or any of the other things lately lol.
"When it needs it" is my cleaning motto. No real routine, but bathrooms end up being once a week, sweeping everyday almost, mopping.... uh, every other month? I spot clean floors a lot so it's rare to do a full on mop.
Post by countthestars on Sept 3, 2015 13:49:28 GMT -5
No, seriously though people. Showers weekly?? Vacuum DAILY?
My cleaning ladies do my toilets 1x per month. And my showers. If I didn't have them, probably like... who knows?? I sweep the kitchen when there are huge visible crumbs. Vacuum... whenever H does it? lol I have never washed my floors. Occasionally H will take out the steamer thing.
Seriously, I don't even know how to mop. Are you guys taking like buckets and an old school mop or what is happening here? (I'm serious, please explain.) My H got in a habit of doing this for a few weeks but that ended.
We just use a swiffer-like thing (dry one) on the hardwoods.
I alternate between a mop and a bucket and a steam mop.
I bought a mop that you wring out by pushing the plastic cover thing over the mop part and rotating it. I use Mrs. Meyer's in basil scent because I love it -- I buy the big bottle and just kind of gurgle some in the bucket.
I love my steam mop so much (Eureka Envirosteamer). It's so easy to use that I always tell myself I should use it several times a week, but I never do.
Those are just for tile. On my hardwood I use a Swiffer wet jet type thing that has reusable pads. It's by Rubbermaid, maybe? It's red. And I use a Bona solution.
1) toilets: every 8-10 weeks? I've never cleaned the basement toilet. 2) showers: twice/year? 3) vacuum: NEATO! 4) mop/wash floors: every 6-8 weeks? Hmm...it's been more than 2 months....
1) clean your toilets. 1-2 weeks 2) clean your showers every 2 weeks or so 3) sweep/vacuum Sweep kitchen daily, vacuum once a week or so 4) mop/wash floors Ummmmmmm. When they are sticky? Maybe quarterly.
No, seriously though people. Showers weekly?? Vacuum DAILY?
My cleaning ladies do my toilets 1x per month. And my showers. If I didn't have them, probably like... who knows?? I sweep the kitchen when there are huge visible crumbs. Vacuum... whenever H does it? lol I have never washed my floors. Occasionally H will take out the steamer thing.
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DITTO. It's one of the reasons we haven't sprung for a cleaning person. We don't clean but we don't care. I don't need to pay 100s per month to get my house to a level of cleanliness that I don't care about.
I will, the Neato is the best thing ever for non-cleaner who owns a dog.
No, seriously though people. Showers weekly?? Vacuum DAILY?
My cleaning ladies do my toilets 1x per month. And my showers. If I didn't have them, probably like... who knows?? I sweep the kitchen when there are huge visible crumbs. Vacuum... whenever H does it? lol I have never washed my floors. Occasionally H will take out the steamer thing.
lol
I'm right here with you. I am aghast at cleaning showers weekly. WHO HAS THE TIME TO DO THIS?! Do you spend your entire weekend cleaning?!
No, seriously though people. Showers weekly?? Vacuum DAILY?
My cleaning ladies do my toilets 1x per month. And my showers. If I didn't have them, probably like... who knows?? I sweep the kitchen when there are huge visible crumbs. Vacuum... whenever H does it? lol I have never washed my floors. Occasionally H will take out the steamer thing.
lol
I'm at home with three small children and no dog. If I don't clean the food off the floors, we get ants. It's is beyond disgusting the amount of food that ends up on the kitchen floor daily.
To keep it real, I swept last night after dinner. We were all out of the house this morning from 9:30-1, and this is my kitchen floor right now.
1) clean your toilets 2 x month 2) clean your showers 2 x month 3) sweep/vacuum Daily - I have 2 dogs and a three year old 4) mop/wash floors Once a week unless we have a major spill or something
ETA - We only vacuum the upstairs like once a month. The dogs are not allowed up there and we don't spend a lot of time up there unless we are sleeping so there is no real need to.
1) clean your toilets - EOW, cleaning lady 2) clean your showers - EOW, cleaning lady 3) sweep/vacuum - EOW, cleaning lady and as needed (which, with a young kid who can't seem to keep ALL his food on his plate, happens every other day sometimes!) 4) mop/wash floors - EOW, cleaning lady and as needed, but usually the cleaning lady
Post by chickadee77 on Sept 3, 2015 15:06:46 GMT -5
Toilets - actually scrub maybe once a month because I use bleach tablets in the tank. I wipe the outsides maybe once a week.
Showers - lol. We mostly use the outside shower, so the inside ones get a spray of Clean Shower after use (which is hardly ever) and are rarely cleaned. I wipe out L's bathtub every week with a Clorox wipe.
Floors - with a one-year-old it feels like constantly. I probably vacuum EOD and use the Bona once a week, daily under her high chair and in her play areas.
Post by christy082 on Sept 3, 2015 15:08:10 GMT -5
How often do you: 1) clean your toilets twice a week main bathroom, weekly for the other, less used bathroom 2) clean your showers bimonthly 3) sweep/vacuum weekly 4) mop/wash floors biweekly