When to clean what??

starlorna22

:xmassign: Sorry if this is a daft question, but I just wondered when everybody cleaned which rooms in their house, i.e. how often do you clean the bathroom, change the bed etc.

I've lived away from home for years, but have never quite got into a cleaning routine, and always seem to be behind with things. Unfortunately my boyfriend is very untidy too, and the house seems to be permenantly messy.
Could someone share their ideas of how often things should be cleaned, changed etc?
Thanks:xmastree:

troll35

Don't know if this helps but I wouldn't consider myself the worlds tidiest person either. I clean the downstairs rooms in our house on a weekly basis ie. tidy up, dust and vacuum. The bedrooms I clean once a month, however I change the bedlinen weekly (you spend approx 1/3 of your day there and apparently sweat more when sleeping than when awake). I clean the bathrooms weekly and the toilets several times per week as required. Overall I spend about 3 hours per week spread out over several days. Thankfully darling hubbie does all the ironing (whilst watching sport on TV)
If you want to get into a routine it may help to schedule a room a day, that way you don't seem to get bogged down with it all. It may help to have a box in your main rooms to chuck any mess into (junk mail, newspapers, anything else that is lying around) then go through it once a week and chuck out, put away etc as appropriate.

kiwichick

troll35 wrote:

Thankfully darling hubbie does all the ironing (whilst watching sport on TV

LOL - thought mine was the only one. Its his "Match of the Day" routine.

My routine is much the same except I have to hoover twice daily downstairs to clean up after my kids :rolleyes: I also mop the kitchen and bathroom floors once weekly.

Icemaiden

I obviously married the wrong man!!!

I think it depends if you have kids or not. I too vac twice a day and tidy up everyday but only deep clean once a week usually on a friday ready for the weekend, that includes bathroom, bedrooms, change bedding, dusting etc...I do washing most days as O/H has dirty job and the kids get bathed every night(mucky beggars) so always have loads of towels. As for the ironing, I hate it. Usually when the basket is overflowing and no one has anything to wear then it gets done.... even superwoman wasn't perfect.

Smashing_Blouse

I used to do all the cleaning on a saturday morning. I now do the ironing on a monday, dust and hoover on a tuesday and bathroom and kitchen on wednesday. That way it free's up my weekend. My DD has Allergic Rhinitis so I have to damp dust as she is allergic to the dust mite.

MATH

This is my weekly routine which has remained unchanged pretty much over the last 10 years.


MONDAY

Wipe over bathroom/toilet and mop floor. Change towels
Dust bedrooms
Dust office
Dust living room, sitting room, dining room & conservatory
Wipe all horizontals in kitchen and mop floor
Vac whole house and sofas
Laundry/dry/iron

TUESDAY

Wipe over bathroom/toilet
Wipe all horizontals in kitchen
Vac downstairs and sofas
Grocery Shopping

WEDNESDAY

Wipe over bathroom/toilet and mop floor. Change towels
Dust bedrooms
Dust office
Dust living room, sitting room, dining room & conservatory
Wipe all horizontals in kitchen and mop floor
Vac whole house and sofas
Laundry/dry/iron

THURSDAY

Wash down the kitchen and mop floor and disinfect dustbin
Clean fridge
Dust/polish dining furniture
Dust living room, sitting room, conservatory
Vac downstairs/sofas and mop conservatory floor.
Feed, dust and tidy all houseplants
Laundry/dry/iron

FRIDAY

Change all beds and towels
Dust bedroom and empty wastepaper baskets
Wash down bathroom. Mop floor and change towels
Wipe down kitchen horizontals
Tidy downstairs
Vac whole house and sofas
Laundry/dry/iron

SATURDAY

Wipe kitchen horizontals
Vac downstairs and sofas
Laundry/dry/iron

SUNDAY

Wipe kitchen horizontals
Vac downstairs and sofas
Laundry/dry/iron

ONCE A MONTH

Clean inside windows
Clean crystal
Remove and wash sofa covers, throws and doormats
Wax furniture
Vac matresses

Now I've typed it all down it does look like a lot of vaccing lol Mrs MATH calls the hoover my life-support machine but I have navy carpets and navy sofas and cats in many shades but not navy:rolleyes:

Ticklemouse

Now MATH - haven't you forgotten your laundry?

I, however, am Mrs completely disorganised and do it all on an 'as and when' basis. Which, with 2 tornadoes aged 6 and 3, means all the time. I seem to need to vac everyday, although the upstairs gets done less than downstairs. My laundry goes through cycles of being done straight away, to sitting festering in a heap for days on end (the WM is in the garage so it's all out of the way)

Today, I have cleaned the kitchen properly, but the plumber has just been and serviced the boiler, so between that and my 3yo 'helping' making pizzas, means the floor needs mopping again. I've also finished vaxing the downstairs carpets, but what I was going to do this aft was postponed because I was looking after a friend's 3yo too. I did however polish my bedroom, whilst watching MMR today

Generally, I clean bathrooms once a week, change beds weekly, toilets as required and deep clean other rooms every week (or so :rolleyes: ) I 'quick vac' daily, tidy daily (well, constantly) and the kitchen is kept fairly clean although gets a thorough clean ie bleaching cupboards, doors handles, etc, every week (ish :rolleyes: ) Towels get changed every couple of days, depending on whether they have been used, or DS1 has draped them round his shoulders after a bath, but not actually dried himself with them, but hidden them behind his bed

MATH - can we have Math-clones please. I'd like one for Christmas

Penny-Pincher!!

Hi

Pre-cleaner, my routine was very similar to Math. Math why are you dusting so much-thought I was mental doing it 2/3 a week..LOL I love cleaning though :rolleyes: The cleaner comes for 4hrs a week and does a very thorough clean of the whole house, including bedding change, tiles buffed up, inside windows done-Im very particular!!

Our house gets very dusty and do quick flicks here and there which take minutes throughout the week. Floors are swept daily and we have a 15 min blitz around a day. WM goes on daily as I dont like having anything in laundry bin but only put it on if a full load is there. This is our 15min blitz:

15 Min Blitz Daily

Clear sides lounge/kitchen, put stuff on stairs to take up or unsure, plump cushions, flick duster, kitchen sides (high gloss) wiped with microfibre cloth and buffed up, sweep floors, washing on, load dishwasher, clean toilet.

We're in a routine now that we dont even notice doing the little jobs. Obviously, if we didnt have a cleaner it would be much harder, but used to do 1/2 rooms a day and we're only in a 2 bed semi-whilst working FT.

De-cluttering is the best way forward and even if house not too sparkly, it will look tidy. A quick lick of a damp duster or cloth, I find keeps away the dust a litle longer. Do you have kids? If so, could you not give them a duster and help you out and make it fun Also, get yourself a few microfibre cloths-there brillaint!!!!

PP
xx

wigginsmum

Oh my - I must be a housework !!!!!!. Laundry gets done through the week, ditto washing-up (although sometimes that piles up till the weekend if DH is being lazy) - the rest gets left for my sister's fortnightly blitz. The only thing that gets done daily is clearing up cat puke as and when we find it. We both work fulltime so we choose to pay her rather than do it ourselves. Frankly after a day's work in the City and cooking dinner, I'm not then going to get the Dyson out at 9pm, although I might run it round on the alternate weekend if I feel it's needed.

Jules

beachbeth

Icemaiden wrote:

I too vac twice a day....

Why???? I can understand someone hoovering once a day but TWICE! You can't possibly build up enough dirt and dust in half a day surely? You make me feel like a right lazy !!!!!!! Hoovering is my most hated job of all and I do it twice a week. I have a lounge carpet that shows up every dog hair or bit of fluff but I find twice a week does the job (and I have 3 hairy dogs!).

Everything else, including toilets gets done once a week (upstairs on Thursday and downstairs on Friday). All throughout the week I keep things tidy and I disinfect or bleach the kitchen every day. Even though I do toilets once a week I will clean more if they need it and they get disinfectant squirted in all the time.

kiwichick

beachbeth wrote:

Why???? I can understand someone hoovering once a day but TWICE! You can't possibly build up enough dirt and dust in half a day surely?

Hmmmmmmmmm, let me think.........................kids aged 1, 2 and 3 seem to be the reason :rolleyes: Crumbs from biscuits/sandwiches, dirt from shoes not taken off in time (DH is to blame for this as well), bits of glitter etc from school, playdough sneakily taken from kitchen table to front room.....I could go on for days :rolleyes:

I've done the hoovering once today already and will prob have it done another 2 times before days end.

MATH - Cor blimey mister, you got me knackered just THINKING about doing that routine! Good on you though, bet your Mrs MATH just loves you to bits.

I must admit that my DH is doing much more than he used to sinceI've been suffering with depression. Some days I cant get myself dressed let alone dust or clean the loo.