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washing bedding - how often?

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  • leanneq
    leanneq Posts: 226 Forumite
    Once a week for me! I adore clean sheets and if i won the lottery i would hire a maid purely to change my sheets daily!
  • tanith
    tanith Posts: 8,091 Forumite
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    Every week for me too ......
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  • Souk08
    Souk08 Posts: 3,240 Forumite
    Got to be once a week!
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  • MrsE_2
    MrsE_2 Posts: 24,161 Forumite
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    ooobedoo wrote: »
    People with a stpid size bed will know what an emotional experience changing the duvet cover is...especially when you are only 5ft tall

    I also have a superking size, I know just what you mean. I get DH or DD to help;)
  • craftyfox
    craftyfox Posts: 258 Forumite
    ooobedoo wrote: »
    A few years ago when DH was away with work for 6 months, we had just (stupidly) bought a superking size bed...I told my Nan that I was only going to change the sheets 6 times while he was away.....

    1 week on the left hand side
    1 week on the right hand side
    1 week other side of the bed
    1 week the place next.

    People with a stpid size bed will know what an emotional experience changing the duvet cover is...especially when you are only 5ft tall
    i have a 6' wide by 7.5' long bed (OH rather tall) change the bed every 2-3 weeks and turn the mattress every 3 months and i find it sometimes is easier to do this on my own and i'm only 5'2'' :eek:
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  • Oldernotwiser
    Oldernotwiser Posts: 37,425 Forumite
    Once a week/every 10 days for the bottom sheet; once a fortnight for the duvet cover.
  • siren13577
    siren13577 Posts: 862 Forumite
    Clean sheets, when you've showered and shaved your legs is the best feeling ever! Every week for me, on a Friday, my son's, my daughters' and our king size bed, and I agree it's ever so hard changing a duvet when you're short, five foot four and half!
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  • MrsE_2
    MrsE_2 Posts: 24,161 Forumite
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    siren13577 wrote: »
    Clean sheets, when you've showered and shaved your legs is the best feeling ever! Every week for me, on a Friday, my son's, my daughters' and our king size bed, and I agree it's ever so hard changing a duvet when you're short, five foot four and half!

    I feel so much cleaner defuzzed:)
  • Woby_Tide
    Woby_Tide Posts: 5,346 Forumite
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    You're meant to wash them?


    *goes to find packaging*

    :o:rotfl:
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    I was sensible and found myself a 6ft 4 OH to do duvet covers lol.

    We have a superking bed.. I do the sheets (top, bottom and 6 pillow covers) every week.. DD3 has had her bed changed 4 times in the last 3 days :eek: I am doing everyone elses tomorrow.

    I do the childrens less as they do not sweat as much as us adults do.. and our bed sees a fair bit of action so has legs after a week! DD1 and DD2 have responsibility for changing their own bedding.. at 13 and 15 that isn't a great deal to ask. I tell the boys to strip theirs and they put on their own sheets (14 and 11) I have OH do the little 2's beds.. they have bunks and I struggle and it takes him seconds.

    I hate changing bedding!
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