Cleaning Routine - not flylady

ragz_2

I have got as far as making Splishplash-style lists several times. But that's as far as they get! Everyone I know thinks I am really organised and clean all day, but I don't - I talk the talk though...

splishsplash

Here's my list - Long post warning:D. My list is on OneNote, and each room has its own text box, each entry has a tick box beside it. Monthly tasks are usually tackled a bit at a time - five or ten minutes. Some are really laundry tasks, and do take longer than the 1h 15m cleaning in the morning, but they're on my list so I've included them.
I work hard and fast in the mornings, my aim is to burn 500 calories so I clean for 1h 15m, and do ironing for another 30mins or so:

Living Room (includes dining area and hall/porch - very small hall):
Daily:
1.Damp wipe all surfaces (tables x 3, couch x 1, armchairs x 2, 6 x dining chairs, fireplace, tv stand, piano, bookshelves, windowsills).
2. Freshen litter boxes
3. Sweep/mop floors
Weekly(Monday):
1. Clean under tv stand and piano
2. Dust/wash lightfittings and switches, sockets, pictures and radiators
3. Tidy bookshelves (clear all accumulated clutter)
[4. Wash soft furnishing (4 x throws and pet beds)] - laundry task
5. Wash and polish all glass incl windows, glass pictures, mirrors
6. Wash and dry litter boxes and replace litter
Monthly:
1. Wash walls and ceiling: W1 W2 W3 W4 Ceiling (first half), Ceiling (second half).
2. Clean out fireplace, vacuum soot (we don't use it, cats climb up sometimes)
[3. Wash curtains, iron and re-hang] - laundry task

Kitchen:
Daily:
1. Wash all surfaces (horizontal and vertical).
2. Damp wipe fridge, microwave, oven
3. Sweep/mop floor.
Weekly (Tuesday):
1. Clean door seals in FF, DW, WM, TD (including powder drawers in DW and WM)
2. Top of and under units and machines
3. Wash and polish all glass
Monthly:
1. Cupboards C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9
2. Drawers: D1 D2 D3 D4 and Shelves: S1 S2 S3 S4
3. Freezer: clean out drawers D1 D2 D3 D4
4. Wash walls and ceiling: W1 W2 W3 W4 C

Bathroom, landing and stairs:
Daily:
1. Damp wipe white goods, windowsill, shelf
2. Freshen litter boxes
3. Sweep and mop floor
4. Clear anything on stairs
5. Vacuum floor
Weekly (Wednesday):
1. Wash and polish all glass
2. Wash down all tiles
3. Sort airing cupboard
4. Dust/wash lights and fittings, radiators, pictures
5. Clear and sort shelves
6. Wash and dry litter boxes and replace litter
Monthly:
1. Wash walls and ceiling: W1 W2 W3 W4 C

Bedrooms: (I do mine, kids do theirs)
Daily:
1. Air bed
2. Tidy wardrobe
3. Vacuum
Weekly (Thursday):
1. Change bed linen, air duvet, vacuum and mattress
2. Wash/dust light fittings, switches, sockets, pictures, radiators
3. Make bed
4. Sort one area of clothes storage
5. Sort one area of non-clothes storage
6. Wash and polish all glass
7. Shampoo carpet
Monthly:
1. Check smoke alarms
[2. Wash and iron curtains] - laundry
3. Wash walls and ceiling: W1 W2 W3 W4 C

Yard, Car and misc: (spread Mon - Thurs, weather dependent):
Daily:
1. Clear rubbish from yard and car
2. 10m edging, tidying, weeding, poo-run
Weekly:
1. Sweep and wash paths front and back
2. Wash and polish glass in front door, wash front door
3. Wash car dashboard and all plastic inside car
4. Rubbish run to tip
Monthly(or less):
1. Vacuum and shampoo car carpets
2. Wash/trim dog and de-flea animals
3. Check oil/tyres/water etc.

retiredlady

You wash your ceiling? :eek::eek::eek: There is no hope for me whatsoever!:o:rotfl:

DundeeDoll

My nan moved in with us when she no longer felt safe standing on a chair to wash the ceiling :eek: i think she was 83. It's not a family pasttime i have ever felt the need to indulge in :rotfl:

mildred1978

Lucyeff wrote: »

I always keep the toilet clean (bleach every day), :
.

Assuming you don't eat out of your loo, why on earth do you need to *bleach* it every day?

Linda32

Hi,

The things I do daily are squirt some bathroom cleaner around the bath and leave whilst I brush my teeth, then wipe off. We've got a silly ledge which runs around the outside of the bath panel where dust would collect :mad: so I just run the cloth over that.

Swish cloth over sink, probably every other day or so.

Make bed, change bedding on Fridays and put in washing machine with whatever else needs washing. Never seperate anything.

Do the washing up.

Thats about it for daily things.

Squit toilet cleaner around the rim when I think about it, which is probabaly every few days. Some might think this is abit skanky but I'm not about to eat my dinner off it so I don't care to much about the loo

In the evening I might go around with a duster or the vacuum if anywhere looks as if it needs it.

Weekend, possibly about a couple of hours, certainly no more with the vacuum and duster.

Kitchen cupboards about twice a year. I do store things like flour, sugar and washing powder in their packets and in food bags or carrier bag for the washing powder to catch spills.

We are quite healthy and fit I assure you without the need for wipes and every cleaner and anti-bac everything on the planet. :T

katieclampet

splishsplash wrote: »

Here's my list - Long post warning:D. My list is on OneNote, and each room has its own text box, each entry has a tick box beside it. Monthly tasks are usually tackled a bit at a time - five or ten minutes. Some are really laundry tasks, and do take longer than the 1h 15m cleaning in the morning, but they're on my list so I've included them.
I work hard and fast in the mornings, my aim is to burn 500 calories so I clean for 1h 15m, and do ironing for another 30mins or so:

Living Room (includes dining area and hall/porch - very small hall):
Daily:
1.Damp wipe all surfaces (tables x 3, couch x 1, armchairs x 2, 6 x dining chairs, fireplace, tv stand, piano, bookshelves, windowsills).
2. Freshen litter boxes
3. Sweep/mop floors
Weekly(Monday):
1. Clean under tv stand and piano
2. Dust/wash lightfittings and switches, sockets, pictures and radiators
3. Tidy bookshelves (clear all accumulated clutter)
[4. Wash soft furnishing (4 x throws and pet beds)] - laundry task
5. Wash and polish all glass incl windows, glass pictures, mirrors
6. Wash and dry litter boxes and replace litter
Monthly:
1. Wash walls and ceiling: W1 W2 W3 W4 Ceiling (first half), Ceiling (second half).
2. Clean out fireplace, vacuum soot (we don't use it, cats climb up sometimes)
[3. Wash curtains, iron and re-hang] - laundry task

Kitchen:
Daily:
1. Wash all surfaces (horizontal and vertical).
2. Damp wipe fridge, microwave, oven
3. Sweep/mop floor.
Weekly (Tuesday):
1. Clean door seals in FF, DW, WM, TD (including powder drawers in DW and WM)
2. Top of and under units and machines
3. Wash and polish all glass
Monthly:
1. Cupboards C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9
2. Drawers: D1 D2 D3 D4 and Shelves: S1 S2 S3 S4
3. Freezer: clean out drawers D1 D2 D3 D4
4. Wash walls and ceiling: W1 W2 W3 W4 C

Bathroom, landing and stairs:
Daily:
1. Damp wipe white goods, windowsill, shelf
2. Freshen litter boxes
3. Sweep and mop floor
4. Clear anything on stairs
5. Vacuum floor
Weekly (Wednesday):
1. Wash and polish all glass
2. Wash down all tiles
3. Sort airing cupboard
4. Dust/wash lights and fittings, radiators, pictures
5. Clear and sort shelves
6. Wash and dry litter boxes and replace litter
Monthly:
1. Wash walls and ceiling: W1 W2 W3 W4 C

Bedrooms: (I do mine, kids do theirs)
Daily:
1. Air bed
2. Tidy wardrobe
3. Vacuum
Weekly (Thursday):
1. Change bed linen, air duvet, vacuum and mattress
2. Wash/dust light fittings, switches, sockets, pictures, radiators
3. Make bed
4. Sort one area of clothes storage
5. Sort one area of non-clothes storage
6. Wash and polish all glass
7. Shampoo carpet
Monthly:
1. Check smoke alarms
[2. Wash and iron curtains] - laundry
3. Wash walls and ceiling: W1 W2 W3 W4 C

Yard, Car and misc: (spread Mon - Thurs, weather dependent):
Daily:
1. Clear rubbish from yard and car
2. 10m edging, tidying, weeding, poo-run
Weekly:
1. Sweep and wash paths front and back
2. Wash and polish glass in front door, wash front door
3. Wash car dashboard and all plastic inside car
4. Rubbish run to tip
Monthly(or less):
1. Vacuum and shampoo car carpets
2. Wash/trim dog and de-flea animals
3. Check oil/tyres/water etc.

OMG:eek: I used to think I was clean and tidy (and quite well organised) til I read this. I never wash wall, wipe off any marks, or ceilings. TBH i wouldnt even think about it.

katie

chickien_2

Thanks for the list, tbh I think that is a bit too extreme for me at the moment , but I love your idea of fixed list, so am going to tweak it now!

I also am going to download this OneNote you mention, looks like a cool program.

Thanks for taking the time to post :T

chickien_2

Lol, don't need to download it as it's already on my computer! Wow, you learn something new everyday :rotfl:

nonnatus

Oh. My. God.

Splishsplash, you are a machine!! You don't like housework but do more than an hour every morning before work! Most of your list I have never even THOUGHT about! You must live in a palace! And you label your cupboards and drawers :rotfl:.
Do you live alone or does someone else help you with all that stuff?
I work on the very general principle that if it looks dirty, I clean it.
This means the toilets get done regularly, the inside of cupboards never get done because I can't see them!

Wow. I'll be thinking about this thread all day now as I potter round my grubby kingdom...