Housework routine

OrkneyStar

squeakysue wrote: »

Change your bedding?- when it needs it! Sometimes I will change part of the bed if it looks like it needs it sooner (eg drooly pillows with DS!)
Hoover your stairs?- I sweep them more often than hoover, again when I can see dust!
Clean your windows?- rarely in winter up here as weather makes it pointless, and DH does it in better weather. I do give the insides a wipe over every so often!
Clean your skirting boards?- Not that often, more in the bathrooms and kitchen and less in other areas.
Clean under big appliances/furniture?- Sofas, beds etc once a month, table etc every couple of days, a lot of other things are too heavy to move!
Clean your oven?- Used to do it loads, again back problems make it harder.....DH did it a few weeks ago and the grill done more often. We use trays a lot so any drips end up on trays and not oven bottom!

These are the big tasks that never seem to get done in my house, I try to do the beds every week but when my wash basket is overflowing I try to clear the backlog first so it is sometimes 2-3 weeks! I hate hoovering the stairs and cleaning the oven the most !

Added my answers. A lot of those things don't need doing all the time, unless you have dust allergies in the house. Life is for living and cleaning is fine, but not the most important thing in the world! x

marmiterulesok

squeakysue wrote: »

Change your bedding?Pillow cases once a week.Fitted sheet once a fortnight.Everything-once a month.
Hoover your stairs?No stairs,but hoover once a week.
Clean your windows?Every three months.Hated task,should try every two months really!
Clean your skirting boards?What?Once in a blue moon.
Clean under big appliances/furniture?Sofa-every week.Under bed-every three months.
Clean your oven?Once in a blue moon,use it mainly for baking.It never really gets dirty,as no roasts etc.

These are the big tasks that never seem to get done in my house, I try to do the beds every week but when my wash basket is overflowing I try to clear the backlog first so it is sometimes 2-3 weeks! I hate hoovering the stairs and cleaning the oven the most !

Living in rented accomodation,I have use of the communal washing-machine once a week.My bed is aired all day when I'm at work,so am happy with what I do.

esio_trot

Change your bedding? I aim for pillowcases and sheets weekly, Duvet cover fortnightly (Mainly a drying space issue rather than any real reason for it)

Hoover your stairs? No stairs in this house but will have some in a few weeks and plan to do twice a week - I hoover daily anyway because I have a crawling baby on the loose who likes to present me with things that have been left on the floor !

Clean your windows? Monthly when it's not the depths of winter (it's in my rental contract). Insides tend get done all year though

Clean your skirting boards? I run the hoover or mop round them at least every other time I hoover and every time I mop. They get scrubbed maybe twice a year

Clean under big appliances/furniture? Under appliances - hasn't been done in the last 6 months, I hate to think what's lurking. Under furniture, at least weekly (I have light, easy to move furniture)

Clean your oven? As needed (it currently needs doing *groan*) or when suggested by the flylady thread!

quintwins

Change your bedding? once a week for the kids, every fortnight for us

Hoover your stairs? i live in a bungalow so never

Clean your windows? err well i'm averging once a year in this house, but in my defense one summer i was on bed rest and the next i had a newborn, i did them last summer and they were too bad for the rest of the summer, i do the inside of the kitchen one ever 2monthsish it's gets really bad

Clean your skirting boards? never i run the hoover over them

Clean under big appliances/furniture? as and when needed, hoover the sofa and clean all the junk out of the sides every 2 weeks or so

Clean your oven? emmm i only cleaned the oven here when we moved in that was 2 1/2 years ago, it really needs done now tho, do the hob everyday i use it

wow i sound real trampy lol

Julie67

Change Your Bedding- Once a fortnight
Hoover your stairs- weekly
Clean your windows- depends, glass doors between rooms weekly, kitchen window once a month, the rest if I notice they are dirty, more in the summer not so much in the winter
Clean your skirting boards- hangs head in shame, normally when I redecorate or if I notice a mark:o
Clean under big furniture- every 6 months, but I do vac under the table weekly
Clean your oven- perhaps 4 times a year or if I have a spillage, the grill is cleaned every week though
Beedeedee I agree and I too concentrate on the areas I feel are important, my house always looks clean and tidy with a good clean once a week but kitchen tops and washing get done every day, plus I have a good tidy round every day making beds, washing pots, wiping bathrooms and bleaching toilets. I too always have a houseful with mine and everyone else's kids and grandchildren. Must be doing something right:)

JillS_2

Change your bedding? Every week

Hoover your stairs? About once every 3 weeks, the other weeks it gets brushed down.

Clean your windows? At the moment it looks as though the answer to this is every 2 years - may be longer, let you know in 6 months.

Clean your skirting boards? About once a month with occasional feather dust flicks now and then.

Clean under big appliances/furniture? Big appliances and heavy furniture when they're replaced, sofas about once a month.

Clean your oven? Never.

aloise

Change your bedding?
Ever week or at the most 10 days
Hoover your stairs?
Once a week
Clean your windows?
When they look dirty
Clean your skirting boards?
Erm, occasionally
Clean under big appliances/furniture?
Hardly ever, when decorating maybe. The bed every month
Clean your oven?
Had it 4 years been done once, when i was waiting for a repair man to come,
Well the heat sterilizes it doesn't it ?

BitterAndTwisted

I'm much too ashamed to give truthful answers for fear of being banned from the forum. Let's just say that whenever any of these jobs are done they are all invariably well-overdue. I can't even pretend that I'm too busy to do them either.

Yours etcetera,

BitterAndSlatternlyTwisted

Pixiechic

Change your bedding? Every week

Hoover your stairs? I hoover house every other day

Clean your windows? Once a month

Clean your skirting boards? Hoover them and clean once a month if needed

Clean under big appliances/furniture? Not often, unless I need to

Clean your oven? Once a month

I don't like ironing or putting clothes away the most, so boring . I do a good clean of all the rooms once a week.

eilidh_s

squeakysue wrote: »

Change your bedding? At work it gets done once a fortnight, at home it gets done when it needs it.
Hoover your stairs? Sweep my stairs every few days. Don't actually own a hoover yet!
Clean your windows? Upstairs windows are self cleaning as they are unreachable, downstairs get done when I can't see out of them anymore.
Clean your skirting boards? When they look like they need it.
Clean under big appliances/furniture? I try for at least once a month under the furniture.
Clean your oven? Haven't cleaned it properly yet apart from dusting out crumbs.

I just moved into my house in November and I work away for four weeks at a time so it hasn't had time to get manky yet!