fdrinca Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Today DD6 said that vacuuming was my hobby, and my heart broke a little. I realize that I do it at least once a day, probably twice. I'm curious how often others do, too? There are lots of caveats in a poll like this (small kids, pets, being at home, personal mess threshold variances), but I'm hopeful to see that daily vacuuming is the norm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Hubby does the vacuuming. He vacuums when I get rashes so it could be more than once a week or once in a few weeks. I have a guinea pig but the dust/dirt from the guinea doesn't give me rashes luckily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthwestMom Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 4-6x week. We have a dog, 2 cats, and a yard full of pine trees so we have pine needles 365 days a year. Edited to add: we sweep just as much. The floors are never clean, it seems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 "Why yes, vacuuming IS my hobby" used to be my sig line. Daily. But I'm not normal. This is a house full of hairy animals.... And I have allergies. :) eta - we have laminate in all the main living areas, & carpet in bedrooms. I vacuum everything. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I voted never. We do vacuum occasionally but we have wood floors in the common area. We sweep twice daily and mop once a week. (More if needed.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuzi Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Weekly, and I have to force myself to do it. Having a Family Movie Night every Friday kind of forces the issue, because we inevitably get popcorn everywhere, so it becomes obviously necessary. But I hate it. Our old house had laminate floors, and I would sweep daily, but vacuuming... ugh. I just hate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I vacuum when needed.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Weeklyish. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brit29 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I vacuum and sweep every day. I've got a pretty high threshold for mess, in other areas, but I need my floors clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenn121 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I was one of the unwashed heathens :D that vacuumed not so often. Then I had another baby. I vacuum most days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Oh dear... when I worked from home and was a SAHP I vacuumed or swept (with mopping in areas) daily. I think one time per day is reasonable if everyone is there all day. That is a lot of foot traffic. It can be less if everyone is out of the home for the bulk of the day of course! Multiple times per day might be taking time you could use for other things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Once a week. We have a dog and live in the muddy countryside. We take off our shoes in the porch and wear slippers indoors, and shut the dog in the kitchen until the mud dries and falls off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 We vacuum as needed and I'm quite tolerant of dirt and hair so "as needed" generally means < once per week. When the dust bunnies and cobwebs start to take over, one of us will think about it. It's not unusual for us to vacuum about once per month - even with cats and living on a farm. I am pretty firm about "no boots in the house." Anyone violating that gets to sweep/mop/vacuum to clean up their mess. I have warned members in the past that if they plan to come over for a visit they'd best give us fair warning if they want a semi-clean house. Dishes and clothes are kept clean (and we're not Hoarders, so there's no paths + chairs/beds are actually used for sitting/sleeping), but that's about it. Clean just doesn't rank high on our "needs" list. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 When everyone was home and we had a dog, two cats, allergies, and two big Oriental rugs where we did everything from school work to playing to watching movies, vacuuming was usually one of the last things I did before I went to sleep each night. It just felt good to start the day with the floor looking clean, even if it was only the two rugs. I could probably do them both in 5 minutes though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Depends on which common area. ;) Our kitchen, the hall entryway from the garage and the half bath are vacuumed once a day, and Swiffered as needed between vacuuming. Those are our high use/high traffic areas. The rest of the house, including the family room, is vacuumed once a week. I used to be an every-other-day vacuumer of the entire house, but then the boys magically grew up and the mess magically got to be much, much less. And during the week from 7:30 to 4:00 it's just the pets and me here. Three of the pets are elderly and sleep almost all the time. The one younger, most active pet doesn't shed. Life is much cleaner here than it used to be. ;) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Sorry, I wish I could say daily because I probably should be doing that, but it's really only 2 or 3 times a week. I don't have small kids anymore but I do have dogs who shed. I also don't have carpet so that dog hair will build up in certain spots and just looks bad. But I hate vacuuming so I procrastinate. I do the same for all other household chores as well. That's another thread though. Lazy sahm's. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 We vacuum as needed and I'm quite tolerant of dirt and hair so "as needed" generally means < once per week. When the dust bunnies and cobwebs start to take over, one of us will think about it. It's not unusual for us to vacuum about once per month - even with cats and living on a farm. I am pretty firm about "no boots in the house." Anyone violating that gets to sweep/mop/vacuum to clean up their mess. I have warned members in the past that if they plan to come over for a visit they'd best give us fair warning if they want a semi-clean house. Dishes and clothes are kept clean (and we're not Hoarders, so there's no paths + chairs/beds are actually used for sitting/sleeping), but that's about it. Clean just doesn't rank high on our "needs" list. This sums it up for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I said once a week, but I almost picked robots are cool, because I use a Roomba vacuum robot for the common areas much more often than I use my regular vacuum. I probably set the robot to vac a main area every 3-4 days. Also, the job of sweeping the kitchen falls on one of the kids daily in the post-dinner cleanup rotation. Not to say they do a wonderful job. I enjoy housekeeping and would like to do some things more often than I do, but it's not practical at this phase of my life. Also, while I do like cleaning, I don't actually like cleaning in little smattering bits. I want to clean uninterrupted for at least an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I voted once a week, but that's only sort of right. We vacuum the kitchen table area and kitchen after each meal. The rest gets done weekly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Today DD6 said that vacuuming was my hobby, and my heart broke a little. I realize that I do it at least once a day, probably twice. I'm curious how often others do, too? There are lots of caveats in a poll like this (small kids, pets, being at home, personal mess threshold variances), but I'm hopeful to see that daily vacuuming is the norm. This. It's a lot. Our last vacuum made it almost 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insertcreativenamehere Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 One time a week. We do not wear shoes inside, have no pets and don't eat outside the kitchen so it really is enough. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 The whole house? Um... The living/dining/kitchen open area where we and the furry critters spend most of our time needs it at least once a day. It's been a couple of days, and I'm getting twitchy. Our downstairs vacuum needs to be unclogged and DH has been sick. I need to bring down the other one or figure it out, but there are only so many hours in the day. I have a cousin who vacuums compulsively. Makes patterns and vacuums herself out of the room so there aren't footprints. She didn't have kids (and no pets!) because of the mess they make. She would spend an hour plus each day vacuuming a house where no person or thing had gone. Her second husband came with hardwood floors, and she is reportedly much happier. At any rate, I do think it's possible to vacuum too much, but I'm not anywhere near that point. She way, way over it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingiguana Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 No pets and don't wear shoes in the house. Probably still *should* vacuum once a week to look tidy for visitors, but I ain't got time for that. It's more like once a month. Back when I had crawling babies though I did it once a week. Definitely. Otherwise they'd show up with dust bunnies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingiguana Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 https://www.facebook.com/thejonathancarroll/photos/a.277943479958.28876.10327634958/10150538027259959/?type=1 I can't, unfortunately, attach the image. However, if you have dogs, you should see it. If you don't have dogs, it's still funny. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingiguana Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Unless the picture did show up after all? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 The kitchen and eating area are hard wood and those get swept/wiped/mopped two or three times a day depending on what I feed the kids. It is pretty fast though; I would estimate I spend 10-15 minutes total per day on cleaning those floors. I have high hopes, however, that 5 years from now we can downgrade that to sweeping once a day and mopping a couple times a week. The rest of the house gets swept or vacuumed once a week. We don't have furry pets, we don't eat in carpeted areas, and we don't wear shoes in the house, so there really isn't that much to vacuum up. Wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 We only have carpet in the bedrooms, so once a week is plenty. When we had full carpet I did it every other day or more. I hate dirty carpets they hold dust and dirt. So much happier with our hard woods which I don't feel the need to clean daily. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 https://www.facebook.com/thejonathancarroll/photos/a.277943479958.28876.10327634958/10150538027259959/?type=1 I can't, unfortunately, attach the image. However, if you have dogs, you should see it. If you don't have dogs, it's still funny. We could have used these in our previous house! Our four shelties could have polished up those old hardwood floors in no time! :laugh: Unfortunately, our current house is fully carpeted. But we still have three shelties. So I voted 2-4 times per week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btervet Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I hate vacuuming. I do it when I absolutely must. Before the roomba saved me, that was once a month. We take our shoes off, and have one small dog who sheds a little but also cleans up any food crumbs. Then I got a roomba. It's run daily in the living room and kitchen, and 2x a week in the bedrooms and basement. It is wonderful. It is magical. Best money I've ever spent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I voted once week, but that's only the whole house - everything is vacuumed, swept, mopped and scrubbed once a week. We do touch up vacuuming once a week, too, about halfway through. Most of our house is hardwood, so it's just the area rugs, not a lot. And I've been known to skip it. We sweep dailyish, as needed. And we don't eat off our floor. DS says I am allergic to vacuuming. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Once per week now, but once every day when I had babies and toddlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Less often than once a week. We have hardwood floors on the main level. I use a swiffer (maybe once a week, or less - I don't clean on schedule, but when it's necessary). No shoes in the house, food only at the dining table means not that much dirt. My house is presentable for unannounced company. That shall suffice; I don't need them to eat off the floor. I have plates. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 When we bought carpet they told us to vacuum once a week per person/pets living in the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 The upstairs and basement get vacuumed once a week. The main floor-daily. We have a border collie and she's only allowed on the main floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I voted 4-6. It should be 7-14, but I'm just not that enthusiastic. Our common area is a wide open space with both exterior doors on either end and a fireplace that's being used frequently. Crumbs, dirt, paper scraps, pet hair/dander, 5-7 people worth of dead skin cells... Okay, now I feel like vacuuming! The boys' bedroom is weekly. Mine's a bit less frequent. The girls are on their own with their filth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I chose 1x per week. However, before our old dog died, he shed fur like crazy, and it was not enough to vacuum every two days. When summer comes, I'm sure the need to vacuum will pick up (uh, no pun intended). It makes a huge difference too that I only have one teenager left in my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 1-2x a week. Wow to the OP. Kudos to you for having the energy to it everyday (or more). No pets, no shoes inside. I'd love to do it more, but finding the energy....My wood floors need a good mopping now too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mermo Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 The kids vacuum one area each Mon-Fri. I vacuum 1-2 times per week. Golden retriever is largely the reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artichoke Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 We sweep daily and vaccuum the main areas 2-3 times a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 We are in love with our Roomba. His name is Ruby. We push his little button whenever we leave the house and return to a cleaner space with Ruby back at his station. He does not do a thorough, perfect job, but he does it often and without me. He is my hero. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 We sweep the dining room daily, but once a week seems to be good enough for vacuuming the living room. DS removes shoes at the door and eats at the table, so the carpet doesn't get dirty that fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Our common area is NO LONGER CARPETED. We recently replaced all of the downstairs carpeting with tile, and when the budget allows we are replacing the upstairs and stairway carpeting with hard wood flooring. Vacuuming is part of the reason for the change, though not the only reason. We live in an area with LOTS of allergens, and our family seems sensitive to most of them. We have Roombas, a canister vac, and an upright vac. I never vacuumed as much as was needed. Roombas are any noisier than other vacs, but they do make constant noise while operating and get underfoot -- DH typically ran our Roombas when we were leaving the house or I was running errands. The canister vac did the best job but was unwieldy. The Oreck upright is a recent addition and great in bedrooms and even on the stairs, but doesn't do edges as well as a hose does. We have a Dirt Devil handheld, but I don't like fighting with it's hose (is supposedly "stretches" out to several feet, but you have to keep a lot of tension on it to keep it stretched out, which makes it harder to angle the tip into tighter places), and I hate the high-pitched whine it makes. I responded less than once weekly on the vacuuming of the common areas because of the change in flooring -- I dustmop now in those areas! Before getting rid of that carpeting we needed to vacuum daily, or even several times each day during the allergy seasons (most of the year here), but simply weren't getting it done. Don't fret what other people think. Vacuum as often as you have the time, energy, and inclination to do. If you are the one doing it then you get to choose how often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrookValley. Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 7+ times per week, because the reality is I vacuum 2-3 times per DAY. We don't wear outside shoes in the house. I do have two dogs, but they are not heavy shedders. I have all tile and hardwood, with one small low-pile area rug in the living room. My floors are disgusting a few hours after my first morning vacuum. So I vacuum throughout the day. I couldn't stand it otherwise. So much dirt... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocassie Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Once a week here unless the kiddos track food into the living room. I do sweep daily, usually two times a day in the kitchen and eating area. We do have one cat, but otherwise it's shoes off at the doors and eating at the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I chose once per week, but we have wood floors. I do sweep every day. I should mop more, so I'm glad that wasn't on your poll. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnwife Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Okay, I love to vacuum. And I rarely, rarely get to do it. When I lived in the dorm in college, I would vacuum other people's rooms. I'd check the vacuum out from the front desk, vacuum my room, and go and ask other's if I could vacuum their room.Eventually I married DH...and his all tile house.The lack of things to vacuum is a sad fact of my life. Extra sad, because I hate sweeping and mopping. The kitchen gets swept after every meal and snack (with 3 littles, that's necessary). It gets spot mopped every day generally and really well mopped once a week. Other areas get swept and mopped as needed, which imo is not often as I don't like to do it.With only 1 pet and no shoes in the house generally it works for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 We have hard floors and sweep rather than vacuum, but the main living areas in my house need to be done daily. Whether that happens or not depends on how on top of things we are in any given week :) The kids do most of the sweeping. This is a household with six young children, fewer small people around would lead to less need for sweeping :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Twice a week. I have mostly hard floors with area rugs., We only have carpet in bedrooms, so my vacuum has a hard floor attachment and a carpet attachment. 2 indoor cats. We have mature and well developed landscaping so we don't have dirt tracking in much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Our 1st floor is hardwood with two large area rugs. Upstairs is all carpet. I vacuum once a week, but could probably stand to do it twice a week. I do sweep daily and sometimes 2-3 times a day though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Kids are grown now. Mostly hardwood floors. Run the vac maybe once a month. Maybe. When we had four kids at home, the oldest two ran it twice a day because there was always SOMETHING being dropped on the floor. Oldest used to whine about it. Then she had four kids of her own and vacs once or twice a day. And has recently started giving that task to her almost 8 year old. Who is complaining about how often she has to do it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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