phathui5 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I've never gotten down a good schedule for cleaning stuff. How often do you do things like sweep, mop, vacuum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakersDozen Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Kitchen/DR floors are swept after breakfast and lunch by my 4yo and 6yodds, vacuumed and wet mopped after dinner by older dc. Living room carpet is vacuumed every other day. Tile floors in hallways/entry/laundry are vacuumed every night and wet mopped. Bedroom floors (laminate wood) are vacuumed and mopped twice/week. I don't do any of it, my dc have taken on the task. I supervise. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingmommy Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 The kitchen and dining room are swept daily. The foyer and bathrooms are swept about every other day. All of these areas are mopped at least once a week. Sometimes, more often is necessary, but this seems to keep them looking nice. We have ceramic tile flooring in all of these areas. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orthodox6 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 The vacuum cleaner is broken, we cannot afford repairs, so that answer = Never. Mop, not sweep, because that combines cleaning with removing debris. That answer = when a spill occurs, and/or every week or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I sweep and vacuum every day or every other day. I mop once a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in AL Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I'll throw in my answer to help all those less than clean moms feel better~vacuum twice/week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tami Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Dd alternates vacuuming the family room carpet with sweeping and wiping down the foyer, so this happens every other day during the week. I swish and swipe the bathroom every morning (toilet, vanity, floor) per Flylady. This takes less than 2 minutes and it works great! I sweep and spot-wipe the kitchen floor every day. Bedrooms and living room get vacuumed weekly. The rest of the cleaning is on the Flylady Zone system. I would vacuum much less if I didn't have a dog. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 So, this is what I'm doing: sweep kitchen: daily (bathrooms, other areas - once/week) mop: once/week (spot clean spills other times) vacuum: once/week I can see that the den needs to be vacuumed more than once/week, but I'm just working on getting a handle on the basics now. I'll probably eventually vacuum 2-3 times/week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Frantically, just before company arrives, with a vengeance, after some huge mess.... Lol, iow, I try to avoid it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest janainaz Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Tile floors are swept daily (as many times as needed) and scrubbed weekly. Vacuuming is done daily in every room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralloyd Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 (edited) once a week I vacuum and mop (I vacuum, no sweeping). Except under the table- I vacuum almost every day with an easy little battery powered vac. Edited June 11, 2009 by coralloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loupelou Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Sweeping - 2x's a day- we have wood and tile except in the bedrooms. Mopping- 2x's a week in the kitchen, once elsewhere. Vacuuming- 2x's a week, in bedrooms and hallway. DC do this while I supervise, most of the time!:D We do a lot of sweeping and spiffing due to the infant who can't keep anything out of her mouth!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtroad Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 (edited) Not enough!:001_huh: Good sweep & vacuum - every other day... but really as needed.... which can be often! (example tracking in sand, mud & leaves require more sweeping than normal day of school). During school days, I don't have to do as much... plus DS is 10 & is learning the job. He & DD (8) already do the routine vacuum work. I do the big job or deep, slow vacuum jobs. Mop... I have hard wood floors... so not often. We get up spills & about 1x per month I do a "bucket job" and lightly clean the entire room. Some tell me that is too much... others think I am horrible. I wish I had a better routine! Edited June 10, 2009 by Dirtroad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Vacuum once a week. More if it rains and we've brought in leaves or something. Sweep the kitchen when I notice the dirt--sometimes daily, sometimes every 3 days. Mop when I remember. About every other week or every three weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenJac1501 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Every Day I sweep, Dust, Vacuum, Mop every other day, Im a Clean a Holic.seriously I really am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Katia Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Honestly? Once a...... month. There. I said it. I can't even imagine vacuuming once a day....or once a week even..... Now, I do pick pieces of stuff up off the carpets all the time, and I run a paper-towel or a tissue around the bathroom floor every day to pick up hair, etc....but actually vacuum or mop? Just once a month. Works for us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Vacuuming kitchen/eating area/family room - Twice a day. It seriously needs it! The kids do it. Rest of the house - once/week Mopping kitchen/eating area/entryway - 3x/week rest of first floor - once/week Second floor - twice a month or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vettechmomof2 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 vacuum downstairs 3 times /day during blowing the coat season. vacuum every other day the rest of the year. Sometimes push that to every 2 days. Mop occassionally or when needs it. Sweep every day and sometimes mulitple times a day during blowing coat season or molting or shedding season. Are you sensing a theme yet that pets can be very messy.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Sweeping: Once a month or so or when it gets soooo bad that ds' feet are black underneath just from walking around in the house. Trying to work myself to once a week sweeping. I haven't scrubbed the floor since.. hmm.. probably a year and a half ago? Dh scrubbed our tile floors with our automatic floor scrubber ( a few rooms) about four months ago. We don't vacuum (no carpets. We have tiled floors). I need help. The worst part is, it really doesn't bother me. I want it/need it to bother me. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I try to sweep my kitchen and dining room everyday. I TRY to vacuum the house once a week. Sometimes it happens every couple of weeks. We have 7 people living in this house. I should vacuum everyday, and sweep 2 to 3 times a day, but I just don't have time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5knights3maidens Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 We sweep and vacuum every day at least twice. We have a very large black hairy dog that sheds constantly and not to mention 9 people going in and out. Even though we take our shoes off the floors still get yucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylou Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Buy a Swiffer Vac--it's worth every penny! (This is not an aadvertisement!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I sweep the kitchen when it needs it (once a day or so) and mop it when it gets sticky. I sweep the wood floors once a week and vacuum the house about once a week too. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneRoomSchoolHouse Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Well, to be honest... I sweep once a week and hand pick up all the food thrown onto the floors. I think the last time I mopped was 3 months ago I wipe down the kitchen cabinets as needed and scrub the dirty little finger prints off as needed too. Bathrooms get done when company comes over. My dh is really not home during the week and I am always so worn out. I can live with the little dust bunnies and crummys. I think it gives the house a little character. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnetteB Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 DH just brought me home a new Oreck from Costco, bless him! We had been crawling around using his ShopVac since our old vaccums started spewing dust and smelling of burnt rubber :( We NEED to vaccum daily, but every other day is more doable. Sweeping likewise. Our ranch house seems more like a barn the way we track dirt in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I vacuum weekly. Never mop. Sweep when it's neeeded. Usually after every meal around the kids chairs and in the kitchen. Other places as needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwka Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 sweep kitchen and the hallway daily, mop weekly, vacuum twice a week (or three times) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alison in KY Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Let me just say wow! And add that I'm such a loser of a housewife. I had no idea anyone cleaned their home that much...where does the energy come from because mine runs out around 1:00. Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeslieP Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I have a stick vac that we use to "sweep" up our hardwood floors. The kitchen and dining area are done twice a day. The rest of the hardwood/tiled areas are done 3-4x a week. I mop once a week; unless there are spills/messes to be cleaned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeslieP Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Oh, I forgot, we vacuum the bedrooms (the only carpet in the house) twice a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alison in KY Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Show off's! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams101 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I vacuum as needed to get the dog hair up. Mop? I have asthma, so I have a hard time mopping, unless I can open the windows. That isn't often in Texas. I really hate cleaning, but I try to keep up. DH would like it done much more often. He was raised in a house that was never cleaned unless him or his dad did it, then it didn't last a day. It was, and still is, pretty nasty. Anyway, my dad always reminded my mom that we lived there. It is ok for it to not look like a museum, as long as underneath, it was clean. Her mom is a little OCD and used to dust everything, every day. My aunt would even go over and clean the house before they came home from vacation! Like it was dirty when they left, and no one had been there! I really need to do a better job. Now that we will HS, maybe I should make the kids help out more! It's kind of hard when they are at school all day, then have activities in the evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I vacuum a couple of times a week (we have hard floors so the roomba does my work for me :)). Mopping gets done once a week or when the floor needs it. I don't sweep thanks to the roomba. Each night the surfaces including phones and knobs get wiped down, but that is only because of health issues at our house. Once those issues are behind us I will go back to wiping things down once a week. Germs are good for us ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Tile floors are swept daily (as many times as needed) and scrubbed weekly. Vacuuming is done daily in every room. My long lost sister! :D I can't stand dirty floors and rugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 No pets, one child. All floors done weekly, with spot wipes and a mid week vac of kitchen and entrance. Under the table where kiddo eats...as often as I can stand (after every meal if I can). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I vacuum the family room/formal dining (a.k.a. school room) daily. These are the two rooms we spend most of our time in and I have an infant crawling around all of the time, so... I sweep the kitchen every evening, mop it two or three times a week, more often if somebody spills something. Bathroom floors I do once a week. I vacuum the children's rooms once or twice a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 We sweep the kitchen after every meal and wash it nightly. Vaccum the dining room atleast once a day, some days twice. My kids are messy :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Buckin' Longhorn Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Dang! I thought I was pretty clean, but apparently not! :tongue_smilie:Turns out, we're filthy! I can't believe how many people sweep every day. Every day. Really?! I only sweep/mop/vacuum whenever I feel it's too dirty to take anymore; usually every couple of weeks or so. Luckily we have just the one child and the one dog who doesn't shed, hallelujah, or I don't know what we would do. Move every 6 months, I guess. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdeno Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 moping 1 time daily. Kari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Vacuuming once a week for some areas, twice for others. Sweeping is not done- vaccum is used on all floors. Mopping. Now thats an interesting question. Not often. We have beautiful marble floors. Some are black marble- dont show the dirt- some are white marble but it has a sort of speckle through it so it doesn't show the dirt badly either. Im not good at mopping, but I no longer have small children, either. (Mmm, dont know why I added that, since I never was good at mopping when they were little either.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 When I'm expecting company? :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaik76 Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Honestly? Once a...... month. There. I said it. I can't even imagine vacuuming once a day....or once a week even..... Now, I do pick pieces of stuff up off the carpets all the time, and I run a paper-towel or a tissue around the bathroom floor every day to pick up hair, etc....but actually vacuum or mop? Just once a month. Works for us! Sweeping: Once a month or so or when it gets soooo bad that ds' feet are black underneath just from walking around in the house. Trying to work myself to once a week sweeping. I haven't scrubbed the floor since.. hmm.. probably a year and a half ago? Dh scrubbed our tile floors with our automatic floor scrubber ( a few rooms) about four months ago. We don't vacuum (no carpets. We have tiled floors). I need help. The worst part is, it really doesn't bother me. I want it/need it to bother me. Sigh. Let me just say wow! And add that I'm such a loser of a housewife. I had no idea anyone cleaned their home that much...where does the energy come from because mine runs out around 1:00. Alison Nodding yes and agreeing to all of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I've never gotten down a good schedule for cleaning stuff. How often do you do things like sweep, mop, vacuum? I vacuum on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and mop one of those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Well, to be honest... I sweep once a week and hand pick up all the food thrown onto the floors. This would take until the next meal at my house! I used to sweep once every few weeks. (Before children.) Now, I have to sweep 2 to 3 times a day, I should sweep more often than that, my children are messy eaters, especially my 4 year old. I now vacuum once a week right before the piano teacher comes to our house! I used to vacuum as little as possible, my husband usually did it, he knows I hate it and it doesn't bother him much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraJ Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I have my son vacuum three times a week! :) I sweep the kitchen every day and the hall and foyer about twice a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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