Spryte Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Mostly just a whine, here. Commiserate with me? We have to vacuum every day, these days. Dogs. Kids. And our new-ish couch is a pet hair magnet. So I’m constantly de-hairing it. I hate vacuuming. At 4, DS told the allergist that I am allergic to vacuuming. :D So, really, just lamenting the need to vacuum every. single. day. Ugh. How often do you vacuum? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim.engen Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Mostly just a whine, here. Commiserate with me? We have to vacuum every day, these days. Dogs. Kids. And our new-ish couch is a pet hair magnet. So I’m constantly de-hairing it. I hate vacuuming. At 4, DS told the allergist that I am allergic to vacuuming. :D So, really, just lamenting the need to vacuum every. single. day. Ugh. How often do you vacuum? I had been doing it once a week. I got lazy the last couple weeks but, will get back to get this weekend. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ealp2009 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I bought a vacuum that my kids like and they vacuum for me every single day. And when they are being difficult they get to vacuum extra. We mostly have hard wood and laminate but the rugs get vacuumed everyday. I feel you though. The previous owner put white laminate floor in our kitchen/family room. I have to sweep several times a day and wipe it down at least once a day to keep it looking decent. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raifta Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Umm, before company comes over? And that's only the main floor. So, maybe every 2-4 weeks depending on our schedule. This despite 3 cats and a dog. Yes, the house is a pit. Although I do a fair amount of 'spot vacuuming' several times a week. The upstairs room with the guinea pigs is getting vacuumed more often as their hay somehow keeps escaping the cage. But the rest of the rooms? Well, I can't actually see the floor is DS and DD's rooms so that's right out. Our bedroom gets spot vacuumed when I am cleaning cat boxes and have the small hand vacuum out. I hate vacuuming with a burning passion - it makes me want to destroy things. So far this seems to be passed down to the offspring and DH would not notice that something needed vacuuming if he was wading through 6 inches of pet fur. So, I do the bare minimum and no one complains. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 About twice a week on the first floor, but we mostly have hardwood, so I sweep daily and sometimes twice daily. Upstairs I shoot for weekly but since my bedroom isn’t up there, I don’t always think about when it needs vacuuming. The dog doesn’t go upstairs and we don’t wear shoes on the carpet which helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Twice a month? :leaving: One child and no pets. While I'm not a fanatic about it and don't demand it, mostly we walk around in our socks or barefoot. I remember having to vacuum more often when we had a dog, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Have you thought about getting a Roomba? Back when we had two dogs that shed a ton it helped. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvToRead Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 No pets. Our entire house used to be carpet, so I vacuumed daily, and would spot vacuum in the kitchen with a little handheld vacuum after meals. We got rid of the carpet and only have carpet in the bedrooms, so now I vacuum weekly. I only do my bedroom, the girls are in charge of their own rooms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Roomba does the main living area daily. Everything else when it looks dirty... weekly for some rooms, before guests for others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Twice a week, but we don't have pets or babies/toddlers. When there were little ones around, we vacuumed once or twice a day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 My house needs it daily. I don't usually do it daily because, ugh! When we had 2 large dogs and 2 cats, plus more small children, I could have set half a dozen roombas and they would have stayed busy! Now the youngest kid is 7, and we only have a tiny dog and one cat, but the house is so small that dirt, dust, and bits and pieces still congregate pretty quickly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnwife Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I love to vacuum. It is such a wonderful chore! In the dorms in college, I would go around asking others to let me vacuum their rooms because I love it that much.We need to vacuum the living room and kitchen every day. In reality it gets done every other day or slightly less often. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Mostly just a whine, here. Commiserate with me? We have to vacuum every day, these days. Dogs. Kids. And our new-ish couch is a pet hair magnet. So I’m constantly de-hairing it. I hate vacuuming. At 4, DS told the allergist that I am allergic to vacuuming. :D So, really, just lamenting the need to vacuum every. single. day. Ugh. How often do you vacuum? We have no carpet. I sweep daily, somestimes twice a day and find another cat. I vacuum the pile along with the edges where the broom just cannot do a good job and the wood trim. When I get desperate I get on my hands and knees to clean the edges and corners. My husband has a steam mop and we steam mop weekly, which is not often enough. I bought a wet jet type mop and extra reusable pads to hopefully get us through each week. I need to oil the floor but I am currently just too tired to manage. For the wood stairs I use a wet rag around the edges after sweeping. I swept yesterday mid day and woke up to very visible clues that I need to sweep. Again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykidsrmyjoy Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Carpet/rugs gets vacuumed once a week, but we only eat in the kitchen/dining area and normally don't wear shoes in the house. We also have no indoor pets except for two caged guinea pigs so no pet hair to deal with. Laminate floors gets vacuumed with an electric sweeper about 2-3 times per day, usually after meals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnE-girl Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Not often enough. I try to do the main floor twice a week and upstairs/bedrooms once a week, but it’s never quite that often. Thanks to the Target card being linked to my email, I found out yesterday that dh is getting me a Roomba for Christmas. I can’t wait to run that everyday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 We only have carpet in the master bedroom and sunroom now, and we're down to one small, essentially non-shedding dog. So I maybe vacuum once every two weeks. I Swiffer or sweep the kitchen, dining room and living room at least once a day, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 As needed and my bar is set pretty low, so even with living on a farm and having pets in the past + one cat still living in our house, I'd say once per month or so - or if company is coming. This is only part laziness. The other part is the belief that being too clean actually harms our health rather than helping it (barring allergies or similar of which we have none). It could be true. We're very rarely sick in my family even after being around many sick people. I think our immune systems are naturally quite strong. FWIW, it was a lady who had polio (wheelchair bound from her youth) who clued me in to not worrying about cleanliness in my young adult life. Seems in her experience it was those who were too clean who were susceptible to polio (like her family) and others who let their kids play in the dirt - inside and out - that never seemed to get touched by it. I never looked up stats myself to see if she was correct or not - still haven't - but it made sense to me and I formed quite a bit my adult views of cleanliness from it. It may or may not have helped my family. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raifta Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 As needed and my bar is set pretty low, so even with living on a farm and having pets in the past + one cat still living in our house, I'd say once per month or so - or if company is coming. This is only part laziness. The other part is the belief that being too clean actually harms our health rather than helping it (barring allergies or similar of which we have none). It could be true. We're very rarely sick in my family even after being around many sick people. I think our immune systems are naturally quite strong. FWIW, it was a lady who had polio (wheelchair bound from her youth) who clued me in to not worrying about cleanliness in my young adult life. Seems in her experience it was those who were too clean who were susceptible to polio (like her family) and others who let their kids play in the dirt - inside and out - that never seemed to get touched by it. I never looked up stats myself to see if she was correct or not - still haven't - but it made sense to me and I formed quite a bit my adult views of cleanliness from it. It may or may not have helped my family. You are officially my favourite person today. I was feeling pretty bad about our lax vacuuming standards but now I'll tell people we do it for health reasons. To be honest, we are all pretty ridiculously healthy - we might each catch one cold a year, sometimes not; I can count the number of tummy bugs my kids have had during their combined 22 years on the planet on the fingers of both hands and still have some fingers left over. Entirely possible that has nothing to do with my inability to vacuum but I'll lay claim to it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I need to every day, I do it every 2nd, or sometimes, 3rd day. Though I was given a Filter Queen a few months ago and it's made a huge difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 About 2 times per week. It seems like there's always something on the carpeting... :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammish Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 We used to try to do once a week, but it often didn't happen that often. Which is not good, because we have a long haired dog, and I have allergies. Then a couple of weeks ago I talked DH into a robotic vacuum (not a Roomba, this one, which is so much cheaper, (and was $80 less when I bought it :huh:) and also way better reviewed!), and now we vacuum every day. And by "we" I mean "DS," who seems to take great joy in running it, and is good about running around the house and making sure everything is picked up beforehand. Now as for mopping... uh... twice a year? Maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Often because of allergies. I don't have carpet though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalsummer Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 When I have carpet in the main living areas (which I would give my right arm to never have again), 4x/day. We have 6 kids, we work from home, the kids are messy, and I loathe messy floors. Carpet in the bedrooms or basement: maybe once a month. We don't allow food in the bedrooms; this is the main difference. Food crumbs make for frequent vacuuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 We have a child with a dust allergy, a cat that sheds, and daily visitors (I'm teaching music lessons), so we sweep and vacuum daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 We don't have carpet, just wood and tile, and we vacuum and/or sweep every day. This is because we have animals galore and people stomping through the house in muddy boots all day long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 pretty much daily, even though I'm down to 1 dog and pulled out a bunch of carpet. Then ended up putting a bunch of runners down because old dogs and floors are a bad bad bad idea. Honestly, runners on floors are a pita - esp when you're doing it for these reasons. My house is all criss crossed with airport runways. I'm almost regretting not having wall to wall carpet again. I like vacuuming. I don't like it when someone else is doing it around me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeFlowers Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I usually alternate between the upstairs and downstairs during the week. MWF downstairs and TT upstairs. I skip the weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceman Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Everyday, but we have several roombas. That's what vacuums. (We also have one of the mopping ones...we don't do the floors ourselves at all.) I highly recommend investing in a roomba. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceman Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 My husband also put our sofas on permanent risers so the roomba goes right underneath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking Squirrels Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Umm, whenever the floor is clear enough to do so? When we're keeping up with pick-up on the main floor then probably once a week. That's not generally the case. Lately I just call it good if the living room isn't a mine field of legos. I really should be dusting and vacuuming a lot more regularly because DD9 is allergic to dust mites....but that's double edged because it's in the air a lot more *while* dusting or vacuuming, so she can't do it. Hoping the 5 year old is able to manage the vacuum soon haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicJen Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Well, I have a child who loves, loves, loves to vacuum so he usually takes care of that for me :) And...he loves to shovel snow, it's fun for him lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Everyday, but we have several roombas. That's what vacuums. (We also have one of the mopping ones...we don't do the floors ourselves at all.) I highly recommend investing in a roomba. Oh I would except my rooms are tiny and there are too many obstacles a Roomba could not handle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Whole house every second day, kitchen and lounge room every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicJen Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Has anyone else ever read the article about the roomba and the dog poo disaster? Anytime people mention roombas I can't help but remember that story and laugh. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I aim for everyday for the downstairs and once a week for the upstairs. It is more like every other day downstairs and every other week upstairs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Has anyone else ever read the article about the roomba and the dog poo disaster? Anytime people mention roombas I can't help but remember that story and laugh. oh my no...but I can imagine...LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Twice weekly for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrichor Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Once a week, but we miss a few weeks every month. :leaving: Or, 10 min before company comes over, and then again once everyone leaves 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Annually? When guests come? I sweep daily downstairs, but the carpets are only in the bedrooms. And I have a horrible dust mite allergy so I should vacuum more. But I just hate it - my hair kills the beater bar in like half a room and I hate the smell of the vacuum running. Also I’m busy and lazy in equal parts. oh I hear you on the beater + long hair evil combo and the mess. But good vacuums and clean bags and filters really make a difference. If the vacuum is smelling, it either needs new filters, a full interior cleaning, or just needs to be hauled to the dump. It's partly why I won't use vacuums which don't take bags - I find those start smelling quicker. I use bagged vac & I swap out the bags super frequently - like almost every time. I clean and replace the filters (mine has a foam washable one & a disposable hepa one) really frequently too. And we have replaced our beater bar several times now. It doesn't work properly after being gunked up with hair a few too many times. Btw, seam rippers are great at cleaning hair off the bar.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMS83 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Daily. We have a Lab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 We have hardwood, and I have to sweep the kitchen and front entry daily. The rest maybe weekly, the upstairs less frequently (cough cough). I vacuum the front entry rug daily in winter especially, because of the salt and grit from our shoes. We don't wear shoes in the house and we don't have pets so it's not too bad. Also I've noticed I have to clean MUCH less frequently now that DS isn't home all day--an added bonus! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Once a week, but we miss a few weeks every month. :leaving: Or, 10 min before company comes over, and then again once everyone leaves This makes me laugh with your user name ... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 It gets done 2x a week. I don't do it. Dh usually does it thoroughly on Saturdays. It is on my kids' chore list, so one of them does the from 3 rooms mid week. Farm it out to someone else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Well there is a scheduled time twice a week - one for carpets and one for tiles. It needs more though. I also will spot vacuum during the evening tidy up. The kids have pet birds and they have to do the feeding chores but this often means spilt bird seed to be vacuumed up if we don't want mice. Honestly I'd be looking for a Roomba for Christmas if you hate it that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrichor Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) This makes me laugh with your user name ... Lots and lots of dust to be found around here. I console myself with the fact that I am at least able to teach, feed, and clothe my kids. In that order. :laugh: Edited December 21, 2017 by Dust 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Lots and lots of dust to be found around here. I console myself with the fact that I am at least able to teach, feed, and clothe my kids. In that order. :laugh: Yup me too... We are good with academics ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CT Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Once a week (area rugs and upholstered furniture), but my kids are old and hardly ever here so it's really just the dog now generating hairballs. More when they were little. I loathe vacuuming. The noise, the noise! I prefer sweeping x1000. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Rarely but my bedroom is the only room with carpet. I swiffer a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 So it's on my kids chore lists ... Main floor Tuesday Stair cases and upstairs hall - Weds Downstairs - Thursday Bedrooms - Friday Dining room and kitchen after dinner every day I wouldn't say they do them all every week there's often something that makes us skip a day... but in theory the whole house is vacuumed each week. (Bathroom floors are part of cleaning the bathrooms on Mondays) What's not on the list is my bedroom so it like never gets done. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Once a week (area rugs and upholstered furniture), but my kids are old and hardly ever here so it's really just the dog now generating hairballs. More when they were little. I loathe vacuuming. The noise, the noise! I prefer sweeping x1000. Yes! I didn't used to "get" why anyone would sweep. I saw it as very inefficient compared to vacuuming. I had (and still have) a big vac, a stick vac, a rechargeable handheld vac-why would I want to sweep? And then ever so slowly the noise started grating on me more and more. And more. :w00t: Now I don't even think of vacuuming if I can sweep or Swiffer instead. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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