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To ask how often you think the average house is vacuum cleaned?

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fallingapart2 · 16/12/2023 19:55

How often? Settle a debate on what constitutes 'normal' and what's excessive please.

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Autumn1990 · 16/12/2023 20:11

Daily, I used to do the living room rug a couple of times a day ( wood burner and the bits trailed) but now I’ve got. A carpet sweeper

BackAgain2023 · 16/12/2023 20:10

I do mine probably 3 times a week downstairs, once a week upstairs. 2 kids and a (non shedding) dog.

PinkflowersWhiteBerries · 16/12/2023 20:10

Downstairs daily, except utility which is at least twice per day. Upstairs two or three times a week. We are a shoes off house but my 2 labs seem to ignore that.

JudgeJ · 16/12/2023 20:10

bellac11 · 16/12/2023 20:06

Are you asking for average?

Because average means the grand total, divided by the number of things. So given that some people will hoover daily and some weekly, I would say the average is about twice a week or so

If you mean the most usual amount people do I would hazard a guess and say weekly.

To me, excessive would be several times a day but to be honest when we had a very sheddy white dog, I hoovered twice a day, it was the only way to keep on top of it

I would have gone for median rather than mean in this instance.

In my house the part of the sitting room where I sit and make a mess gets done when I can no longer bear to look at it, other rooms that aren't used get done if I have visitors due. I put some decs up today but had to hoover up scores of dead flies first.

bakewellbride · 16/12/2023 20:10

We try to do it 'properly' (the edges, moving stuff out of the way etc) once a week but I give the living room a quick go over most days.

ThreeTreeHill · 16/12/2023 20:10

Downstairs around 3x a week. Upstairs maybe fortnightly?

We do have pets and I think we are probably quite messy people in general

Pipistrellus · 16/12/2023 20:09

Weekly to fortnightly

MILTOBE · 16/12/2023 20:09

It just depends on how many people are living there, whether any are children, whether there are any pets, etc.

TwoMoreBoxesJayne · 16/12/2023 20:09

Depends. Once a day in the main rooms and once a week upstairs when the kids were little. Once or twice a week downstairs now the kids have left home. No pets and no shoes.

Itsbeginningtolookalotlike · 16/12/2023 20:08

Every day here, once by robot, once by me. However I have a small house, a Labrador and I'm a childminder so I need the floors to be clean for the little ones. Robot does the upstairs once a week.

wineosaurus4 · 16/12/2023 20:08

Twice a day here downstairs which is all hard floors (a toddler and a cat!), the stairs and upstairs twice a week.

myladybelle · 16/12/2023 20:07

Once a week for us because we have a cleaner, but judging from my friends who don't have cleaners probs every 2 or 3 weeks and I say this without judgement as id probably be slovenly too if I didn't have a cleaner.

Favouritefruits · 16/12/2023 20:07

daily! Sometimes multiple times a day! No dog just messy children

bellac11 · 16/12/2023 20:06

Are you asking for average?

Because average means the grand total, divided by the number of things. So given that some people will hoover daily and some weekly, I would say the average is about twice a week or so

If you mean the most usual amount people do I would hazard a guess and say weekly.

To me, excessive would be several times a day but to be honest when we had a very sheddy white dog, I hoovered twice a day, it was the only way to keep on top of it

YuleDragon · 16/12/2023 20:06

adults make much less mess than small kids.

Was more important to keep the floor vac'd with small/crawling kids/toddlers and 2 cats, than it is in an adult only space with one dog.. we're not in the habit of crawling around on the floor, nor do we eat in here, so less crumbs.

ShanghaiDiva · 16/12/2023 20:06

Depends. We are a shoes off, no pets household so upstairs and lounge is weekly, but kitchen at least twice per week.

Londonrach1 · 16/12/2023 20:05

Depends been daily to 2-3 here but demands on traffic..

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AntiquePancakes · 16/12/2023 20:05

Every day, one word.....Labrador😀

mrssunshinexxx · 16/12/2023 20:05

I once or twice a day here kitchen lounge and porch
Once or twice a week rest of house

DixonD · 16/12/2023 20:04

Every day when I’m home but otherwise about twice a week.

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AlwaysFreezing · 16/12/2023 20:04

Once a week a proper go. Couple of quick go overs as needed in between.

tescocreditcard · 16/12/2023 20:04

daily is normal

GreenIsTheMagicColour · 16/12/2023 20:04

ZeroFucksGivenToday · 16/12/2023 20:01

Spot cleaning around litter trays daily.
Fully downstairs. Every couple of days, but only because I send the robot vac round.
upstairs monthly. But I do try and do more and I keep meaning to send the robot vac around again.

Exactly this.

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