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

309 replies

fallingapart2 · 16/12/2023 19:55

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

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RMNofTikTok · 16/12/2023 20:04

My carer does downstairs 5 days a week, upstairs twice a week, the stairs once a week.

Todaysproblem · 16/12/2023 20:04

Twice a week full house, daily entire ground floor

BettyBakesCakes · 16/12/2023 20:04

Hard to say. With little kids I did it daily as it needed it. Now about twice a week.

ShortDaysLongNights · 16/12/2023 20:04

Downstairs almost daily. Young children, although no pets. Bedrooms every 2-3 days

tenbob · 16/12/2023 20:03

This will be like the ‘how often do you change your sheets’ threads where all the replies are either ‘once or twice a week without fail’ or ‘twice a year if I remember’

I think most people hoover about once a week?

But those will pets, muddy kids and clean-freak tendencies will be more often a
And slatterns or those with easily-swept hard floors will be much less often

mondaytosunday · 16/12/2023 20:03

I do it once a week. I imagine most people do, with maybe more in high traffic areas. Now ask me how often I mop my floors 😳...

BettyOBarley · 16/12/2023 20:02

Once a week, but I have a handheld that gets used daily for the kids crumbs!
We don't have pets though, would be more often with dog hair etc.

museumum · 16/12/2023 20:02

On average I think weekly. Ours is less than that but we’re hard floors downstairs and sweep between (and don’t have furry pets).

PaulaPocket · 16/12/2023 20:02

FKATondelayo · 16/12/2023 19:56

Once a week is normal IMO.

Same here. Downstairs on Thursdays and upstairs on Fridays. Our house is considered very tidy.

MotorwayDiva · 16/12/2023 20:02

Downstairs daily with the robot, weekly for upstairs

Reugny · 16/12/2023 20:01

Depends on how much each particular room is used and who lives there.

So living room with small kids will be daily, an adult bedroom would be weekly while a spare room that is hardly used would be when it can be fitted in.

EvilElsa · 16/12/2023 20:01

I hoover every day, but I'd think maybe 4 times a week average?

RatatouillePie · 16/12/2023 20:01

Every day!

(But we have two dogs and I hate dog hair on carpets. I'm assuming most people with dogs will vacuum daily)

PiggieWig · 16/12/2023 20:01

Once a week here but when the kids were little and I was at home with them every few days, sometimes more depending on mess levels.

Ponderingwindow · 16/12/2023 20:01

Realistically, every 2 weeks

unless there is a robot vacuum, then daily.

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.

TeenDivided · 16/12/2023 20:01

I think daily is excessive / unnecessary (though it doesn't harm anyone).

Weekly / fortnightly / much less is fine.

BooBooBaloo · 16/12/2023 20:00

Once a week, unless something gets spilt that needs hoovering up

colourPink · 16/12/2023 20:00

My downstairs gets hoovered daily but upstairs only once a week.

MadamVastra · 16/12/2023 19:59

Every 2 weeks?

Qwertyyui · 16/12/2023 19:59

I aim for daily. Its normally every other day though. I have pets though!

fruitpastille · 16/12/2023 19:59

Once a week but the odd extra time for high traffic areas.

YuleDragon · 16/12/2023 19:59

i think it depends.

My old house, 2 cats, 2 small kids, small terrace with single downstairs living space lounge/diner, we vac'd every other day, but it took 5/10 mins

Current house, 1 dog, 3 adults, we vac once a fortnight, but it takes us about 45 mins to do the whole ground floor. we sweep the dining room once a week.

Dixiechickonhols · 16/12/2023 19:59

Weekly unless there’s some mess. We don’t wear shoes in house.

hazelnutlatte · 16/12/2023 19:59

Kitchen and hallway most days because I have messy kids, rest of house once a week. Before kids probably once a fortnight!