What's the easiest/least fuss way to clean hard floors for a lazy cow?

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I currently have a Vax steam mop which is ok but DH burst the handle right at the joint with the trigger and whilst he's tried to fix it with Duck tape and it sort of still works, I'm in the market for a replacement.

Or, is there an easier way to clean hard floors? Used to have a mop and bucket but found it a pain in the arse to be honest. I have engineered oak flooring most of downstairs with lino in the (tiny) bathrooms. I need maneuverability and the ability to get into small spaces as a priority as well as obviously easiness :o

Spray mop with bit of bleach in the water.

Pay someone to do it for you.

Well, paying someone in theory sounds easier, but I'd tie myself in knots trying to have the house tidy on their schedule for coming to clean. That might help with discipline in the housework stakes right enough!

I'll have a look at the spray mops, thanks Carol

Get a Roomba hoover. It’s like having a made. I don’t know how I lived without mine. The house is constantly being hoovered and I just mop once a week.

I think there’s a roomba and also a mop version.

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Spray mop from b&m bargains. Ours cost about £10 a year ago and it's still going strong. Fill the tank with something that smells nice (I recommend method almond floor cleaner) and whizz it round after you have hovered. It takes hardly any time and the microfiber pad does a great job of cleaning the floor without soaking it.

Spray mop are great. Actually maybe buy two and put some hardwood cleaner in rather than bleach for your oak. Bleach the shit out of the lino though

E-cloth mop. Wet the cloth and wring out, velcro to the bottom of the mop and you're away. I usually use a mix of flash ultra and warm water in a spray bottle on the floor before I mop, but you could use diluted bleach or an all purpose cleaner. I'm 100% lazy but it's the least faff so I do it often.

Spray mop! £10 on Amazon. Take it to the next level and put zoflora in the spray bottle part. House smells super and mopping done in about 3 minutes flat.

I'm old school...get down on my hands and knees with a cloth

So, what I find the biggest pain in the arse is cleaning the cloth bits, since you obviously don't want to put them in the washing machine with anything else and I don't want to build up a collection of them until I have enough for a wash on their own. I also don't like having to hand soak and wash them but at the same time I don't want to end up with lots of disposable landfil either.

Is there an easy solution to that? What do you folks do?

Sounds like spray mops are the way to go then. No bucket required I guess.

former, i've done that sometimes just in the bathrooms and loo but I have wood floor in the hall, livingroom, dining room, kitchen, family room and office and actually there is lino in the utility too.

I am getting tempted by a spray mop after reading this thread.

Put the cloth bits in with your normal washing (not delicates or anything) it will be fine.

I just don't like the thought of a dirty floor cloth going in with clothes.

Also have to be careful as DH has allergies and can't have anything perfumed (have to use un-perfumed washing powder) so cant put anything in with his stuff either.

To be honest, I think you hit the nail on the head with your thread title OP. It was what attracted me to open it.

Years ago, when I was in Africa, as a young child, it was common to see copious buckets of hot, sloppy cow shit poured onto hard floors and spread out with a wide broom. The next day, when the shit dried out completely, it would curl and pull up with it all the dust, stains and grease leaving behind fresh, light and bright flagstones.

Are all spray mops pretty much of a muchness then?

I think copious amounts of cow shit might be a step too far :o

Spray mop. If you aren't obsessed enough to be on your hands and knees scrubbing floors then you aren't fussy enough to worry about slinging the pads in with a grubby wash like gym kits or socks. That's the whole point of a washing machine...

I bought a spray mop but found it was filthy after a few swipes and then just kind of spread dirt around. Also needed to sweep/vacuum beforehand, but there were always tiny bits that the mop just pushed to other areas.

Have just bought a karcher fc5 floor cleaner. Have had it just over 2 weeks and am utterly in love with it. My floors are sparkling clean and it also vacuums up the annoying little bits as it goes. Worth every single penny. I've been using it to do the once a week "big clean" and then the spray mop works much better for the little spills in the in between.

If I put it in with clothes then DHs are usually the dirtiest (sweaty gym stuff etc) and I couldn't put anything that had any perfume in with those as then he wouldn't be able to wear them. Not sure actually if I want them in the machine at all actually if they have stuff on them. Hence it being a pain in the arse as I end up having to steep the cloths in the sink afterwards.

I honestly am not the most fussy in terms of cleaning but I seem to have weird ways that this thread has made apparent.

I should probably add for full disclosure, the "once a week 'big clean'" is only really currently happening because I love the floor cleaner so much. It's usually more like once a term fortnightly

The first time using it, it was horrifying and satisfying at the same time seeing how filthy the waste water was!

I have a bissel cleaner which is amazing. Hoovers and mops as you go, so only cover an area once (no need to sweep then mop). I was a bit unsure about it but my mum has one and persuaded me and it is brilliant! Bit faffy to clean out dirty water and filters after use, but has literally halved the time it takes so worth it!