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How often do you clean...

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RosieLemonade · 10/11/2020 09:30

Your skirting boards?

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ApolloandDaphne · 10/11/2020 09:32

I don't think I have ever cleaned the skirting boards in this house. I have lived here for 9 years! They are darkish wood and they don't look dirty. Sometimes I hoover the top of them if they look dusty. I am a slattern obvs.

Lazysundayafternoons · 10/11/2020 09:33

Not as often as I should. Actually sent ds7 off with a feather duster to them last weekend. He seemed to like it so I'm going to ask him to do it more often to help me out.

Sertchgi123 · 10/11/2020 09:34

Once a year, whether they need it or not.

burpy · 10/11/2020 09:37

once or twice a week damp dust the tops , uprights newly painted so only clean off if any marks

Audreyseyebrows · 10/11/2020 09:38

Once a week

Meruem · 10/11/2020 09:38

Rarely. Only if I look and think oh that looks dusty, which doesn’t happen often. Once a year max I’d say. But then I’m the same with all my housework. If something needs doing I do it, but I cannot bring myself to clean something that already looks clean. So I have no schedule.

Onekidnoclue · 10/11/2020 09:39

Never! Our cleaner doesn’t either and they are a bit grim. Every so often the husband humpfhs about it and swings a duster around but to call that cleaning would be a stretch.

RosieLemonade · 10/11/2020 09:40

They are just so awkward to do and there’s so much of it and I live in a tiny house

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whoareyouIwonder · 10/11/2020 09:41

Once a week I deep clean a room so whenever I do that

helloxhristmas · 10/11/2020 09:45

Never. My cleaner does it on a maybe 6/8 weekly basis as part of a 'deep clean'. I do the normal cleaning that week and she will do inside cupboards and things like skirtings.

BearSoFair · 10/11/2020 09:53

Hardly ever. Probably only when we're decorating! Might occasionally run the hoover nozzle over them if they look a but dusty but that's it.

Stinkyjellycat · 10/11/2020 09:54

Every time I vacuum. Though that’s not as often as it should be....

MirandaMarple · 10/11/2020 09:54

Each room, once a week. With a long reach duster and polish. The ones in the kitchen/utility get a bit more muckier than dusty (dogs) so they also get a wipe with a wet cloth/cleaner when needed.

PickAChew · 10/11/2020 10:01

Whenever I vacuum. I've never got why it's such a big deal. Put brush on hose, point hose in right direction, move a round a bit, job done.

ThomasHardyPerennial · 10/11/2020 10:03

I just use the dusting attachment on the hoover, once every few weeks maybe.

DustyMaiden · 10/11/2020 10:05

Vacuum once each week, wash monthly. It doesn’t take any time at all. D.C. have left home.

Redwolf1 · 10/11/2020 10:05

Twice a year, during a spring clean and again in September when I also spray with peppermint in the hope of deterring spiders. I do my bathroom weekly as they seem to get super dusty

GreyishDays · 10/11/2020 10:06

Clean or dust? Dust, about once a week or so. Clean, never. Unless they look dirty.

MarthaWashingtonsFeralTomcat · 10/11/2020 10:07

Oh god, not very often. I don't really care to be honest, especially now we're not allowed anyone round our house!

Spidey66 · 10/11/2020 10:08

You're supposed to clean skirting boards?

Every days a school day!

Seriously-I rarely clean them, especially if they're behind a sofa or other heavy furniture. Or any furniture at all, come to that.

i'm a domestic slattern, clearly.

dottiedodah · 10/11/2020 10:11

Lifes too short IMO! Did some cleaning/clearing up between sofa and patio door recently .Must have knelt awkwardly as my knee has been so painful for several weeks ! Just going off now!

QueenBlueberries · 10/11/2020 10:14

errr that's when I'm embarrassed! I clean properly the ones in the bathroom once a week, and the kitchen maybe once a month, but other than that I only properly clean them when re-decorating. DH has the hoovering job and he hoovers the top of the skirting boards once in a while.

Derbee · 10/11/2020 10:20

Once a month.

MiddleEasternMummy · 10/11/2020 10:25

Dust every week .
Deep clean 3-4 times a year .
Not a job I love by the way !!!!

Wexone · 10/11/2020 10:37

Every week or two but just run over the hover on them or the mop. Mine are painted white so dirt tends to show up on them easily plus wood burn stove in loving room and soot can show.