What is one household cleaning task you do everyday without fail?

[RocketIceLollie]

Exactly that really. What is one household cleaning task you do everyday without fail?

For me it's washing the dishes, putting it all away, and anti-bac'ing the kitchen tops.

I also make sure the living room is tidy, not necessarily clean, but tidy. So toys, discarded clothes, etc, put away at the end of the day.

The only thing I always do is anti bac spray and wipe down work surfaces every evening before I go to bed. I worry about someone getting ill. DH always loads and unloads dishwasher and puts away dishes. Vac only gets done 3 times a week. Dusting occasionally. Bathrooms only cleaned once a week.

@chercez and @Hooverphobe
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ps Hooverphobe .. your name could work so well for me too ..
I got a robotic hoover - fantastic- switch it on and job done 😉😉

Any washing up/drying.
Clean the oven and hob if used...

A little hot water, washing up liquid, cloth. Wipe everything. Refresh water as needed. Never use a spray or anything anti-bac.

Washing-up liquid is a strong anti-bacterial.

The only thing I do every day is bleach down the loo. Everything else is as and when needed.

There isn't anything I do 'without fail' life gets in the way sometimes but generally, I make the beds, do the dishes and have a tidy round after DD has gone to bed so I can relax in peace. I consider those to be everyday jobs. I tend to clean and tidy as I go as it's just easier for me.

Clean the loo.

And tidy the kitchen I suppose, although I do that while waiting for the kettle to boil, so it doesn't really count.

*I’m always intrigued by this “cleaned when needed”

but at what point? When you notice it looks dirty? When it starts to smell? When there’s a speck of dirt? When it’s so dirty that it’s dangerous?!*

@Goodgrief82

You don't understand when it's needed? It depends on use and common sense.
One day there might be lots of us at home and I might do lots of cooking. In which case I'd probably anti-bac the kitchen surfaces several times. Another day we might be out/we may have a take away etc. So there may be no need to clean work surfaces.

@babbi me too. But the useless little twonk sent a message to my phone earlier. Something about trapped under the sofa and scared. I’ll send a small child in after him at some point.

Can I just get some clarification? When people are referring to antibac, do they mean those specially marketed as a spray or liquid as such? Or do they mean normal washing up liquid and water, which is also “antibacterial” by its very nature? The former is just pointless overpriced rubbish, the latter is fine.

Dishwasher
Making beds
Cleaning work tops
Clean toilets and sinks
Vacuuming (robot)
Laundry most days

But “needed” is surely objective!

needed from a hygiene perspective is very different from my and others perspective of it “needing” to be cleaned if we notice that there’s a streak or a few crumbs eyc

Wiping down kitchen surfaces.
Dealing with dirty dishes.

We have a dishwasher, however for anything which can’t go into that, we wash those every day. I wipe down the worktops and kitchen table, and I second that Method Rhubarb anti-bac smells divine. Apart from that there isn’t any other task I would do every day without fail.

I use a soapy cloth.

Every day things we do are empty and stack the dishwasher, wash up anything that can't go in it, and wipe down the surfaces.

“Common sense” doesn’t come in to my cleaning regime.

I clean way before it reaches the point that common sense ie you need to clean it in order for it to be hygienic!

Hoover (2 dogs,4 kids)
Wipe down kitchen work surfaces
Load/ unload dishwasher
At least one load of washing

This

Why start a thread about cleaning

What on earth are you doing to your dining table that it requires a thorough clean with anti bac several times a day?? Surely it's just got a few crumbs or a splash of food on it at most?

I’m not criticising!

just the “when needed” caught my eye

Beds and dishwasher are the only ones.

I make my bed every day, because I like to come up to a nicely made bed each night when DD hasn't got there first

I fill the dishwasher as I go.

I usually give to loo a quick clean last thing, but only if I'm the last one going to bed.

Otherwise stuff gets done on a very ad hoc basis.

Fill/empty the dishwasher, that's about it. I don't use anti bacterial products, they are unnecessary and often less effective than soap based products.

Same as you do, apart from the anti bac (so unnecessary)

No one ever got ill from a work surface!