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54 replies

Tobythecat · 09/07/2017 09:53

How often do you mop floors? Clean out fridge? Wipe skirting boards? Hoover stairs? Clean out cupboards? Wipe down outside kitchen cupboard doors?

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TeaBelle · 09/07/2017 09:55

Mop floors - rarely. Maybe once a month but I wipe in between
Fridge - once a week
Skirthing boards - weekly
Stairs - weekly
Clean out cupboards - yearly
Wipecupboard doors - fortnightly

ShowMeWhatYouGot · 09/07/2017 10:28

All weekly, accept the clearing cupboards and wiping skirting boards.

TittyGolightly · 09/07/2017 10:30

Around the turn of a milennium.

MrsOverTheRoad · 09/07/2017 10:33

Floors about every 2-3 days depending on the weather.

Fridge...not often enough. I give the milk container areas a wipe about once a week but I don't completely empty and scrub it more than once a month!

Skirting boards every time I mop....

No stairs here.

I wipe cupboard doors daily. We seem to always spill on them.

IveGotBillsTheyreMultiplying · 09/07/2017 10:34

Titty GrinGrin

SleepTyping · 09/07/2017 10:36

All weekly.

Grilledaubergines · 09/07/2017 10:36

When I can be arsed for all those things. If I'm in the mood it could be every other day but otherwise fortnightly. My skirting boards, on looking, are pretty grim actually.

GoldenHoops · 09/07/2017 10:37

Mop floors. Daily, lots of children, big dog.
Clean fridge. Every Friday before I fill it for the weekend.
Skirting. Damp dust weekly due to dog.
Cupboards. Depend on which cupboard but I have a clear out every 6mths
Stairs. Never we haven't got any.
Kitchen doors. Weekly or as they need it.

chickenowner · 09/07/2017 10:37

Only during the school holidays when I have the time!

(Except vacuuming the stairs - I do that more frequently).

flumpybear · 09/07/2017 10:40

We both work full time so have a cleaner who does most of this every other week - we clear out the fridge every couple of weeks and clean it probably once a month.

Skirting was fine recently when we had a deep clean, a lot of things like clearing out cupboards would be may be once or twice a year

Scoobydoobydont · 09/07/2017 10:44

Some of you must have much less busy lives than we do! Skirting boards and fridges every couple of weeks? Wow.

Mop floors - when sticky. Or if something gets dropped
Fridge - If it smells or something obviously leaks
Skirthing boards - when they look like they need doing
Stairs - bungalow
Clean out cupboards - the kitchen is only six years old
Wipecupboard doors - the ones by the hob every few months. The rest never

CremeEggThief · 09/07/2017 10:47

Mop: aim for weekly, but it sometimes slips to 2 or 3 weekly.

Fridge: every 2 or 3 months. I just got a new fridge freezer and I hadn't de-frosted my previous one at all in the 4 years I had it.

Skirting boards: I go over them with the vacuum every few weeks, but I never wipe them.

Vacuum stairs: once a fortnight, when I vacuum upstairs.

Clean out kitchen cupboards: between 6 months and yearly.

Wipe down cupboard doors: every three months or so, or if I notice any dirt or grease.

Thatextrainch · 09/07/2017 10:49

Mop floors - about twice a week
Fridge - deep clean every few months but empty old food weekly.
Skirthing boards - I don't think I've ever wiped them but they get vacuumed every day (at least downstairs do)
Stairs - vacuumed every day
Clean out cupboards - yearly
Wipecupboard doors - a lot (have a grubby two year old, hence the daily vacuuming downstairs)

BusterGonad · 09/07/2017 10:52

I only do these things when they need doing! I don't like making unnecessary work for myself!

MrsOverTheRoad · 09/07/2017 10:53

Scooby oh no I'm very busy! But my house is old and I live in a dusty place in Australia. When I mop...which I have to do quite regularly or it gets' crunchy...then I dash the mop over the skirting boards. They're GREY with dust every few days!

OohDammit · 09/07/2017 10:55

Kitchen and bathroom floors get mopped every evening (amazing spray mop thing so very quick job), rest of them once a week.

Hoovering once a week, this includes the skirting with hoover attachment, and the stairs.

Inside cupboards whenever I notice they need it which is not very often to be honest.

Fridge, once every one to two weeks

Front of cupboard doors daily (quick wipe at the same time as work tops).

That1950sMum · 09/07/2017 10:58

I've lived in my house for fourteen years and I don't think I've ever cleaned the skirting boards. Just has a look at them and they look ok. Maybe its like when you don't wash your hair - eventually they start to self clean.

I think I've cleaned out my cupboards once.

The rest on your list as and when they need doing.

lljkk · 09/07/2017 11:00

Everything when I think it needs it.
Stairs are about once a week, others less often.

AuntieMay · 09/07/2017 11:00

Mop every day
Wipe cupboards doors every day ( white high gloss)
Inside cupboards ( less often maybe every 2/3 months)
Fridge - I pay my teenager £5 every 2/3 weeks
Stairs about twice weekly
Skirtings get wiped or hoovered most weeks
We are busy but with 2 adults, 3 teenagers, a Labrador and an Airedale - our house needs this. - probably more often than I actually do!

EyeHalveASpellingChequer · 09/07/2017 11:03

Mop floors - about every 2 days
Clean out fridge - once a year (!)
Wipe skirting boards - every time I hoover (daily/once every 2 days)
Hoover stairs - daily/once every 2 days
Clean out cupboards - once a year (!)
Wipe down cupboard doors - whenever something splashes on them (about once a week overall)

MarklahMarklah · 09/07/2017 11:05

I don't have a mop. Hard floors get cleaned when they're noticeably dirty but are hoovered twice a week, when I do the carpets downstairs.
Stairs once a week.
Fridge - when something smells in it!
Skirting boards - never.
Cupboard doors - when noticeably dirty.

Bunlicker · 09/07/2017 11:06

How often do you mop floors? Clean out fridge? Wipe skirting boards? Hoover stairs? Clean out cupboards? Wipe down outside kitchen cupboard doors?

Mopping every couple days and spot cleaning when needed due to child related incident

Fridge when grotty

Skirting boards Every 6 months for housing inspection

Hoover stairs every couple weeks

Cupboard doors when skanky.

Inside cupboards when I get the urge, a couple times a year or when I have visitors.

Copperspot · 09/07/2017 11:07

Full clean every week which includes

Wipe all surfaces
Clean and bleach bathrooms
Wipe down kitchen and cupboard fronts
Skirting
Vac everywhere
Empty bins
Wipe kitchen / bathroom floors
Fridge probably once a month, plus obviously if anything spills.

But i live alone in a teeny flat, which is always tidy. So my 'big sunday clean' only takes 45mins start to finish. Which is one wash cycle. So i try and get everything done before that bleeps at me Grin exciting life me

Stoneagemum · 09/07/2017 11:11

Am I supposed too? Floors when I stick to them maybe, the rest ?

Kim82 · 09/07/2017 11:14

Mop floors - 1-2 times a week

Clean out fridge - once a week before food shopping

Wipe skirting boards - Hoover them about once a week, actually wipe them down about once a year

Hoover stairs - once a week

Clean out cupboards - twice a year

Wipe down outside kitchen cupboard doors - once a month or so.

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