Vacuuming every day.

[Beeme29]

Normal right?! I have two children - two messy children, a dog that constantly sheds and a messy dp! It just needs doing. I’ve always done it every day unless I’ve been extremely busy or ill or something - I have a cordless now so not much effort.

Anyway. Dp has always said how unnecessary it is and how it has damaged the carpet.

Our upstairs carpet desperately needs replacing as gone thin and frayed in places but it’s been down for 10 years and was put into the house when it was refurbished before it was sold to us. The carpet was relatively new when we moved in but I think it was quite cheap but has done us okay. It’s not damaged because I’ve vacuumed every day - it’s because it’s old and probably cheap at the time. It’s pretty clean just old.

We are getting new soon hopefully if we can afford it and says that I’m not allowed to vacuum it every day as I’ll ruin it and it’ll be a waste of money getting new carpets.

Aibu to think he’s being an asshole?! Surely vacuuming every day keeps a carpet in good condition? Says I need to do it every day few days...

Our downstairs carpet is newer than upstairs and it’s fine.

When we get new carpet aibu just vacuum it every day? I tend to do both up and downstairs every day in one go. It’s a small house. Takes about 10 minutes with my cordless dyson longer if using my non cordless.

He’s literally hoovered about 3 times himself since we’ve lived here. He just doesn’t get it!

I cba vacuuming every day but it’s up to you. I can’t see it would damage a carpet unless it was one of those industrial carpet cleaners. 10 years is a good life span for a carpet. I think your Dh is just being tight. Also if he doesn’t vacuum he gets no say!

We have a robot hoover that goes around daily. 2 house cats and 1 toddler so it needs doing. I couldn't imagine daily vacuuming damages carpets. It will pull some if the fibres out over time I guess, and the more you do it the more it'll pull... But still... Replacing carpets every 10 years doesn't seem unreasonable to me (even if it was as a result of daily vacuuming)

I haven't the time to vacuum every day, despite family and pet mess. I have a robot vacuum to clean up as a result, a proper vacuum is usually done once a week.
Pre pandemic we had a cleaner who came every fortnight.
Clean as much as you like, it's your house. Your DH is being ridiculous about the carpets though, but I think its maybe the frequency of your cleaning that's getting to him.

Life is too short to vacuum every day. I'd go mad if I constantly thought about domestic stuff to that extent and a bit of untidiness is a price worth paying to spend my time on more interesting things.

Obviously I have no experience in whether over-vacuuming can result in worn carpets but that doesn't seem likely.

Once a day downstairs, when it needs it upstairs. Hate manky looking carpets...

I think carpets are disgusting anyway.

I also don't think there are "rules". You do what works best and what needs doing.

Some people prefer letting the house got into tip stage, and spend an entire day to bring it back. I prefer often but little at a time so the house is always nice.

If your husband thinks a carpet is not suitable for daily hoover, he needs to chose another type of flooring.

@fairburn

I vacuum around twice a day, especially kitchen and main living/dining area.

It's not weird.

Once a week is gross

Twice a day! Now that is weird. I think I've dropped into some kind of parallel universe.

We hoover upstairs once a week and the downstairs twice a week (our hairy dog doesn't go upstairs). Once a week would be fine if no dog. There's more to life than an immaculate floor...

You say it's the upstairs carpet needing replaced - does your dog need to go upstairs? Assuming it's bedrooms upstairs, just retrain him so he doesn't go up there and then you won't have a hair problem up there so you can hoover less.

Another great idea is to get carpets that match your dog! We have collies so our carpets are speckly grey - this hides the black hairs and the white hairs wonderfully. You can see the hairs if you put your nose to the carpets, but not from sitting on a chair.

I would have been once a week until the kids became more mobile and I let them eat snacks wherever they'd be quiet rather than just the kitchen. Now it needs it every day but with the cordless it's so easy. I'm really hoping that at some point they'll hit an age where they'll be less messy? All preschool now

Downstairs every day, stairs probably every other day but I don't lose any sleep if I leave it a day longer, the upstairs more like twice a week. If I'm short of time the daily quick clean of the kitchen and bathroom, and the laundry, is higher up the priorities tbh, other than the downstairs due to toddler and pets.

It's more a weekly job than a daily one, I think, but I do think lots of vacuuming is more likely to have preserved the carpet rather than destroying it. 10 years is a good life for a cheap carpet in a high traffic area.

I bought a new carpet recently and when I was looking at the nice, thick, expensive ones the owner of the shop actually said to only consider something like that if you are prepared to vacuum it every day. So looks like vacuuming is recommended to make carpets last longer meaning your husband is wrong.

That said, what on earth are you lot doing that requires vacuuming every day??
I vacuum once a week and spot vacuum (cordless) if dd has created crumbs or something.

I think some of you are vacuuming for the sake of it.

You are my people!!! I Hoover from top of stairs and all of downstairs every day and upstairs at least 2 times a week (bathroom cleaned top to bottom every day). 2 teens and no pets.

Mrs PC thinks the amount of hoovering I do is over the top, I don't. Still she doesn't need to moan. It's me doing it after all!!

No, it’s not normal to vacuum everyday.

When I had dogs I hoovered every day , simply had to , I think a 10 year old carpet is well past its sell by date

I don't vacuum often but any carpet should stand up to being vacuumed as often as needed. You might get a slightly shorter life but if you have kids and dogs, what does he suggest as an alternative?

I Hoover downstairs every other day. Upstairs twice a week.
The carpet in the front room is 20 years old and mostly looks brand new (it needs a shampoo) apart from where the cat had a scratch!

I assume the people who hoover more than once a day don’t work. Do you follow children/dogs around and hoover after them?

When I had my last carpet fitted about 7 years ago the carpet fitter told me that the more often you Hoover the carpet, the better. He said dirt getting ground in shortens the life of carpets.

I don't this is crazy. We have wooden floors downstairs and I sweep up crumbs etc twice a day ( two small children, two adults and two cats make a bit of mess ). I mop twice a week and Hoover the rugs with the cordless twice a week too. Upstairs where it is food and pet free it's a once a week job. I feel this is pretty normal. My husband would prefer it if it were even more frequent ...

I hate hoovering so it gets done when the sock fluff and cat hair takes over. Definitely not every day

*I vacuum around twice a day, especially kitchen and main living/dining area.

It's not weird.

Once a week is gross*

I'm gross then

We hoover everyday. The carpet in living room is ancient and has been there about 30 years, it’s getting replaced because it’s ancient not because it’s been hoovered.

Most of our house is wood floors but they still get hoovered downstairs daily.

Daily hoover is a quick go around downstairs mainly. Only upstairs/ stairs, moving furniture and on skirting once a week

3 kids, 1 large sheddy gun dog, 2 cats, and a slobby DH who spreads breadcrumbs like he's method acting Hansel and Gretel.
I hoover every other day but in actuality, every day is necessary, especially with everyone home. I've let it go for ages upstairs (where the carpet is) and it gets pretty nasty looking. So, I'd give your partner the pleasure of seeing what happens when you don't hoover often. Is there a chance he'll be out of the house soon again so you can just hoover in peace without him hanging about, whipping out his toy cop badge and hoover warrant?

I definitely don’t hoover every day, but after 10 years you can safely say it’s just normal wear and tear on the carpet, not your hoovering.