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To ask how often you think the average house is vacuum cleaned?

309 replies

fallingapart2 · 16/12/2023 19:55

How often? Settle a debate on what constitutes 'normal' and what's excessive please.

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PaulaPocket · 16/12/2023 20:02

FKATondelayo · 16/12/2023 19:56

Once a week is normal IMO.

Same here. Downstairs on Thursdays and upstairs on Fridays. Our house is considered very tidy.

museumum · 16/12/2023 20:02

On average I think weekly. Ours is less than that but we’re hard floors downstairs and sweep between (and don’t have furry pets).

BettyOBarley · 16/12/2023 20:02

Once a week, but I have a handheld that gets used daily for the kids crumbs!
We don't have pets though, would be more often with dog hair etc.

mondaytosunday · 16/12/2023 20:03

I do it once a week. I imagine most people do, with maybe more in high traffic areas. Now ask me how often I mop my floors 😳...

tenbob · 16/12/2023 20:03

This will be like the ‘how often do you change your sheets’ threads where all the replies are either ‘once or twice a week without fail’ or ‘twice a year if I remember’

I think most people hoover about once a week?

But those will pets, muddy kids and clean-freak tendencies will be more often a
And slatterns or those with easily-swept hard floors will be much less often

ShortDaysLongNights · 16/12/2023 20:04

Downstairs almost daily. Young children, although no pets. Bedrooms every 2-3 days

BettyBakesCakes · 16/12/2023 20:04

Hard to say. With little kids I did it daily as it needed it. Now about twice a week.

Todaysproblem · 16/12/2023 20:04

Twice a week full house, daily entire ground floor

RMNofTikTok · 16/12/2023 20:04

My carer does downstairs 5 days a week, upstairs twice a week, the stairs once a week.

GreenIsTheMagicColour · 16/12/2023 20:04

ZeroFucksGivenToday · 16/12/2023 20:01

Spot cleaning around litter trays daily.
Fully downstairs. Every couple of days, but only because I send the robot vac round.
upstairs monthly. But I do try and do more and I keep meaning to send the robot vac around again.

Exactly this.

tescocreditcard · 16/12/2023 20:04

daily is normal

AlwaysFreezing · 16/12/2023 20:04

Once a week a proper go. Couple of quick go overs as needed in between.

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DixonD · 16/12/2023 20:04

Every day when I’m home but otherwise about twice a week.

mrssunshinexxx · 16/12/2023 20:05

I once or twice a day here kitchen lounge and porch
Once or twice a week rest of house

AntiquePancakes · 16/12/2023 20:05

Every day, one word.....Labrador😀

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Londonrach1 · 16/12/2023 20:05

Depends been daily to 2-3 here but demands on traffic..

ShanghaiDiva · 16/12/2023 20:06

Depends. We are a shoes off, no pets household so upstairs and lounge is weekly, but kitchen at least twice per week.

YuleDragon · 16/12/2023 20:06

adults make much less mess than small kids.

Was more important to keep the floor vac'd with small/crawling kids/toddlers and 2 cats, than it is in an adult only space with one dog.. we're not in the habit of crawling around on the floor, nor do we eat in here, so less crumbs.

bellac11 · 16/12/2023 20:06

Are you asking for average?

Because average means the grand total, divided by the number of things. So given that some people will hoover daily and some weekly, I would say the average is about twice a week or so

If you mean the most usual amount people do I would hazard a guess and say weekly.

To me, excessive would be several times a day but to be honest when we had a very sheddy white dog, I hoovered twice a day, it was the only way to keep on top of it

Favouritefruits · 16/12/2023 20:07

daily! Sometimes multiple times a day! No dog just messy children

myladybelle · 16/12/2023 20:07

Once a week for us because we have a cleaner, but judging from my friends who don't have cleaners probs every 2 or 3 weeks and I say this without judgement as id probably be slovenly too if I didn't have a cleaner.

wineosaurus4 · 16/12/2023 20:08

Twice a day here downstairs which is all hard floors (a toddler and a cat!), the stairs and upstairs twice a week.

Itsbeginningtolookalotlike · 16/12/2023 20:08

Every day here, once by robot, once by me. However I have a small house, a Labrador and I'm a childminder so I need the floors to be clean for the little ones. Robot does the upstairs once a week.