Reasonable length of time to clean bathroom?

[bathromwoes]

Please help me asses whether IABU.

How long would you say is reasonable to do a "deep clean" of a family bathroom?

It's a small room; toilet, sink, shower over bath. Tiled floor. Panel sheets around bath/shower.

It's becoming an increasing issue between DH and I, although I accept symptomatic of bigger things!

Thanks!

Deep clean takes me 30/40 mins

It really does depend on what a 'deep clean' entails and how often it's being done.

It also depends on things like what bath products you use, whether people tidy up after themselves, how much stuff there is in there.
And obviously on how quickly someone works.

In general it's unreasonable to assess cleaning by how long it took vs whether it's clean enough at any given point. From your second post yours is always 'clean enough' so it sounds like the time and frequency of cleaning are sufficient or maybe more than is really needed.

100% this. I need to deep clean our en-suite today which is tiny but it will take at least an hour to get everything thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned. Especially all the tiny nooks that are awkward to get at.

a quick spray and wipe/ bleach in the loo is 10/15mins but not a deep clean.

15 minutes?!

In 15 minutes can you
Clean all grout
clean skirting boards
clean light fittings
clean bath
clean toilet, as in actually clean not, not a lick round the bowl with a brush
clean, remove limescale and polish all metal work, taps etc
Hoover and clean floor
Clean windowsills
clean any showergel bottle holders etc
clean radiator/towel rail
clean shower screen/change shower curtain
Clean bathroom door of any marks

A deep clean means a room is brand new clean/so clean you can lick it.

Same. A deep clean isn’t just a spray and wipe. I even clean the light fixtures in the ceiling, the extractor fan interior and wash the window.

You don't clean your teeth?

Given your update I would say 20 minutes.

We have two. I have the bathroom with the bath. He has the one with the shower. I reckon it takes me a half hour. DH can't estimate because his approach is to do parts of it at a time.

I don't have grout my walls are smooth panels, my shower is fixed overhead so no messing with that, my lights are inset so no touching those, my loos are regularly cleaned so don't need sandblasting, I live in a low limescale area and don't hoover just pick up dirt with a wet cloth when I'm wiping them.

Well yeah they are on little toothbrush and toothpaste hooks on the wall being held in suspension so to my mind they aren’t lying around needing moved for cleaning. Some people on this thread sound like they have massive amounts of stuff lying about that needs moved to clean.

30-45 mins. We have a lot of limescale!

Oooh thanks OP. Nothing like a good cleaning thread 😂

How long does it take to move a toothbrush? Chuck it all in sink, wipe sides and wall behind, replace everything on sides and clean basin

Is this really the right question you are asking. Because who the hell cares what time it takes the person doing it. Just let them do their thang. If it’s cleaned. Great.
surely this is not the problem. The problem is the person comparing about time taken whether too short or long. There’s your issue.

Ours is a similar size, normally takes me 15mins for a normal clean. I would say 30 for a deep clean. We don't have a window in so no window cleaning and only tiles on one wall.

My DH hasn't cleaned a bathroom in our entire relationship of 22 years. It would take me a couple of hours as I don't do deep cleans very often and I never get the limescale out of the toilet and I've lived in hard water area all my life. I just bleach it if it looks mucky!

Completely agree. From this thread we can see there's lots of different answers. Whoever is complaining is the person in the wrong especially if you can't even see that it's "due a clean". The person complaining should just do the job themselves if they're unhappy with the time taken

Max half an hour including time to apply descaling/mould cleaner

15 mins. I can't let my autistic ADHD partner clean the bathroom as it takes him all day tho. Every watermark, toothbrush on the grout etc. you can have it as quick or slow as you like.

Thank goodness you posted it takes me 2 hours. Like you I wipe down every bottle!

I think an hour to do it fully or anything less if a "quick wipe round" is coming into it at all.

I do wonder about this new "deep clean" phrase, has it come fromSM? It seems to mean a weekly clean for some and a once in a blue moon clean for others. I suspect the 10-20 minute responses are weekly, 30+ a once in a blue moon.

It used to be either "a clean" or "spring clean". We all knew where we stood with that.

Best part of an hour if I’m scrubbing all the tiles and grouting. There’s a lot.

I'm similar to others in that I have a routine clean which is wiping surfaces sink and taps, and cleaning loo, that happens a couple of times per week and takes 10-15 min. I do a fuller clean probably weekly to fortnightly that involves full shower clean, scrubbing grout, refilling soap, mopping floor, etc, and that would take closer to an hour.

An hour