How long can you go with out vacuuming?

[chillipenguin]

Before it becomes a health hazard to have so much dust.

Do you have indoor cats using litter trays ... that's why!

So surprised at some of these answers!

I Hoover once a day ish, it's very simple to do so with a robot and a hand held dyson.

I'm all for trying to save on energy costs but there's got to be a limit hasn't there? And that limit should possibly be not leaving it three months before running the vacuum round

I've got young children and try to keep them in the hard floor areas mostly any way to try and contain the mess. I can get by with a brush and a spray mop then just vacuum the rug once per day, but that only takes a minute with a cordless.

For the rest, I can do once per week. I do downstairs more than I really need to just because i've got the hoover out anyway so may as well. Upstairs is probably once per fortnight but we don't use up there much during the day and have no pets.

I’m surprised too - do you have pets? If I hoovered every day there wouldn’t be anything for it to pick up. I have a cordless hoover which is great to use so that isn’t the reason I don’t hoover more often, I just don’t think it needs doing more than max once a week (other than cleaning up a specific spill etc).

We have 3 German Shepards so after one day we have tumble weeds of hair on the hard floors. The carpets don’t fair much better but at least the tufts don’t get blown around.

So ideally every day but I can get away with every other day.

Dogs are not allowed upstairs so bedrooms only get done once each week.

I live in a very old, very dusty house and if i didn't vacuum daily, within a week my house would be 90% spaniel.

Plus she is one of those white dogs that can be very muddy and wet, but when they dry voila! Pristine again. And you think 'where did the mud go?'

And then you vac up, and realise -ah that's where it went.

To be fair, the Eufy does the daily stuff, I'm not dragging a heavy hoover round every day. I have a hand held for the corners and stairs as and when needed.

Some things I can cut back on, and some things I can't

The Eubank as my Nan used to call it

Some of this multiple times a day stuff belongs on a channel 5 documentary

I swept by hand for 2 or 3 months before I could afford a hoover, and the place didn't look dirty.

I'm sorry you were bullied.

My kids must have better taste in friends than your younger self, as they are around here often, as they have been in every home we've lived in. If there was a problem with visible dirt in anyone's eyes, then my kids would have told me, or would have told me their friends told them.

My many friends who come round here on a regular basis also can't see dirt or dust. They see us, not the level of cleanliness of the house.

Cleaning habits conversations have come up over the years and people are shocked with how little my house is cleaned, as they'd have expected it to be dirtier.

OMG 53 years!

Its going to depend on the 'traffic' through each room, and if you have moulting animals, but seriously, the people panicking about not vacuuming for a few weeks is ridiculous.
What do you think is going to happen ?

Monthly is fine OP.