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How often do you.................?

53 replies

Mummysurfer · 15/10/2003 19:09

  1. clean the main loo
  2. change your bed
  3. change children's beds
  4. wash the front door
  5. defrost freezer/fridge
  6. clean oven
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SoupDragon · 15/10/2003 19:12
  1. Every week (well our cleaner does) and shove bleach down it "as necessary" in between
  2. Erm... when I remember! Every 2-3 weeks unless it's summer when I tend to remember more often
  3. See above
  4. What???
  5. Once every 2 years on past experience!
  6. Are you meant to?
Mummysurfer · 15/10/2003 19:12
  1. very few days
2. oooo not often enough 3. dd once a month - shame ds every few days - nappy leaks 4. once a year - before putting up holly wraeth 5. NEVER but freezer is desperate 6. ovenu man once a year
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doormat · 15/10/2003 19:13
  1. both at least twice a day plus bleach down last thing at night
2. every few days 3.same again 4.once a fortnight 5.when needed 6. when needed
WSM · 15/10/2003 19:13
  1. All loos are thoroughly cleaned by own fair hands (and a toothbrush, yes I am that anal) once a week.

  2. Once every 10 days / fortnight

  3. Once every 10 days / fortnight

  4. Eh ?!

  5. Have self defrosting freezer so never !

  6. Self clean oven, but wipe it out after every second use generally.

codswallop · 15/10/2003 19:15
  1. twice a week
once a week once a fortnight when it needs doing never get a man in
Mummysurfer · 15/10/2003 19:17
  1. was supposed to read " every" few days
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magnum · 15/10/2003 19:17

1.I only have one (I must be poor)!! Once a week thoroughly, bleach every day though
2.Once a week
3.Once a week
4.The rain does that!!!
5.When I can't fit my shopping in it
6.When it starts to smoke when I'm cooking (my least favourite household chore)

codswallop · 15/10/2003 19:17

doormat you clean each loo twice a day?

really? are you very particular or very messy?

codswallop · 15/10/2003 19:18

clean sheets on fridays. mmmmmmmmmmmm

Clarinet60 · 15/10/2003 19:19

1)every 2/3 days
2)when I remember! (shame)
3)ditto
4)never even thought of it
5)never
6)as soon as there's a spill, otherwise never

BTW, DH thinks I'm a fanatical, pathological cleaner. (!!!!!)

codswallop · 15/10/2003 19:23

I agree about the front door and windowsills.they get grimy

tsk really gells

philippat · 15/10/2003 19:24

oh god another thread to make me feel useless about my cleaning habits.

Following the last one of these about six months ago which made me change my slovenly habits I'm proud to answer every week to 2 and 3.

All the others I can definitely say 'not often enough' to. I certainly had never considered cleaning the front door - doormat, do you clean the inside doors too?

fisil · 15/10/2003 19:49
  1. every week (cleaner)
2. when they go grey 3. when they go green 4. ? 5. every other year? 6. c 6 months (cleaner)
tinyfeet · 15/10/2003 19:56
  1. cleaner does
  2. once a month, if that. Horrible, I know.
  3. every 2 wks or more, if accident
  4. cleaner
  5. never! - it's frost-free!!!
  6. never! it's self-cleaning or something like that.
Mummysurfer · 15/10/2003 19:59

doormat ... are you a Flylady girl?

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Ghosty · 15/10/2003 20:04
  1. clean the main loo - once a week at least, more if necessary ...
  2. change your bed - once a fortnight ...
  3. change children's beds - ditto ...
  4. wash the front door - why?
  5. defrost freezer/fridge - don't need to ... it is frost free ...
  6. clean oven ... self cleaning ... oh no it isn't DH does it when it needs it
Angiel · 15/10/2003 20:12
  1. Every week
  2. When it needs doing
  3. When they need doing
  4. Did it yesterday
  5. Trying to empty freezer at the mo, so I can defrost. Can't remember the last time.
  6. Hob everyday. Oven hmmmmmm, wouldn't like to say.
lalaa · 15/10/2003 20:27

clean the loo - when it smells!(sense of smell v. good, by the way!)
change the bed - every fortnight
change dd's bed - try to remember when we change our own. otherwise when it's looking scanky.
wash the front door - hah!
defrost freezer - does it itself
clean oven - dh does it (he does most of the cooking) not often enough tho because it smokes if you cook anything for longer than 20 mins.

3GirlsMum · 15/10/2003 20:34
  1. Twice a week
  2. Once a week (just love the smell of new sheets!)
  3. Once a week more often for baby for some reason hers need it quicker!
  4. Err never unless something gets spilled on it.
  5. Frost free never needs doing
  6. Not often enough probably every couple of months.
Slinky · 15/10/2003 20:37
  1. clean the main loo
    every day! I need to with DS1 (6) who has an appalling aim

  2. change your bed
    every Thursday

  3. change children's beds
    same day as ours.

  4. wash the front door
    errrm, been here 4 years and have never done it yet!

  5. defrost freezer/fridge
    When I can't shut the freezer door properly and when things in the fridge become frozen

  6. clean oven
    My mum tends to clean it when she stays over Although the grill bit needs doing as I noticed it smoking tonight

Hughsie · 15/10/2003 20:37

Weekly (ish!)
2-3 weeks
when they need it - can be 3/4 weeks - eek!
What is this strange pastime???
when I cant move for ice
yuk - I keep hoping we will replace it soon....

motherinferior · 15/10/2003 20:40

I am amazed. Are you supposed to clean doors? Have all my neighbours been tutting because I don't?

fio2 · 15/10/2003 20:48
  1. every few days
  2. once aweek but sometimes just once a fortnight
  3. once a fortnight - unless wee has leaked out their nappies
  4. only if its dirty
  5. when I move house!
  6. hate this job, as little as possible
Beccaroll · 15/10/2003 20:58
  1. clean the main loo
    every week with in betweens if it needs it and bleach down every couple of days

  2. change your bed
    weekly usually but post DS (5 weeks) it has been changed ONCE

  3. change children's beds
    weekly unless accidents occur!

  4. wash the front door
    ive only every done it once (when i was nesting!)

  5. defrost freezer/fridge
    Ditto above

  6. clean oven
    Not often enough

waterbaby · 15/10/2003 21:02

1)We invite visitors about once a week, makes sure we do the bathroom etc properly!
2)About once a week
3)I don't think I've had a chance to choose to change it yet - normally has some kind of fluid (milk/water...or the rest) on it at least once a week.
4)Have never... it rains, doesn't it?
5)Last time we needed a pickaxe, will do more often - six monthly?
6)Always put it off as long as possible (until MIL came to stay, in the hope she would cook loads) until I found something that really does 'do what it says on the tin'. Slap it on, leave for five mins, wipe clean feeling like I'm in a cleaning advert! Now do as soon as it gets grubby.

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