Submitted 7 months ago by parasocialite@lemmy.world to [deleted]
I’ve just swept and mopped. Once the floor dries, I could easily go sweep again and turn up more dust and dirt. If I were to mop again, I’m almost certain the water in my bucket would be filthy. It feels like it’s never actually clean.
Beyond that, there’s dusting, cleaning windows, sinks, countertops, bathrooms, and probably things I don’t even consider. How do you all stay on top of these things?
Robots do vacuuming and mopping at least once a week, some areas more often. I do basic cleaning of the kitchen regularly and more in depth cleaning occasionally. Bathrooms are about the same but less frequent. I find getting stoned really helpful for staying on top of cleaning, it’s a much more enjoyable experience.
Roomba. OK, not exactly, but I have an offbrand bot that does touching up and my wife and I take turns doing a proper cleaning of the floors every couple weeks. It’s not perfect, but it’s presentable. Neither of us are going to dedicate too much time to keeping things perfect. Cleanliness is important, but take care that it doesn’t become an obsession at the cost of your other interests.
I do the dishes as soon as possible, wipe the kitchen surfaces daily if used, I scrub the toilets the second they don’t look sparkling (to prevent gross buildup, maybe every 10 days, there are no stand-pee-ers in this house spraying piss everywhere lol), my Roomba runs every 2 days to get most dust on the floor that normally would get kicked back up, and I pay for some house cleaners to come once a month to get what I missed and do a better job at it.
If you’re lucky enough to have a furnace, replace the filters monthly if you can. They sell them in multi packs. Buy the cheap ones and replace them often.
Clean the worst of it and let the rest be. I try to do a more thorough cleaning spring and fall.
Put a large air cleaner in on high. Beat the couch cushions outside, shake down blankets outside, carpet wash the furniture and carpets. Scrub hvac vents and air handler ducts. Wet wipe your walls and base boards. Clean you dryer vents. Dust is everywhere. Light mop daily with a spray mop.
Change your HVAC filters every month until it gets better. If you don’t have HVAC, get more air cleaners and stay on top filter replacements.
It’ll take ages, but it’ll get better.
Robot vacuum has been a game changer for me. Highly recommended!
I usually just deep clean once a year and wash the floor multiple times over until it’s pretty clean. Then I let my robot vacuum/mop keep it mostly clean twice a week the rest of the year. The robovac helps enforce a cleaner lifestyle by ensuring things aren’t left out and about. The floors will never be perfectly clean though, just the nature of life~
I use a crosswave, and it’s disgustingly effective at cleaning floors. It’s basically a self cleaning Swifer wet jet.
I used it on floors that I mopped with a traditional mop twice right before, and the water was dark brown when I finished.
I keep up on my hvac air filters to help with dust, and have a no shoes in the house rule.
Robots
wait til’ it gets bad enough to bug me, then clean.
We’re almost there.
Define your standard of clean. How much clutter do you want? How much dirt is OK?
Then break tasks up - decluttering, vacuuming, dusting, mopping, and schedule each as often as is needed.tp.mwet the above standards.
My personal standard is to do light vacuuming and decluttering every day. Dishes and cleaning kitchen +dining room at least daily, sometimes twice as needed. Bathroom cleaning and more extensive vacuuming every week. Dusting and mopping every couple weeks.
Most of my non-floor surface cleaning is done with method pink or 409 and microfiber cloths. A battery Dyson vacuum was a game changer and makes touch ups way easier; no wrangling with cords, just grab it off the wall charger and push it around for a few minutes hitting spots you can see dirt.
Nature’s miracle is great for pet or kid messes, I use both the hardwood and carpet formulas.
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20"x20" air filter taped to a box fan while you’re cleaning and leave it running for a few hours. Change your HVAC filter.
This seems like an amazing idea. Someone should sell 3d printed adapters for the filters
The fans are also 20", so you can just tape the filter right on.
I don’t wear shoes in the house and run an airfilter. Every friday or sunday, I do an hour of cleaning (if necessary). Keeps things extremely clean. If I make a mess, I immediately clean it up.
At some point the shame overcomes the laziness and then I clean it.
I clean the kitchen pretty thoroughly once per week after meal prepping. By thoroughly I mean do the dishes, wipe down the stovetop and counters, clean the sink with dish soap and a sponge, then sweep and mop. During the week I try to clean up small spills and such as I go and load the dishwasher after meals.
For the bathroom, I usually do once per month. Clean the counter, mirror, toilet top to bottom, and shower top to bottom. Sweep and mop.
Living spaces and bedroom I sweep/mop/vacuum once per month and clean tables as needed.
I hardly dust or clean windows. I maybe do that a couple times per year or if it’s particularly filthy.
The general idea for me is to clean regularly and as needed so that nothing is really nasty at any given time. Anything else gets done roughly once per year or on move out.
i don’t, its a nightmare
If dust is the problem then you start at the top and work your way down. Ie Clean ceiling fans, Dust, then wipe surfaces then vacuum.
Oh yeah, definitely ceiling fans. The top of those get pretty bad with first and hair
I bought a good vacuum cleaner and a steam cleaner. That and microfiber rags.
Part of the reason I downsized and bought a condo was to reduce the amount of time I spend doing “house” stuff. I just try to clean things as I go so that I don’t have specific cleaning days.
robot vacuum that runs every day and I have a couple of air filters. They work well picking up some airborne dust.
I got the side table from Ikea which have a built in air filter. And I put that in the corner of my seating group.
I’ve been thinking of getting 1 or 2 of those Ikea air filters, how loud are they when they run? Anything you wish you’d known before getting it?
No. At the lowest setting you have to check if it’s on at all. It’s got three speeds. The highest is very noticable… The table got a sort of auto function that speeds up sometimes. Which seems to work well.
Wait… clean?
Change your air filter, check for dusty air ducts.
Like the cleaning of a house... It Never Ends. Robot vacuum once every other day. Try to get to physical vacuuming of stairs etc. once a week along with cleaning toilets etc. Actual mopping of floors maybe once every two months? It is clean enough not clean.
Do you just sweep with a broom? A good vacuum cleaner is a lot more thorough. And if you mopp right after there’s a better chance to get most of the dust.
The other question is where the dirt is ultimately coming from. Most notably rom outside via air movement and shoes, but also consider shedded hair and skin from humans & pets, lints from textiles and any hobbies/activities.
I like to avoid any “dust catcher” objects like carpets or rugs. In the end it’s a tradeoff between how clean you want it to be and how much time you’re willing to invest.
What do you have on your floors? Just bare floors?
floors are made out of poly vinyl chloride. not super pretty but quite smooth on the surface which equates to easier cleaning. anything that has ruts in it like wooden planks or ceramic tiles is going to be harder to clean
I’ve always considered paying for cleaning a little posh, but with children and both working full time it’s an easy choice. We’d always prioritise other things than cleaning in our free time, so it wouldn’t get done. It is also tax deductable where I live.
reddig33@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Clean as you go. When you’re done with food, wash the plate or put it in the dishwasher. When you’re done with your shower, take yesterdays dirty clothes downstairs and put them in the washing machine. After you are done dressing in the morning, wipe down the bathroom sink etc with the hand towel. Buy a roomba and set it loose before you leave for work.