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emmasmommy 08-03-2011 10:55 PM

because i need to know
 
how many times a week do you vaccuum? on average

nun69 08-03-2011 11:03 PM

twice.....only because the living room is the only part downstairs with carpet...in my old house where it was wall to wall carpet, almost everyday!!!! but I would rather vaccum than sweep...I LOATHE sweeping my floors!

joelsgirl 08-03-2011 11:04 PM

I don't have carpet, but I mop 4 times a week.

{sorry, i just hate to be left out. ; )}

lovely1m 08-03-2011 11:06 PM

Yeah, once, if you're lucky. I do dustbuster a few times a week.

newfiemountiewife 08-03-2011 11:08 PM

Every other day. My kids eat snacks in the living room (the only room that has carpet aside from the bedrooms) so there are always random smashed goldfish crackers on the floor LOL

Valgal 08-03-2011 11:09 PM

Everyday besides Sunday! I have 3 dogs and a cat. 'Nough said ;)

MandaT 08-03-2011 11:10 PM

I hate cleaning of any sort... it seems soooo pointless with 3 mess-makers and all the country dirt.

Today I cleaned house, so we've (actually the kids) vacummed 3 times, in 1 room, because it pisses me off that the kids can't keep things picked up after I spend hours doing the work.

Normally, once a week? Maybe. LOL

kscwgirl 08-03-2011 11:13 PM

I am not allowed to vacuum. Jeff says I do it wrong. I still don't know how you vacuum wrong. :blink:

Libby Pritchett 08-03-2011 11:18 PM

On average? Somewhere between 0 & .15 times a week. LOL Though I suspect that'll change when I have a little one under foot again.

NeverendingJen 08-03-2011 11:23 PM

at least once a day

marlathrall 08-03-2011 11:25 PM

Once a week... Every Wednesday actually. Does that make me gross? I don't have kids yet so I figure that probably makes all the difference.

jacinda 08-03-2011 11:27 PM

At least twice a week. I do the whole house vacuum during my big clean on Mondays, then will vacuum hotspots once or twice during the rest of the week/weekend. (Like the dining area and front entrance where the dirt gets tracked in.)

mdb21 08-03-2011 11:49 PM

Every day. I can't stand to have little crumbs or threads or anything at all on my floor. And my son makes messes constantly.

shaynesgirl 08-03-2011 11:54 PM

I vacuum zero times a week. Dh though is OCD so he does minimum once per day. :)

Leila 08-03-2011 11:58 PM

None. We've got mostly hardwood and tile floors, so DH and the kids take the dust mop to the floor a few times a week. Our vacuum is broken, so the upstairs has yet to be done. :unsure:

suze 08-03-2011 11:58 PM

yeah I try to do as much as i can but aleast 2 a week since I have a lab/huskey and a 10 month old.

kim21673 08-04-2011 12:17 AM

We have carpet in our dining room....so that gets vacuumed a hundred times a day!!! The boys' "play room" get vacuumed every day....the rest of the house...once a week.

We "spot" vacuum all the time with a little vacuum cleaner though.

eranslow 08-04-2011 12:22 AM

not enough.....

I sat down a while ago and made up a great cleaning schedule. We have yet to follow it! lol Both hubby and I dislike cleaning. So we really put things off!

origami 08-04-2011 12:42 AM

Put us on the list of people who have carpet in the dining room too. I vaccuum pretty much every day. :mellow:

HeatherKS 08-04-2011 12:46 AM

Pretty much every day before we got out new carpet. The old carpet was darker and it showed EVERYTHING. The new lighter carpet doesn't show stuff as much so I can usually go every other day. It also helps that the kids can't eat in the LR anymore since we got the new carpet. LOL

chastml 08-04-2011 12:52 AM

At least 5 times a week. You know, every day but the weekend. My kids leave crumbs everywhere!

Megan Turnidge 08-04-2011 12:55 AM

About 3x a week.

Kenzi 08-04-2011 01:17 AM

I have a very LARGE and hairy dog so I vacuum/sweep downstairs everyday. Then I do the upstairs 2-3 times a week.

TheHybridMess 08-04-2011 01:50 AM

once sometimes twice a week

Traci Reed 08-04-2011 02:05 AM

I feel woefully inadequate. Lol

FireWolf 08-04-2011 02:13 AM

Every.stinking.day downstairs-parquet flooring ...I have 2 BIG dog, a hairy wolf-hybrid and 3 cats so yeah it's a must, especially now that they are all shedding. Only 1 of the cats is allowed upstairs so I can get away with twice a week up there plus it's all carpet except for the bathroom and spare room.

Ingridfasquelle 08-04-2011 06:38 AM

Every other day ! :)

cardinalskate 08-04-2011 06:58 AM

Every other day for me, too. Often daily. I have a crumby kid and 2 cats. I vacuum WAY more than I mop.

emmasmommy 08-04-2011 07:35 AM

i'm about every other to every 3rd day. depending. we don't let the kids eat in the living room and that's the only room with carpeting.

Tracyfish 08-04-2011 07:41 AM

Once? with some spot cleaning every here and there...we have mostly hardwood floors.

heathergw 08-04-2011 07:47 AM

we have hardwood floors... though, we take the shop vac to the dining room every day because of ants.

SweetMelissa 08-04-2011 08:25 AM

At least once a day. I usually vaccum after lunch (carpet in the dining room) and then again after the kids go to bed (living room, dining room & hallway). I try to vacuum the kids rooms every two or three days. Then I do our room once a week.

MamaBee 08-04-2011 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eranslow (Post 857065)
not enough.....

I sat down a while ago and made up a great cleaning schedule. We have yet to follow it! lol Both hubby and I dislike cleaning. So we really put things off!

word! here too... ;)

Kara 08-04-2011 08:44 AM

About once a week, with touchups when needed. We are strict about not allowing food/drink outside of the kitchen, and we never wear shoes inside, so it doesn't get too bad.

ColleenSwerb 08-04-2011 09:04 AM

I'm with Libby, lol. What is this vacuuming that you speak of?

I hate cleaning, period. I just don't care. I'm lucky if we vacuum twice a month. But we don't have kids yet, Tiger doesn't shed a lot, and our carpet is 18 years old and gross no matter what. We're hoping to put in wood floors in the whole house before the baby comes.

mummytothree 08-04-2011 09:49 AM

well we have hard wood floors so in the living room we just have a big 12x 12 rug and it gets swept every day...if not it just gets nasty!!! :thumbdown: Then down stairs we have carpet in our finished basement (this includes the 2 girls room) and it needs swept everyday but it usually only gets done twice a week.

Then in the 3 bedrooms upstairs we have a small rug for the older boys (it's like a Tonka rug that they can drive cars on...maybe 4x4) and it gets shaken out every Saturday. Then in the babies room we have a 5x7 rug and it gets swept on Saturdays and in our room we have a 12 x12 but it's just basically under our bed to keep it from moving so it doesn't get swept but like 3 times a year (when we move our bed)!!! :D :D

Penny Springmann 08-04-2011 09:58 AM

This is us as well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kara (Post 857149)
About once a week, with touchups when needed. We are strict about not allowing food/drink outside of the kitchen, and we never wear shoes inside, so it doesn't get too bad.


Leah 08-04-2011 10:24 AM

:o Um everyday. :o

I know...I'm anal...but in my defense, we have a long-haired cat that likes to roll around on my beautiful area rug in the living room and I like to have it "new" looking. Plus, my kids are messy in the kitchen and I hate stepping in crunchies on the floor.

AND...it's not me that actually does the vacuuming, it's the kids cuz it's on their chore chart. Living room, kitchen and front entrance get vacuumed every day.

You can make fun of me now. :p

scrappurple 08-04-2011 10:26 AM

1-2 times. Cassie vacuums every Saturday and I usually do once in the middle of the week.

Sarah8914 08-04-2011 10:28 AM

About every other day. More since we have an ant problem... I used to let the kids eat snacks in the living room... but it's been off limits for a few months now and we still have ants everywhere else.

I don't really mind cleaning... i don't like cleaning up toys, but I don't mind the rest. A clean house makes me very happy. In fact, I kind of need it.

lauren grier 08-04-2011 10:29 AM

14-21 times a week

i vac 2-3 times a day. i have two furry animals. and a child. who is the most disgusting person ever.
vaccuming must be done constantly.

Leah 08-04-2011 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lauren grier (Post 857205)
14-21 times a week

i vac 2-3 times a day. i have two furry animals. and a child. who is the most disgusting person ever.
vaccuming must be done constantly.

AMEN to this!

pewtertm 08-04-2011 10:58 AM

Well, considering how much the dog sheds, I should vac on a daily basis...but there's always tons of kid stuff all over the floor.

So a couple of times a week, on average. During the summer it's more often because he sheds SO much.

Lauramarie 08-04-2011 11:13 AM

every single day and sometimes 2x a day. My son eats stuff in there and it drops on the floor and I do not want ants to have any reason to come in this place!

rach3975 08-04-2011 02:44 PM

How many times per week? Ha, ha. Not even weekly. It takes forever since everything must be cleaned up and moved first, and I have a toddler who's still very afraid of the vacuum (and all loud noises). I try to do it every other week, and may start doing it weekly when school starts in the fall. We dust bust under the kitchen table many times a week, though.

nun69 08-04-2011 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emmasmommy (Post 857122)
i'm about every other to every 3rd day. depending. we don't let the kids eat in the living room and that's the only room with carpeting.

same exact thing here :)

Stacey42 08-04-2011 03:26 PM

I vacuumed today for the first time since school got out in June. :)

The only rooms with carpet in the house are the bedrooms & they are too low traffic & too out of sight for me to bother with much. Once a month mostly.

But I sweep the living room & kitchen floors twice a day & mop twice a week.

pewtertm 08-04-2011 03:41 PM

It's like laundry around here...never ending.

Srsly, I can vac in the AM and by the time I'm fixing dinner, you'd wouldn't even be able to tell. Between the dog (chow/retriever mix), 3 cats (2 long haired), a 5yr old, and a DH who is home all the time, clean just doesn't happen.

That's one reason I'm sort of looking forward to all day school...I can really get some things cleaned around here!

Nettio 08-04-2011 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColleenSwerb (Post 857162)
I'm with Libby, lol. What is this vacuuming that you speak of?

I hate cleaning, period. I just don't care. I'm lucky if we vacuum twice a month. But we don't have kids yet, Tiger doesn't shed a lot, and our carpet is 18 years old and gross no matter what. We're hoping to put in wood floors in the whole house before the baby comes.

I'm glad I'm not the only one. :D With only two of us and no pets, I don't tend to do it very often. I do sweep the kitchen almost every day though.

aggiefamily 08-04-2011 07:48 PM

Every day along with the sweeping and the mopping. LOL! But we don't have carpets so the vacuuming is really just pushing the stick vac around on the hard floors.


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