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Do you have a cleaning rotation schedule?

post #1 of 8
7/16/12 at 8:09am
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I'm beginning to understand why Ruthie cleans so much. I've never seen so much flippin' dust! I've lived in rural areas before so I know that is a contributing factor but man-o-man, I'll clean the kitchen the night before and walk in the morning and think, "Where did it all come from?" Plus bugs, I hate bugs.

 

I'm going to have to get on a cleaning rotation. How would you divvy up these rooms? I figure I have 5 or 6 days to rotate through the week ...

 

~ Living room (large, carpet)

~ Dining room (not large, carpet - I know, I'd like to change that)

~ Entry (large, rabbit cage, tile)

~ Kitchen (large, tile)

~ laundry room (medium, tile - also has food storage and misc storage)

~ hall bathroom (tiny, tile - DD should be responsible for this but I'll still need to go in and do some check-cleaning)

~ DD's bedroom (medium, carpet - she'll be responsible for most of the cleaning but I'll come in and clear webs from the window and run the vacuum on the floor that is clear)

~ Back bedroom which is also the spare TV room, guest room, craft room, office (medium, carpet - like DD's room just mostly the window and vacuum)

~ Master bedroom (medium, carpet)

~ Master bathroom (large, tile - includes spa tub and shower stall)

 

I'm thinking I'll keep all the tile floored rooms together but I want to break those up so I'm not on my hands and knees multiple days in a row.

 

The kitchen and laundry room are on one end of the house. I could start there then move through the house, doing the living room and dining room the next day, the entry and one bathroom after that, I could then do the smaller bedrooms and hallway, finishing with the master bedroom and bath. That would be 5 days of rotation.

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post #2 of 8
7/16/12 at 8:59am
I need one but have never gotten it going.
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post #3 of 8
7/16/12 at 9:36am
I find it's easier to divvy up weekly routine chores (dusting, vacuuming, mopping, etc) by days instead of rooms. For example the downstairs get vacuumed Monday and Friday and the Upstairs Tues and Sat. Floors are mopped Sunday & Thurs etc.


If you want to do it by room, I'd just try and keep the areas together- assign all bathrooms to 1 or 2 days, the bedrooms to one day, the kitchen and laundry together, living room, dining room, and entry to another.
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post #4 of 8
7/16/12 at 10:12am

OK I am a nerd so I have an excel spread sheet for cleaning. I list everything.

So in my first column I have the date

Next is my Priority. Something like doing the dishes would be a top priority so I give it a 1 Something like cleaning the living room where if it gets put off I would be fine gets a 2. Things like picking up the rooms that company doesn't see gets a 3. Things like organizing and closets get a 4.

Next column I have my frequency. So daily things get a 1

Next is the chore that I need to do

So then when I check off something I simply change the date to the next time I plan to do that chore. 

 

A bit complicated but it seams to work at the moment. If I don't finish something I change the date to a =today() function that puts it on the days list until I get to it.

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post #5 of 8
7/16/12 at 10:33am

Not exactly a rotation or a schedule.

I sweep when I see excessive hair on the floor - usually about every other day.

I do laundry on Saturday mornings so that I have time to hang it on the clothesline and ahve it dry before I go to work Saturday afternoon.

I hate to dust, but since I got all the knick-knacks HImself had on every horizontal surface in the house, I don't have to dust nearly as often, and when I do, it goes much more quickly.

I clean bathrooms when they look like they need cleaning - usually about once a week.

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post #6 of 8
7/16/12 at 2:48pm

I sweep the floors and clean the bathrooms everyday.

Saturdays, I do everything.

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post #7 of 8
7/16/12 at 2:50pm
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Originally Posted by 2bearsmom View Post

I find it's easier to divvy up weekly routine chores (dusting, vacuuming, mopping, etc) by days instead of rooms. For example the downstairs get vacuumed Monday and Friday and the Upstairs Tues and Sat. Floors are mopped Sunday & Thurs etc.
If you want to do it by room, I'd just try and keep the areas together- assign all bathrooms to 1 or 2 days, the bedrooms to one day, the kitchen and laundry together, living room, dining room, and entry to another.

 

This is how I do mine. 

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post #8 of 8
7/16/12 at 2:52pm
When something is dirty enough that I can't stand to look at it, I either leave or clean it smile.gif
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