House Cleaning Information

Let’s face facts no one like chores. Doing housework doesn’t
even get near my top 100 list of things I like to do. With
that said though, I also don’t like a messy house,
especially when company stops by unexpectedly. So despite my
dislike for the tasks at hand, I have found it is in my best
interest to have a system that allows me to complete my list
of chores as fast as humanly possible.

Like most things in life, if you simply make a list of the
chores that need to be done and a schedule when you would
like to have them completed; you will quickly and easily be
able to keep your home in spic and span condition.

You may not currently have your own list, that’s OK. Feel
free to use one of ours (which you can find at the bottom of
this page) or if you are feeling really creative or your
simply don’t like our chore checklist, you can simply use
our checklist as a guide and make you own.

Below is a list of the 10 most common rooms in a house -
just to make sure you don’t forget any of the major ones.

1. Bathroom(s)

2. Bedroom(s)

3. Kitchen

4. Dinning Room

5. Living Room

6. Office

7. Family Room

8. Game/Play Room

9. Front and Backyards

10. Basement

Take my word for it, you will be surprised at the amount of
time saved when you simply have all of your chores in a easy
to read and simple to understand format. Setting your
cleaning system up this way will allow you to quickly see
what has been cleaned this week and what still needs to be
done.

As a side note, one benefit of you being more organized,
other than your house simply being much cleaner; a good
weekly house cleaning checklist will also let you quickly
find out if you’re Kids, Husband/Wife, or roommates are
keeping up with their responsibilities. Like with most other
things in life if your loved ones are accountable for their
actions, or in actions, there is a much better chance the
“thing” they are being held accountable for will get
actually done. This could mean less cleaning for you.

Free Download Weekly House Cleaning Checklist

Someones Got to do the Dirty Work: House Cleaning Toilet Edition.

Cleaning the toilet – is one of those necessary household chores that no one likes to do. At times being the person responsibly for the up keep of the house can be really disgusting. No cleaning job is more disgusting than cleaning the toilets in the house cleaning. Lucky for you we have come up with a few house cleaning toilet tips that can make this process a little bit less crappy.

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House Cleaning Toilet Tips!

It’s not the toilets fault they are one of the most un-sanitary place in the house. How unsanitary well that depends, of course, on how much it is used and how often it is cleaned. It really is up to you as to how often your toilets should be cleaned. In general though, a good house cleaning toilet tip is that a toilet that is used quite a bit should be cleaned a minimum of once a week, twice would be even better. While a toilet that isn’t used on a regular basis, like the toilet in a guest bathroom, only needs to be cleaned once every two weeks to three weeks.

Make sure you have all the tools of the toilet cleaning trade handy before you start the cleaning process. Out of all the various tools you may need rubber gloves are probably the most important thing, because toilet bowls are breeding grounds for germs, and as such you don’t want your hands to come in contact with the toilet bowl water if at all possible.

Although cleaning the toilet in your house is not rocket science, it does take precision to avoid getting the toilet bowl water everywhere (I guess that’s why my young kids don’t do clean the toilets). If you do happen to get a little over zealous while cleaning and get toilet water all over the place make sure you use disinfectant spray and wipe it up immediately.

I would also not suggest you wear your Sundays best when preparing to clean the toilet. In fact I have found the best items to wear are an old pair of jeans and an old t-shirt and the best time of the week to clean the toilets is right before I am going to start a fresh load of laundry. This way when I am done cleaning the toilets I can change and drop those potentially nasty clothes in the laundry machine.

Lucky for us the miracles of modern science have blessed us with many great items such as toilet bowl brush that can clean the toilet and then be flushed down the toilet. Do I ever love these little guys, not only do I not have to keep ugly toilet bowl brushes in each bathroom it is much more sanitary. There are also those little toilet bowl tablets that disinfect the toilet water each time the toilet is flushed and many more items available. Cleaning the toilets in your house is defiantly a dirty job but it is better then the alternative…unless your lucky enough to have the alternative be having your spouse clean the toilets

Most feel the kitchen to be the most important room in the house. If you think about it this makes perfect sense, seeing as how this is where all food is cooked. To make sure that you keep the kitchen as hygienic a place as possible for your family, you must clean the kitchen on a daily basis.

The Ins and Outs of Cleaning the Most Important Room in Your House – The Kitchen

When cleaning the kitchen in your house you have to do more then just wipe down the counters with a sponge and towel. When cleaning your kitchen you need to make sure you pay special attention to the counters, the kitchen sink, the stove, the microwave and of course the dishes.

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Do You Really Have to Clean the Kitchen Everyday?

Well the short answer is it depends on how often you and your family use the kitchen for cooking. If you go out to eat most days or cook TV dinners on a regular basis, you may actually get by with only having to clean the bulk of your counter, stove and microwave once or twice a week.

On the other hand if you and your family love to cook , you will need to do a more detailed cleaning job in the kitchen on a daily basis. The process is much simpler if you clean all the pots and pans immediately after you use them. You will also find that if you unload the dishwasher in the morning and load the dishes through out the day as well as while you are cooking your meals, cleaning up at the end of the day will be much easier.

Another important cleaing tip is to make sure you keep the kitchen sink area clean. Many people make the mistak of washing their dishes in the sink and letting the leftover food go right down the drain. Over a period of time this will clog the drain, so be sure to use the garbage disposal if you have one. If you don’t have a garbage disposal, be sure to deposit any unwanted leftover food in the trash can before you wash the plate and dishes in the sink.

Arguably the number one appliance in your kitchen is the refrigerator, which should be cleaned thoroughly once per month. Another common mistake made when cleaning the refrigerator is too only use only a sponge and some water, but it is important to note that you must dry the water too, otherwise the left over water mixed with the low temperature of the refrigerator may cause mold.

Many kitchens have tiled walls and backsplashes, and it is important that those tiles are cleaned as often as the bathroom tiles are cleaned (about once per week). Make sure you use a softer cleaning chemical in the kitchen compared to the one you may use in the bathroom. Keeping up with the cleaning in the kitchen can be a daunting task, especially if you are responsibly for cleaning the rest of the house as well but remember take your time try to have fun and do the best job you can.

Sponges can be great tools to use in the kitchen but they can also be great ways to spread germs! One way to kill 99.9% of all the germs on a sponge is to pop it in your microwave for two minutes, once you here the beep of the microwave you will have a fresh virtually germ free sponge to do your cleaning with. Just make sure you don’t try this with steel wool or any other metal.

We have had a number of people ask us for a house cleaning checklist they can download edit and print so we made a simple excel house cleaning list feel free to add or subtract chores from the list as you see fit.

Enjoy

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