How Often Should You Vacuum?

The house we live in had brand new carpet when we moved in. What a treat! So, we’ve tried hard to take good care of it. Well, as best as one can when you live in a busy household of eight people, six of them active children.

Daily Vacuuming

This summer I wanted to instill some better cleaning habits in all of us and instituted the daily vacuuming of the living areas. There are three carpeted areas in the downstairs, and so each of the big boys had to choose one area to vacuum every day. It’s amazing what a difference it made to the overall appearance of our home.
I’d read once that you should vacuum an area as many times per week as the number of people that regularly use that area. So, for a bedroom for one person, a weekly vacuuming is sufficient. A room with two roomies should get a twice a week treatment.
Our main living areas? According to that formula, they should receive eight vacuumings a week. Well, that ain’t happening. But, this summer we were able to swing a daily once over. It really doesn’t take very long to go over each area. And, since it has to be vacuumed, all the junk has to be picked up off the floor, too!

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