How Often?

[Crystal]

Every. Single. Day. At least once. My entire home is a cream color ceramic tile with area rugs. If I don't mop, you can tell. If I don't mop, by noontime I am going insane because it irritates the heck out of me to see dirty floors. Almost OCD about it. It's a sickness, I tell ya.

[Meyou]

My old kitchen and front hall floor was off white ceramic and I hated it. I would have to mop every day too and spot mop all day long or it looked gross.

[AnneCordelia]

I mop every other day or so. I covet my sister's steam mop and will get myself one as a back-to-school treat. LOL!

[Unregistered]

Every other day

[MarinaVanessa]

Every. Single. Day. At least once. My entire home is a cream color ceramic tile with area rugs. If I don't mop, you can tell. If I don't mop, by noontime I am going insane because it irritates the heck out of me to see dirty floors. Almost OCD about it. It's a sickness, I tell ya.

I'm like this too HOWEVER I do not do a deep-scrub mopping (not insinuating that you do either Crystal). My tile is also a cream beige and EVERY single drop of water turns into a dirt spot and makes my DC look grungy. I simple take my swiffer-style mop and throw a damp rag on it and spot-mop my floor so it looks pretty and clean again. I do it at least once a day in the middle of the day and again in the AM before DC. If it's really bad then I mop as needed.

I don't like my floors looking dirty. We used to have white grout that eventually looked grungy grey so we decided to re-grout it to a darker color. I liked that the gray matched the granite on our countertop (pink, grey and beige) and the associate warned me that "Gray actually looks a lot like dirt" to which I replied "Great! Because that what it looks like now but in patches!" We re-did the grout and now I am pleased to say that it looks 1,000 times better. Remember, sometimes it's the little things that make your home look grungy.

[littlemissmuffet]

I vacuum, sweep, mop and dust at least once a day.

[Sunshine44]

Not often enough! My kitchen is not available to anyone except me, so it doesn't have to be perfect.

[Kaddidle Care]

At work we do it every day but I didn't know it was a requirement. It just needs it. There's usually some sort of juice or paint or something on it.

Move the fridge? WOW! I'm glad we don't have a fridge in the DC room!

[mom2many]

I have hardwood floors and area rugs. I sweep or vacuum daily or more frequently if needed and mop once a week. I have a shark steam cleaner and LOVE it! I'm kind of a clean freak and hate anything on the floor...but no fridge ever gets moved here!

[Unregistered]

My husband used to do fire prevention classes. Moving and cleaning under/behind a fridge periodically is an important step in fire prevention (get the coils all cleaned). Not daily though - I don't remember exactly but a few times a year is good probably.

[SilverSabre25]

Yeah...I never move the fridge. I can't move it, not without tearing up our floor. I tried when we moved in and regret it terribly. The floor in there is that cheap-ass-stick-on-laminate stuff and the feet of the fridge gouged deep holes in it. Now it looks bad because the old floor (another layer of cheap-ass-stick-on-laminate) shows through and they look wildly different.

[NiNi.R.]

I used to mop everyday and I still never felt like my floors were clean enough. I finally decided one day to invest in the shark steam mop. LOVED IT! so worth it. Now I only mop once maybe twice a week. I also used to go through vacuums like crazy but I went and bought a dyson and it has tested time!

[renodeb]

I dont mop every day but I sweep up after every meal b/c other wise I get aunts! (yuck) Its more of an as needed thing. ( I know that sounds bad) but thats the way it goes. I dont move the fridge very often either!
Debbie

[Blackcat31]

Never. I have never once mopped my daycare floors.

We have carpeting through and through...yep, even in the kitchen.

I vacuum alot during the day with either my regular vacuum cleaner or with the little non-motorized push sweeper. I also have a commercial carpet cleaner come in once per month.

I do have a tiny bit of linoleum in the entry way and I guess the bathroom too, but the commercial cleaners take care of the entry way and I seem to hand mop the bathroom floor on a daily basis thanks to my non-aiming boys.

[Squirrel]

I think I've gone all summer without mopping aside from the bathroom. I sweep the dinning room after every meal and the kitchen 2-3 times per week. My floors stay clean enough that I don't feel the need to mop all the time. I just spot clean when something sticky gets on the floor. I mop my entry way/coat room close to once a week in the winter due to the messy boots.