Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Had a house cleaner for many years, wife of the building maintenance/groundskeeper, she was great until the pandemic started and then finally this year it became impossible to keep her.
Mrs works out of the house 3-4 days a week and it's very difficult to have cleaning going on while she is working which is almost all day, noise needs to be a minimum.
House cleaner was every other week, $100-$125 per visit so we're saving money but now somebody has to do the real cleaning and you can't just gloss over it all the time, sometimes you gotta roll up your sleeves and get dirty. I honestly don't mind but I wish I could find some cleaning products with less chemicals in them.
Not sure what works and what doesn't but the Shark steam mop is a god send. I can use that several times a week if need be on the tiles in the kitchen and dining room, bathrooms are pretty easy and it doesn't use any chemicals at all, just water and steam, which I wonder if that truly cleans the floor but it's nice to not have chemicals being used.
I don't think Mrs Myers is all that "green" but maybe I'm wrong. Plus I hear it doesn't clean so well.
We have a shark vacuum as well, bought it so the house cleaner didn't have to bring her own, little did I know how easy this thing works and makes vacuuming the carpet in the rest of the house, easy.
Curious how long it takes most to clean their homes? I only have about 1,600 sq feet I have to deal with, top to bottom if I don't stop is about 3-4 hours, but I'm lazy and will break it up over a couple days.
The toilet seems like it should be done a lot more often on its own. Even when we had hired help I would be cleaning this thing every few days
I know folks who clean them almost every day, and if you share it with others or have family/kids I could see having to do that twice daily.
Wife and I have separate bathrooms we use but I still like to keep mine as spotless as possible, plus she sneaks in there and uses it when she's working, don't let her fool you.
I started using "Pink Stuff" and I don't notice much scent to it, seems to clean glass doors in the showers pretty well, soap film comes right off but the paste gets a little messy.
Scrub Daddy? I own like 6 of them for the bathrooms
Mrs works out of the house 3-4 days a week and it's very difficult to have cleaning going on while she is working which is almost all day, noise needs to be a minimum.
House cleaner was every other week, $100-$125 per visit so we're saving money but now somebody has to do the real cleaning and you can't just gloss over it all the time, sometimes you gotta roll up your sleeves and get dirty. I honestly don't mind but I wish I could find some cleaning products with less chemicals in them.
Not sure what works and what doesn't but the Shark steam mop is a god send. I can use that several times a week if need be on the tiles in the kitchen and dining room, bathrooms are pretty easy and it doesn't use any chemicals at all, just water and steam, which I wonder if that truly cleans the floor but it's nice to not have chemicals being used.
I don't think Mrs Myers is all that "green" but maybe I'm wrong. Plus I hear it doesn't clean so well.
We have a shark vacuum as well, bought it so the house cleaner didn't have to bring her own, little did I know how easy this thing works and makes vacuuming the carpet in the rest of the house, easy.
Curious how long it takes most to clean their homes? I only have about 1,600 sq feet I have to deal with, top to bottom if I don't stop is about 3-4 hours, but I'm lazy and will break it up over a couple days.
The toilet seems like it should be done a lot more often on its own. Even when we had hired help I would be cleaning this thing every few days
I know folks who clean them almost every day, and if you share it with others or have family/kids I could see having to do that twice daily.
Wife and I have separate bathrooms we use but I still like to keep mine as spotless as possible, plus she sneaks in there and uses it when she's working, don't let her fool you.
I started using "Pink Stuff" and I don't notice much scent to it, seems to clean glass doors in the showers pretty well, soap film comes right off but the paste gets a little messy.
Scrub Daddy? I own like 6 of them for the bathrooms
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