Here's How Often You Should Clean Different Parts of Your Home

House Cleaning Routines

We'll break things down into categories that you should work on each day, week, and month. 

There are a number of things that you have to take care of every day if you want your house to stay in good shape. Sure, you might be able to slack on these things for one day, maybe two, but they start to get out of hand beyond that point. 

The first thing to manage each day is your bed. You should also keep up on dishes, floors, counters, and laundry. These things, when kept together, will keep your home in a generally clean state. 



The dishes, counters, laundry, and floors are some of the first dominoes that tend to fall. Some days are more stressful than others, so don't sweat it if you slip up here and there. 

Things to Do Each Week

The weekly cleaning schedule should dig a little deeper than the daily one. Pick out a time of the week that you can reliably get these things done. Depending on the size of your home, this process shouldn't take more than a few hours. 

In most cases, you're just going to be cleaning the same things as you would otherwise but going a little deeper. Mop the floors instead of sweeping them, sanitize the counters instead of just wiping them off. 

Clear out your fridge of any expired food and wipe down the surfaces of your refrigerator. Do the same with the interiors of your microwave and oven. Vacuum the carpeted floors during this time as well. 

This is a time to really clean and disinfect the areas of your home that you use often. 

Further, it's a good time to do the laundry from the week and change the bedding. You're okay to change your bedding every few weeks, but there's no harm in wrapping that chore into your weekly cleaning schedule. 

You'll just have cleaner, softer sheets to sleep on!

Monthly Checklist

For your monthly checklist, try to take care of the things in your home that aren't visible but have an impact on your health. In particular, try to clean the vents and air systems in some manner. 

That might mean dusting everything from blinds to furniture, vacuuming out vents, cleaning light fixtures, and more. This is also an opportunity to move the larger appliances and furniture in your home to clean underneath them. 

It happens too often that those areas go uncleaned throughout the entire stay we have at a residence. So, roll up your sleeves, wiggle the washing machine out of place, and clean whatever's underneath it. 



You might find that those tasks don't need to be done every month. After doing them once, they might not pick up as much dust and grime as you would expect. Just wrap those chores into a longer cleaning interval if that's the case. 

Every Four to Eight Months

The long-term cleaning chores tend to be the ones that cause us a deep sense of anxiety. This is because a lot of us assume that we have to do them all of the time, but most people have no interest in cleaning these things until they absolutely have to. 

Sometime between four and eight months, try to do the following things. 

Wipe down and wash your shower curtain. Who knows how much grime and dirt that thing is holding onto. Wash your actual pillows and comforters. Put a vacuum cleaner on your mattress and get as much of the dust out of it as you can. 

The average mattress will put on a number of pounds from your dried skin flakes over the course of its life. Try to think about that the next time you're falling asleep on top of ten pounds of dead skin. 

Deal with your drains at this time as well. The same goes for your garbage disposal. This could just mean running some bleach down your drains or snaking the ones that are easily clogged. 

Beyond that, fill out your list with tasks that are relevant to your home. Make the list of things that don't have that much of an impact on daily life, but could cause problems if they're left unkept for more than 6 months. 

Yearly Cleaning Tasks

There are a few things that you have to take care of each time a year rolls around. For one, clean your fireplace or have it inspected every year. 

Fireplaces are a hotbed of potential furry friends, clogs, smoke hazards, and tar that might not be the best thing to have in an airway to your home. This is also a time to run a deep clean through your carpets and fabrics. 

That might requires a professional service or some expensive equipment. Check on the state of your gutters to see if there are any blockages. Carefully clean your curtains.

Try to get tall of the dust and debris out of your appliances such as the dryer or the dishwasher. When you do these things at the manageable intervals listed above, your home will stay clean and tidy. 

Your things won't lose as much value, you and your mental health will benefit from such a clean environment. 

Need Help With Cleaning Your Home?

Getting your house cleaning done is a lot simpler if you have all of the tools you need. That old sponge might have seen its last wipe. 

Purbloc is here to help. We've got all of the cleaning and disinfecting products that you need to run a tight ship and keep your home looking fantastic. Explore our site for more ideas on cleaning, cleaning products, and ways to keep your domain feeling spotless.