Sustainable Cleaning Calendar Generator
Simply answer 5 super quick questions to generate your personalised cleaning schedule. There aren’t any wrong answers, so just answer honestly and we’ll have a plan of action ready for you.
These five questions will help us to create your personalised sustianable cleaning calender
Your personalised cleaning calendar
Monday
Carpets and floors
Tuesday
Dusting
Wednesday
Kitchen
Thursday
Carpets and floors
Friday
Skirting boards and touchpoints
Saturday
Carpets and floors
Bathroom
Sunday
Windows
Tuesday
Carpets and floors
Dusting
Kitchen
Thursday
Carpets and floors
Skirting boards and touchpoints
Windows
Saturday
Carpets and floors
Bathroom
Saturday
Bathroom
Kitchen
Skirting boards and touchpoints
Windows
Dusting
Carpets and floors
Wednesday
Carpets and floors
Carpets and floors
It’s particularly important that you take care of your flooring in high traffic areas such as hallways, stairs and your kitchen.
A damp mop will be fine for most hard surfaces, with a little natural detergent diluted in hot water. Scented vinegar is ideal for stain removal and lifting any lingering odours.
Your pet’s hairs no doubt get caught up in carpets. Using a rubber squeegee is a great way to get them out without wearing down your carpeting. Be warned - you can’t just do one patch of carpet! You’ll be amazed at what colour it was supposed to be…
Dusting
When it comes to dusting, we know that little and often is key to prevent build-up. However did you know that, unless you’re looking to treat wooden furniture with it, there’s no need to use sprays and polishes when you’re dusting. A damp cloth is just as good, and that way you avoid using aerosols and buying yet another cleaning product.
Kitchen cleaning
Notoriously one of the dirtier areas of the home, it’s important to keep on top of the kitchen cleaning. Use a natural antibacterial surface spray for your worktops (look for witch hazel in the ingredients) and invest in a specific product if you have granite or marble worktops. These materials are prone to fading so sometimes require a specialist spray.
Skirting boards and touch points
Areas where hands and fingers touch a lot need special attention when it comes to cleaning. Skirting boards, bannisters, light switches and door handles can all be cleaned with scented vinegar and a soft cloth. It smells great and naturally cleanses germs.
Bathroom cleaning
Our bathrooms, although they require antibacterial cleaning, needn't be areas where we use lots of harsh chemicals. There are natural bleach-free loo cleaners on the market, you can use scented vinegar for cleaning your mirrors and shower screen and a little bicarbonate of soda can work wonders for limescale.
Window cleaning
Scented vinegar is your friend here. The shine and streak-free finish that you achieve with vinegar (plus a labour-saving squeegee and a hefty dose of elbow grease) is spectacular. Remember to give the glass a final wipe with a soft cotton cloth, working in circular strokes.
How often you clean
Wow, you’re a bit of a cleaning superstar aren’t you? It’s great that you do so much to keep on top of your housework, and we are a little jealous of your organisation skills. This is particularly helpful because pet hair can get everywhere.
Remember not to become a slave to the duster though - it’s important to take a day to yourself every so often. We think you deserve it.
Cleaning three or four times a week is absolutely ideal. Little and often is the key and it seems like you’ve got it sussed. You’re not cleaning so much that it becomes a chore, but enough that nothing mounts up too much and becomes a huge undertaking.
Balancing the needs of a busy home life, work, family, friends and socialising can be tough - and keeping on top of housework is often just not a priority. This is nothing to beat yourself up about, but you can really help yourself out by cleaning just three times a week, adopting the little and often rule.
How many products you use
A multi-use product can be an absolute lifesaver - it saves time, money and precious cupboard space. It’s never a good idea to have a utility room full of products that essentially do the same thing, with the same ingredients. But it’s also worth remembering that some tools for specific jobs are worth investing in.
For example, copper cleaning pads have unrivalled scrubbing power when it comes to baked on grease, and it’s definitely worth having a stock of these.
Having one or two main cleaning products and a couple of specialist items is exactly the approach we would recommend - the perfect mixture of multi-use products and more specialist tools. Our favourite multi-use cleaner has to be scented vinegar - great for everything from limescale to cleaning the loo.
It’s important to have plenty of cleaning products to get the job done quickly and effectively. However, there are many brilliant multi-use cleaners out there than will save you money and space in your cupboards.
Our favourite multi-use cleaner has to be scented vinegar - great for everything from limescale to cleaning the loo.
Bleach
Bleach was once the failsafe and one-size-fits-all cleaning must-have. These days, there are much better eco-friendly alternatives that are much kinder to the environnment, and to our skin and lungs.
It is great that you don't use bleach to clean your house. Avoiding bleach is a great way to do the planet a favour. Once it gets into the waterways, it can do horrible things to wildlife, destroying ecosystems as it goes. Bleach is not necessarily evil, there are things it is very good for. But you should definitely think twice every time you use it.
Children
We understand that with little ones around it’s even more important to make informed choices when it comes to what cleaning products you use in the home. Try plant-based or homemade cleaners for peace of mind.
