How often is general cleaning of the premises carried out?

General cleaning is a set of works to remove dust and dirt even in the most inaccessible places. Cleaning is carried out several times a year, as well as before important events: the arrival of a newborn, holidays. It is recommended to thoroughly clean the house after infectious diseases, when the person’s immunity is weakened. Let's figure out how to properly carry out cleaning and in what sequence to perform the work.

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Making a cleaning plan

Preparing a spring cleaning plan is an important preliminary step. It is much easier to think through the work algorithm in advance than to be distracted by trifles during the cleaning process. If you clearly know what to pay attention to and in what order to put things in order, you will save a lot of time and effort.

The recommendations from our article will help you create a cleaning plan. If you wish, you can adjust it or supplement it according to your preferences.

Types of work

General cleaning is divided into several types of work:

1. Daily. The main type of work carried out daily is dusting.
2. Periodic. Includes washing floors, removing dust and debris.
3. Seasonal. Basically, this type of cleaning is carried out in autumn and spring. The main task during this period is to wash the windows and install mosquito nets.
4. After renovation. Depending on the type of repair performed, the complexity of the work and the type of tool are determined.

We prepare equipment and cleaning products

Here is a sample list of what will be needed during the work process:

• microfiber, fabric and paper wipes for cleaning surfaces;
• To treat screens, technicians use special alcohol-free wipes;
• you can stock up on old newspapers for washing windows and mirrors;
• special products and polishes for different materials (glass, wood, tiles, laminate, linoleum, sanitaryware, etc.) will also be useful;
• vacuum cleaner with attachments;
• dustpan, broom;
• mop and water bucket;
• brushes for cleaning sanitary ware;
• air fresheners;
• large garbage bags.

Next, we’ll tell you what’s included in cleaning and how to get the job done faster without sacrificing quality.

What is necessary?

General cleaning, regardless of type, includes the removal of dirt and dust of various origins in all areas of the home. Equipment and modern cleaning products will help speed up this process and greatly facilitate it. When planning a cleanse, you should stock up on:

• mop;
• broom;
• panicles;
• paper towels;
• rags;
• special washcloths;
• gloves;
• containers (bucket, basin).

In the household chemicals department, cleaning products for special and universal purposes are purchased. It is also advisable to buy a microfiber cloth there for cleaning glass and mirrors.

Nowadays, a universal device called a steam generator has gone on sale. It is used to clean and completely disinfect any surfaces with steam. The device can also be used for ironing clothes.

Where to start spring cleaning

There is no point in starting wet cleaning and cleaning surfaces if there is a mess in the apartment: clothes are scattered, a lot of unnecessary little things have accumulated in the closets, there are unwashed dishes in the kitchen.

General house cleaning should only be done after careful preparation. Recommended:

• put all things in their places;
• send curtains and drapes on which a lot of dust accumulates to the wash;
• beat or wash carpets;
• wipe the dust on the ceiling and remove cobwebs;
• wash the chandeliers and all overhead lights;
• remove all things from the bed except the mattress, wash the bed linen;
• sort out things in closets and get rid of unnecessary items;
• ventilate the room.

We recommend following the planned algorithm. Start cleaning from the furthest room and then move clockwise or counterclockwise. This approach ensures that nothing is missed. As a rule, experienced housewives first put things in order in the bedroom and living rooms, and then continue to work in the kitchen, dining room, and bathroom. Wet cleaning is performed only after dry cleaning. In addition, when carrying out general cleaning, you need to move from top to bottom.

Bathroom cleaning

Before you start cleaning your bathroom, do a thorough inspection, especially in areas that are hidden from view. These could be corners or the top of a cabinet that is located under the ceiling. It’s always good to make an action plan before starting any task:

• Cleaning the shower head. Take a bag and pour 9% vinegar into it. Wrap it around the shower head and secure with an elastic band or rope. Leave for 1 hour. Then remove the bag and turn on the hot water tap. To remove small plaque, once is usually enough.

• Cleaning the seams of the tiles. Take fabric bleach and mix it with baking soda. The result should be a creamy consistency. Armed with a toothbrush, apply the paste to the grout lines and leave overnight. In the morning, without much effort, you can remove yellow stains with a brush and warm water.

• Let's add shine to the chrome parts. Buy a lemon from the store and cut it in half. Treat the surfaces of taps, handles and holders with the inside.

• We clean hard-to-reach places. Considering the fact that a bathroom is usually a small room that requires placement of many essential items, there are plenty of such places.

• We clean the drain system. If for some reason you don’t have a means to clear clogs on hand, then you can get by with effervescent substances. Alcoseltzer and Aspirin fall into this category. After removing the mesh, drop a couple of tablets into the drain and pour 100 milliliters of vinegar into it. Don’t forget to rinse thoroughly with hot water after 5 minutes.

• We give the mirror its original purity. When stains appear, it is better to immediately take measures to eliminate them. But if they still remain for a long time and have time to be absorbed, then strong tea with salt will help cope with this problem.

• Wash the curtain. To achieve better results when washing shower curtains, use the proven method and add half a glass of 9% vinegar to the washing powder.

This completes the bathroom cleaning.

Let's start wet cleaning of walls

General cleaning should start with putting things in general order. Temporarily remove everything that hangs on the walls: paintings, certificates, souvenirs, and other items. Wrap the mop in a damp cloth or old towel and gently go over the surface of the walls.

Please note: the wet method is not suitable for processing paper, textile and photo wallpaper. Such materials can be cleaned dry - with a rag or eraser.

For wet cleaning, you can also use a vacuum cleaner with an aqua filter. In this case, choose the most gentle mode.

Cleaning furniture

General cleaning of the apartment involves cleaning upholstered and cabinet furniture. Follow these simple guidelines:

• Vacuum sofas, armchairs, mattresses with a special nozzle. Remove dust from non-fabric furniture parts.
• To clean leather upholstery you need a special mild cleaner. After this, the skin can be treated with cosmetic Vaseline.
• Wipe dust from the surface and inside of cabinets. Start working on the top shelves and gradually move down.
• Remove dirt from the surface of open shelves, bedside tables, tables and other storage areas in the room.

To extend the life of cabinet furniture, use a special polish during general cleaning. Wax-based products protect wood from damage and hide minor scratches. If your furniture has stains or areas that are discolored, you can buy a touch-up compound. Wooden doors are also treated with polish.

Tips on how to organize the inside of your closets

The fact mentioned above is that first you need to free them. Sorting content at the same time can save time. You need to prepare three boxes: the first for unnecessary things that can be thrown away, the second for items that can be given to someone, the third for things that will go back to the closets.

After cleaning the shelves and drawers, they need to be filled. To maintain order longer, you can use the tips of professionals:

• place items where they are most often used;
• do not store food and utensils in one place;
• divide content into categories so you know exactly where to find what you need;
• allocate a shelf for things that are used every day.

It is recommended to store in the upper sections:

• plates and cups;
• groceries;
• storage containers;
• cookbooks.

In the lower ones:

• utensils for cooking;
• household appliances;
• bowls, cups, cutting boards;
• household chemicals.

Cleaning up your kitchen cabinets is only half the battle; in the future, it is important to be careful and always return the contents of the cabinets to their place.

Cleaning algorithm for each room

So, you have successfully completed the initial stage of cleaning your house and stocked up on the necessary equipment. It's time to think over a work plan in each room. Typically, general cleaning includes several stages: we will talk about this later.

Living room

First of all, clean the living rooms. We suggest planning work in the living room in the following order:

• washing the ceiling, lamps, walls, windows, radiators;
• removing dust from various surfaces using dry and wet methods;
• tidying up electronics;
• sorting clothes and linen: dirty items should be sent to the wash;
• cleaning furniture with a vacuum cleaner and special means;
• washing floors.

After you finish cleaning, be sure to ventilate the room.

Bedroom

If at the initial stage you removed the curtains, washed the windows and window sills, removed the cobwebs and tidied up the chandeliers, then most of the work has already been done. All you have to do is remove the middle and bottom tier. Wipe off dust from internal shelves, cabinet furniture facades, and fittings. Clean the items on the shelves from dirt. Better yet, think about what things you can throw away.

All removable parts of upholstered furniture must be knocked out or washed (pillows, bedspreads, rugs, covers). If you cannot remove stains from the surface of the sofa, use an in-home dry cleaning service.

General room cleaning also includes caring for plants and cleaning equipment screens and office equipment. It’s worth cleaning up your smartphone and tablet: these devices accumulate 5 times more bacteria than the toilet!

When washing the floors, do not forget to remove dirt from the surface of the baseboards.

Children's

It is necessary to clean a child’s room 2-3 times more often than in an adult’s bedroom. Cleanliness is the key to health, strong immunity and excellent well-being of the baby.

A cleaning plan in a nursery usually includes:

• carpet and mattress cleaning;
• removing dust from all surfaces, preferably using a wet method;
• cleaning radiators and lighting fixtures;
• removing stains, including from paints and felt-tip pens; sometimes professional dry cleaning is required to obtain a high-quality result;
• washing flooring, windows and window sills.

An important difference between cleaning a nursery is the large number of soft toys in the room. They quickly collect dust, which is favorable for the proliferation of harmful microorganisms.

Caring for soft toys is carried out in stages:

1. The washing up . For this, use a regular soap solution. For example, you can take hypoallergenic baby powder and wash the toys by hand so as not to spoil them.
2. Disinfection . You can prepare an antibacterial agent yourself. Use 1 tablespoon of chlorine bleach per 1 liter of water. This composition needs to be treated not only with toys, but also with the surfaces on which they stood in the room.

Kitchen

Cleaning the kitchen may take you more than one hour, but after a comprehensive cleaning you are guaranteed to get rid of sloppy stains, clutter, and pathogenic bacteria. Here is an approximate order of work:

• Start with standard tasks: tidy up the upper tier, including the lamps. Clean windows and radiators.
• Clean the hood and ventilation grilles.
• Wash the cabinets and empty the room of unnecessary things. While cleaning the kitchen, check the expiration date of products, get rid of unnecessary bags, cans, and boxes.
• Defrost and clean the refrigerator.
• Clean the sink, stove, microwave, oven and other types of kitchen appliances using a special cleaner. Be sure to read the instructions: usually, for effective cleaning, the composition must be left on the surfaces for 10-20 minutes.
• Spray the countertop and kitchen apron with soapy water.

Quite often, universal products are used during cleaning. For example, on sale you can find compositions that are simultaneously suitable for washing dishes, sinks, and plumbing fixtures.

Hallway

Cleaning in the entrance area is carried out either at the final stage or before cleaning the bathroom. Here is a standard list of tasks you have to do:

• clean and wash your shoes;
• hide out-of-season shoes in a closet or other storage place;
• put keys, umbrellas, accessories in their places;
• clean the mirror from dirt;
• wash the front door outside and inside;
• shake out the rug, preferably in the fresh air;
• wash the floors.

As a rule, cleaning the hallway takes a minimum of time.

Bathroom and toilet

Typically, general cleaning of this room is carried out in the evening: this advice is especially important for allergy sufferers. The fact is that during the cleaning process in the bathroom, aggressive disinfectants are often used. Remove basins, rugs, towels, and bath accessories from the room in advance.

Clean the ventilation grilles, apply antibacterial compounds to the faucet, bathtub, and sink. Pour limescale remover into the toilet. From homemade compositions, you can use a bleach solution. Leave it for several hours and then remove the plaque with a brush.

If necessary, clean the washing machine. Tidy up the walls, radiators, shelves. Wash and polish the mirror until it shines.

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Mopping the floors

Before you start cleaning your apartment, read the recommendations for cleaning floors:

• Add detergent to a bucket of water. This way you will increase the effectiveness of the fight against dangerous microorganisms.
• Start working from the far corners of the room and gradually work towards the exit. This way you won't be trampling on an area that has already been washed.
• Using a sponge mop? Wash the floor surface with even, parallel movements, as in the case of a vacuum cleaner.
• Before mopping the kitchen floor, sweep it thoroughly. Pre-soak greasy stains and dried dirt.

What solutions are used

To carry out routine and general cleaning in medical institutions, it is necessary to have a three-month supply of detergents and disinfectants.

For general cleaning, prepare the following solutions:

• Soap-soda 0.5% solution. For 10 liters of water add 25 grams of soap shavings and 25 grams of soda ash.
• Chloramine solution. For 10 liters of water, 500 grams of “Chloramine”.
• Hydrogen peroxide solution. Take a 6% solution into a bucket of water and add 0.5% detergent.
• Mold fungi are treated with a 0.2% Lizorin solution. For 10 liters of water - 20 ml of Lizorin.

New generation drugs are used in tablets for preparing solutions:

• For a 0.1% Deochlor solution you need 7 tablets per bucket of water.
• For a 0.1% Solikor solution – 7 tablets.

There are also drugs such as Septodor, Lysoform, Inceptusin and others. They have a wide spectrum of action and are economical to use.

Gloves must be used when preparing solutions.

How often should you do general cleaning?

The optimal frequency of general cleaning is once every few months. If children, elderly people, or people with allergies live in the house, try to carry out comprehensive cleaning as often as possible. High-quality maintenance cleaning will help simplify cleaning and reduce its frequency.

Want to finish your work faster? This means you need to do several things at the same time. For example, while the curtains are being washed, you can do dry cleaning. Or apply a cleaning solution to the plumbing fixtures and at the same time start sorting things in the closets.

Of course, you can do the cleaning yourself, but you don’t always have time for that. Full cleaning may take more than one day. But I really want to devote my free hours to more interesting and enjoyable things! If you need help getting clean, contact a cleaning service. A team of specialists will quickly solve the problem using professional equipment and environmentally friendly detergents.



Normative base

The document was developed based on:

GOST R 51870-2014 “Professional cleaning services - cleaning services. General technical conditions";

GOST R 57582 “Professional cleaning services - cleaning services. System for assessing the quality of professional cleaning organizations"

GOST R 57595-2017 “Professional cleaning services - cleaning services. Terms and Definitions";

GOST R ISO 14644-5-2005 “Clean rooms and associated controlled environments. Part 5. Operation";

GOST 12.1.007-76 “System of occupational safety standards. Harmful substances. Classification and general safety requirements."