Sweep or vacuum hardwood floors?

I love my hardwood floors and send my Euphy and iRobot on them every few days. The carpet gets vacuumed on the lower, carpeted floor. The wood floors do get mopped too, but not as often.

I vacuum or sweep (depends on my mood) about every other day. Then mop once a week.

Canister vacuum

Vacuum (Dyson since hate cords), leave outside shoes on the door mat that’s inside the door or in a boot tray in the closet, and wear inside shoes inside.

And there are two outside mats, one really outside and one in the exterior entryway—kind of like a tiny mud room but at the front door.

I have a Shark cordless vac that is easy to run around after dinner to get any dust and dog hair. If there's a spot or smear - paw prints on a rainy day, for example - I wipe it up with a microfiber cloth. Our cleaning people do a full mop when they come.

Also, we don't wear shoes in the house, and I have a special mat at the back door that helps limit what the dogs track in.

Can you share what special mat you have? Thx!

I don’t understand this. It’s a hard surfaced floor no different really than tile or linoleum or LVP. If it’s properly sealed and finished like ours was at our old house after we ripped out all the carpeting, it was so easy to keep it clean. I’d vacuum and then go back over it with a steam mop and it would all be squeaky clean.

We have all hard surface flooring throughout our lake place and I love it. Some are LVP, some are tile, some are manufactured wood. It all cleans up really easily by vacuuming and mopping as needed. It’s all waterproof. My house on the other hand is another story. We have mostly tile on the main floor except there is carpet in the livingroom, family room and office, and I will be so very happy when every inch of it is ripped out because I hate it so much. The entire second floor is carpet aside from the two bathrooms. If I could have my way every inch of that carpet would go too, but I’m pretty sure DH would cancel out my vote.

I vacuum almost every day with a Dyson cordless stick. Sweeping is aggravating with the dog hair - it all gets stuck to the broom. I mop weekly unless it’s rained and then I have to clean up after muddy paws.

I love my hardwoods. It’s my hands-down preference for flooring. We have slate in the long foyer/hallway across the front of the house. It’s beautiful - when it’s immaculately clean but with two GSDs that’s rare. Their hair shows up on it too well and they lie there to keep an eye on the front of the house so drool can be an issue too. Good thing they’re lovable.

I have a German Shedder, so I use the Dyson stick vac daily. My cleaning service takes care of the mopping and more thorough cleaning.

We always have ours vacuumed and steam mopped

It's called Loba hardwood floor cleaner. My floors have a matte finish, and this leaves them clean with no film or stickiness. It doesn't shine anything, sorry!

Another rug to consider are the LL Bean Waterhog mats. They are really good for trapping water, dirt and mud at the door.  They last forever and are easy to clean.  Just take them outside and hose them down.  We've had them both inside the door as well as outside the door.  Many sizes, colors and designs.  They even have mats made for under the pet water/food bowls.  



Have you tried the Bona floor polish?  They have a low gloss and a high gloss.  Since we have a dog and lots of traffic, the housekeeper uses it every 6 months or so.  Not thick or sticky and really brings the shine back.    

I sweep or vacuum throw rugs, swiffer hardwood and wet swiffer occasionally. There’s only two of us. 

Roomba and dh mops as needed. We don’t have indoor outdoor pets. No kids.