The bathroom is the pride of your house. Your guests and friends may judge you by looking at your bathroom. This is why the need for a fresh and organized bathroom should always be everyone’s top priority.
But if you lead a busy life, then maintaining a bathroom can be really difficult. Hence, a checklist of daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning tasks can be of great help to keep it sparkling clean at all times. You can follow the checklist to keep your bathroom clean.
What You’ll Need
Cleaning Solutions
- Toilet Cleaner
- Floor Cleaner
- Tile Cleaning Solution
- Disinfectants and high-quality sanitizers
- Sink and Tub Cleaner
- Baking soda, hot water, and vinegar
Cleaning Equipment
- Squeegees
- Mops
- Soft and hard brushes
- Brooms
- A bucket
- Scrubbers
- Scrappers
Daily Bathroom Cleaning Checklist
1) Clean The Sinks and Toilet Cover
Sinks and toilet covers should be cleaned daily. Otherwise, dirt and stains may catch them permanently. So, use sink cleaner and scrubbers to clean the sinks. To clean the toilet covers, you can use the same cleaner. But, use a soft brush to clean the toilet covers.
2) Keep Your Countertop Clean
Make-ups and grooming tools are necessary items. But, you shouldn't leave them on your countertop. So, clean the countertop and keep your grooming essentials on your bathroom shelves.
3) Sanitize The Handles and Door Knobs
You shouldn't forget to sanitize the doorknobs, drawer handles, and cabinet knobs. After entering your bathroom in the morning this should be your primary duty. Use a spray sanitizer to sanitize your bathroom.
4) Dry The Bath Towels
If you don't dry the bath towels (after bathing), they will stink. Moreover, microbes and bacteria can build up in wet bath towels. So, unfold them and hang them. You can also hang them in the open area.
5) Clean The Waste Can
Waste can in a bathroom may have hair, nails, and dirty tissues. These things can make your bathroom unhygienic. Hence, cleaning your waste can is necessary. You can use a cleaner and a disinfectant when washing your waste can.
Weekly Bathroom Cleaning Checklist
1) Wash The Tiles and Shower Enclosures
Water, soap, and shampoo can leave stains on your bathroom tiles. Hence, use a squeeze and tile cleaner to wash your bathroom tiles. You can use a hard brush (without metal bristles) to clean the tough stains.
To clean the glass shower enclosures, you need glass cleaners. A squeeze and a soft scraper can be used to clean the shower enclosures.
2) Clean The Mirror, Faucets and Shower Heads
Mirrors in your bathroom reflect beauty. Hence, you should clean them every week. Faucets and showerheads may look smoky after a week's use. Hence, use soft cleaners to clean them. The cleaner shouldn't react with the metals. So, choose your cleaner wisely.
3) Wash and Disinfect The Toilet
You may have one or more toilets in your house. It's a dirty job to clean them. But, if you ignore them, then your job can get more complicated. That's why it’s always recommended to clean the toilets once a week. Try to remove stains inside the toilet. Later, use a toilet disinfectant to make your toilet hygienic.
4) Organize The Cabinet and Drawers
It's not possible to organize every drawer and cabinet in your bathroom daily. So, you should organize them once a week. Magazines, cleaning tools, grooming items, shampoo, soaps, towels, and more small things should be kept in an orderly way. This practice keeps your bathroom neat-looking.
5) Clean Bath Towels
Bath towels should be cleaned once a week. Bath towels absorb the odor and sweat from your body. Hence, they become oily and dirty. Clean them with a good detergent and use fresh bath towels.
Monthly Bathroom Cleaning Checklist
1) Clean Shower Rods and Curtains
Shower rods and shower curtains may have shampoo and soap on them. Once dried these chemicals may make your curtains rough and hard. So, clean and wipe down the shower rods and curtains once a month. This will keep your shower curtain fresh.
2) Clean The Drains and Pipes
Your bathroom will have drains. Moreover, your bathtub and sinks will have pipes to drain out the water. You should clean all these pipes and drains. You can open the pipe joints to clean them. You can also use baking soda, vinegar, and hot water solution to unclog the pipes.
3) Wash The Rugs and Mop The Floor
Wet rugs feel uncomfortable. Furthermore, these rugs can be the habitat of bacteria. Hence, you need to clean them thoroughly. You should dry them before using them.
Mopping the floor of your bathroom can keep your floor clean. Therefore, use a floor cleaner and clean your bathroom with a mop. You should also brush the joints of the floor tiles. Thus, cleaning should be done once a month.
4) Scrub and Clean The Tub
A bathtub is a luxurious place. So, you don't want dirty bathtubs. Hence, clean your bathtubs with good quality cleaners. Scrub it well and don't leave any stain. Bathtub corners, body, sidewalls, edges, and inside should be washed well.
5) Clean The Baseboards and Windows
You should use a broom to clean the baseboards. To clean the high-windows, you can use a window cleaning rod. Cleaning the windows would take not more than 5 minutes.
6) Inspect The Entire Bathroom
Now, you have to inspect every corner of your bathroom. Lights, colors, tiles, floors, and cabinets should be checked. Cobwebs and dirty corners should be cleaned. Drawers and shelves should be organized. Replace torn rugs and curtains. In short, make your bathroom perfect in every way.
Our Last Words
Before choosing your bathroom cleaning chemicals you should know about them well. You should always use green solutions. Eco-friendly solutions don't cause skin problems. Moreover, they are safe for your pets and children.
The above bathroom cleaning checklist will surely help you to keep your bathroom clean. Cleaning your bathroom not only makes it glamorous. But, your bathroom becomes hygienic too. Hence, infections and allergies won't visit you and your family frequently. Download our bathroom cleaning checklist by saving the image below.
