Poll: how often do you professional clean the following

LaPiscine

Your furnace/ducts

Your carpets

Your dryer lint trap

Your windows

This is all come up because I have never had any of these professional cleaned and my upstairs neighbor is saying I should.  We've rented a carpet clear from HD and cleaned the carpet ourselves several times, but Stanley Steamer of someone would probably be better. And we've never had the furnace or lint trap cleaned.  

What are you guys doing? 

mrs.jacinthe

Your furnace/ducts  We would have the ducts cleaned when we purchase a new home.  The furnace is serviced every year and the service guy blows/vacuums it out.

Your carpets  1x per year when we owned.  We're in a rental now, though, so I've just been steam-cleaning it myself every 3-6 months.  I'm just not dedicated enough to cheap rental carpet to pay to keep it clean.

Your dryer lint trap  Never.  DH does it with the vacuum cleaner.

Your windows  Again, never.  We can do it ourselves.  In our case, our windows open to the inside for cleaning.

~NB~

Never.

hippie4yahweh

Your furnace/ducts-   the furnace is serviced at least once a year, the ducts I have not had cleaned yet but I'm looking for companies to call for quotes right now. Once the ducts are cleaned the dustiness will be so much better! Your carpets-   Never. But we have pets and I have a pretty good carpet shampooer that I use very regularly, because my pets are jerks lol. (also? I hate the carpet and I'm just counting down until I can rip it all out and replace with resilient vinyl) Your dryer lint trap-   Never, but that's only because I actually know how to clean it, for real clean it. If you think that all you need to do is swipe the lint off of the screen then you should probably have someone do it/ show you how. Your windows-   Never, they're double hung tilt-wash so it's nothing to get them perfectly clean myself. (but if they weren't tilt-wash and I couldn't get to the outside, I'd hire someone once or twice a year) 

jacksjerseygirl

Your furnace/ducts : it is maintenances 1-2 times per year

Your carpets: every 6 months - 12 months

Your dryer lint trap: the back is removed and professionally cleaned out 1 per year. Using a vacuum on lint trap is not enough. The back needs removed and inside completely cleaned as well as the ducts existing home. 

Your windows: inside 2-3 times per year and out side 1-2 times per year 

We own which makes a big difference in my opinion of what you do. The dryer is a big fire danger and I would do that. Carpet cleaning is more about the level of filth you want and how long you want the carpet looking nice. You're renting and do the furnace and ducts should be landlord taken care of 

jacksjerseygirl

Oops we do windows inside ourselves and outside professionally once a year. We do touch ups ourselves. 

Passanie

Um, never.