Where do you actually use bleach to clean around the house?

[DairyLeanne]

Just read the bleaching carpet thread. Quite roundly and rightly dismissed as an insane practice by MN.

So where do you actually use bleach around the home? Do you actually use bleach for anywhere other than the toilet?

I use it to clean the scullery walls of black mould in winter as it is very cold and there is a lot of condensation from the washing machines. The two old Belfast sinks get an occasional bleaching too .
I love the smell of bleach.

I put a small amount in a bucket along with fairy liquid and clean everywhere with it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Belfast sink.

Gosh everywhere really.
Toilets
Floors
Sinks
I dilute it with water and scrub the bathrooms with it all the time

Used to use it a lot in the bathroom but then I got Nancy Birtwhistled and never really use it. Use citric acid down the toilet now

I take bicarbonate of soda on a cloth and wipe around the cup's interior, which takes off stains well too.

Steredent tablets are great for teacup stains.

Down the loo and occasionally the kitchen sink. It's also great for getting rid of stains in my white ceramic butler sink. I clean the sink first then fill it with a diluted solution of water and bleach and leave for an hour or so.

That's all. Don't use it on floors but I did used to work with someone who said she bleached her kitchen floor every day.

I don't use it often but have it on hand for whitening sheets in laundry and cleaning mould (stainless steel shower, window sills, around sink/ tap).

Nowhere in this house. In my old house I used to bleach the old grim shower otherwise it never looked clean.

Toliet and shower tray sometimes stubborn stains on the bathroom sink.

Never. I don't think I've ever bought a bottle.

I'm surprised how many people use it to clean tea stained cups. Our mugs get really badly stained if we've reused them quite a few times before washing them but they always come up white with washing up liquid and elbow grease.

I don't like the idea of drinking from a mug that's had bleach in it.

Same

I fill Beth stained cups with a water and a squirt of Milton. Whips the stains of in a way I never could just washing them.

The outside food bin

Toilet
Drains
Chopping boards (plastic)

*different bottles in kitchen & bathroom - in case that needed clarifying 😂

Toilet, bathroom sink, bath, shower, stained tea cups, and in the wash if any whites are particularly grubby. Oh and used to use it on the kitchen sink and draining board when they were stainless steel.

I love bleach

I use Ace fir clothes, don't know I that's the same as actual bleach?

Teacup stains = try putting a small amount of dry bicarbonate of soda in the dry cup.
Add a a small squirt of washing up liquid.
Use your fingers to rub around the stiff mixture on the stains inside the cup, you should see them disappear before your eyes.
Then just rinse & dry.
In my opinion, much less risky than bleach for something that you drink out of.

Ps. Same method is pretty good at getting food gunk stuck to pans, hobs, etc.

Nowhere. Bleach is unnecessary. Lived in this house for 36 years, never used bleach, never been an issue as no illness.

Toilet and down plug holes in the WC wash hand basin and also the kitchen sink.

Hi, I used to use plastic washing up bowls before I discovered stainless steel ones.
They vary in price.
They are admittedly more expensive than the plastic ones, but the ss one doesn't deteriorate, looks aesthetically pleasing, is easily cleaned and actually look clean.
I wish I'd discovered it at the beginning of my independent adult life, coz over the years, I've likely paid as much for the many plastic bowls I've replaced (and relegated to garden/garage use) because they look manly pretty quickly.

Oh another use...the silicone sealant around the bath needs bleach applied every 4 to 6 months as it becomes mouldy unfortunately.

Down the loo and plug holes, and to lift tea/coffee/red wine stains