Forcing guests to close toilet lid before flushing

[MerryBlimminXmas]

In our house, we close the toilet lid before flushing. Reason being is that the poo/wee water spray will go absolutely everywhere if the lid is left open (lots of videos available online if anyone is interested).

The issue we have is that pretty much ALL guests don’t do this. Now, I don’t mind what people choose to do in their own homes and appreciate that the majority of the population are happy for everything in the vicinity of their loo to be covered in urine and faeces don’t bother to close the lid. However, I would much prefer it if they closed the lid before flushing in our house.

How can we make it happen? In a previous home, the flush button was literally behind the toilet lid, so it should have been easy to close the lid just to get to the button and people STILL left the lid up every time.

Don’t really want to put a sign up (would be annoying the majority of the time when we don’t have guests), nor to speak to people about it (cringe). Any ingenious ideas that could work? Surely we’re not the only people who prefer the lid closed - how have others made it work with guests?

Perhaps go in blindfolded.

We are also a close the lid to flush household but I have also then trained my kids to lift it again to check everything has flushed properly and the toilet is clean for the next person (we have low water pressure).

Attach a brick to the seat with a length of rope.
When the pisser/pooper stands up, the lid will drop down on its own.

Have a large screen in your entrance hall. When guests enter, and have been through the decontamination chamber, sit them down on a wipe down surface and show them one of your toilet spray videos.
The start to a great evening!

We don't close the lid?! I can't remember that last time anyone was ill in my family?

@MerryBlimminXmasYou cant control peoples toilet habits in your home, as many have said. If i were you id just go and clean the bathroom after the guests have left.

So they do a poo , close the lid, flush. Do they then lift the lid again to check that it's all safely gone or do they leave the lid down, never lift it again and hope for the best. If they lift it to check do they then use the filthy bog brush of doom to clear the streaks then flush( lid down) again

I think it's rather the overreach into what someone does in a private space than implicit criticism of what they do. I do shut the lid when flushing in my home and in the home of others, and I ask my children to. But I wouldn't dream of telling anyone else what do do and would wonder about my friends if they had a sign. Reducing the germs to some extent is enough.
With the toilet that won't flush unless closed, I would think that some people will assume it is broken and will leave it unflushed. So again, you'll need a sign.

Me too! If you close the lid, flush and go, then you can’t be sure that everything has gone, or that you’ve not left “marks”. It’s polite to check.

You can’t be sure that your guests don’t close to flush and then reopen.

Also it’s more convenient to arrive to an open toilet if you’re desperate!

But don't lots of us have pet bugbears that bother us?

I'd be fine eating my lunch in a stable yard not far from the muck heap, but don't like the thought of flushing with the loo lid up.

I don't mind outdoor shoes downstairs or bare feet in the garden, but don't even like to share an ice-cream or a bottle of water with my children.

I like swimming in lakes and the sea, but am squeamish about swimming pools.

I thought it was normal to be a bit illogical about what bothers us?

This. You sound a bit bonkers to be honest.

We don’t close the lid when flushing and we are never sick so I think you need to chill a bit.
Your computer keyboard is probably dirtier than your toilet seat….

@HowDoYouSolveAProblemLikeMyRear
Things bother us which are not logical, you're right. At what point do you expect others to comply with requests which are quite illogical? Your examples only impact you.

I think if you need this level of control in your home you need to stop inviting guests to come to you and meet elsewhere eg at cafes etc.

It's ok to put a little notice by the flush button asking people to close the lid before flushing.

You could install a springloaded lid that closes automatically if not held open by the back of someone seated or by hand if someone is standing.

But ultimately it simply isn't reasonable to obsess about what people are doing in the lavatory to this extent.

This may send some posters into overdrive, but we don’t have a toilet brush guests can use!

MN debate done many times and I err on the side of them being gross poo-catchers. I absolutely do not want a toilet brush with Uncle Gerald’s shit on it in my bathroom. He can use balled up loo roll and/or flush a few more times if he has to. Never been a problem.

(I do have a brush that gets used in regular cleans to stop limescale building up, not for poo-smearing. It’s not accessible to visitors.)

Because you are a normal family.

I think you’re being ridiculous and controlling. Sorry OP. If you are like this you just can’t have people over

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just don’t have guests

Ok, we're onto the toilet brush now. OP, I think you need to step back from all of this.

Th only solution I can see is to install one of the Toto washlet seats, that, along with bidet etc, are also available with automatic opening / closing!

https://eu.toto.com/en/products/washlets/TCF802C2G

You should go on Dragons Den,

Look at that. They've been using your bathroom for /@ years ! No kne died yet

you'd be better off getting help for your anxiety!

Jesus Christ…

I always close the lid to flush and then open it again because I want to make sure the flush has worked fully. And also I hate having to lift the lid before I use the loo.

😳😳😳 Sometimes I open a Mumsnet thread and think I must have slipped into the twilight zone. My flabber is well and truly ghasted 😆😆😆