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How much loo roll do you get through in a week?

30 replies

Lakesfun · 05/06/2026 19:17

All the time I was running a family home, I out one fresh on in the bathroom and one in the downstairs loo when I cleaned them each week. It always seemed perfectly adequate - 4 of us.

There was a brief spell when DSs were teens when it increased 🤣

I'm currently on a cottage holiday with new BF, we've been here 5 days and the third loo roll is empty.

What's he doing with it?!

OP posts:
DoAWheelie · 05/06/2026 19:20

Some people just use stupid amounts.

For myself and my late partner, we would use up an 18 pack every 4-5 months. My mother buys the same pack every month for her and my step dad. She often accused him of eating it as a midnight snack.

OFiddleDeeDee · 05/06/2026 19:21

3 adults, a roll a day and we have had bank loans and therapy for it.

VIII · 05/06/2026 19:23

3 loo rolls for 2 people in 5 days is ridiculous! Is he eating it? Using it to dry himself after a shower or packing it in his bag to bring home?

Hotafternoon · 05/06/2026 19:31

A friend with IBD can get through most of a roll in a day.

I think she'd prefer not to use that much but when you have to go, you have to go.

susiedaisy1912 · 05/06/2026 19:32

one roll a day. There’s three of us and we all work full time.

TomatoesintheGreenhouse · 05/06/2026 19:35

All rolls are not created equal! I used to buy the cheapest ones and with a family of four, me at home most days, we would get through one a day easy. Now there are only two of us at home and I tend to buy better (double length) rolls, one will last us for three days. Only have one toilet.

PhoebeBuffay1234 · 05/06/2026 20:37

One double roll a day between 3 of us. I’m at home all day with an overactive bladder and IBS.

Ketley67 · 05/06/2026 20:56

9 rolls per week here, 3 adults.

Theseagullsarenowclouds · 05/06/2026 21:02

1 double roll a day between three of us.

FatRosie · 05/06/2026 21:06

Depends on the quality and the users. If you have people who use loads buy the cheap stuff.
If it's just you buy the good stuff.

Greenspaceskeepmecalm · 05/06/2026 21:07

5 of us. I buy 48 loo rolls around every 5/6 months.

MiddleAgedDread · 05/06/2026 21:10

It really depends on the quality of the loo roll but I have a IBS and a good diet and drink a lot of water so I definitely use more than the average person. I don’t even leave the house in the morning unless I’ve had 2 poos which is more than some people squeak out in a week

MiddleAgedDread · 05/06/2026 21:12

DoAWheelie · 05/06/2026 19:20

Some people just use stupid amounts.

For myself and my late partner, we would use up an 18 pack every 4-5 months. My mother buys the same pack every month for her and my step dad. She often accused him of eating it as a midnight snack.

You should probably add more fibre to your diet

Fleurdalys · 05/06/2026 21:13

At least a roll a day in both bathrooms?
3 adults and Ds son’s girlfriend stays over around 3 times a week

Springtimeinsunshine · 05/06/2026 22:54

One roll every 2-4 days for two people. Dependent on time of month and/or onions.

Tryanalogue · 05/06/2026 22:57

Number of sheets? Or metres?

CrawlingBackToYou · 05/06/2026 22:59

2 bathrooms - 2 rolls per day (1 per bathroom) 5 adults mostly male (6 adults 2/3 per week)
No issues with constipation 😬

IDidntSayThis · 05/06/2026 23:02

My older relatives said,

In days of old
When men were bold
And paper was not invented,
We wiped our arse
With razor grass
And went away quite contented.

Mumsntfan1 · 05/06/2026 23:07

Surely it depends how much time you spend at home. I'm at work all day and often out in the evening, away for the weekend. A roll will last me around three/four weeks

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 05/06/2026 23:11

I’ve mainly WFH this week, and have been on my own (live with DP but he’s away) - I have used three double rolls since he left last Thursday. I drink a lot of tea when I’m at home, and also have IBS.

Zov · 05/06/2026 23:21

I don't really keep a count.

About 2-3 a week maybe?

2 adults.

18 loo rolls in 5 months for 2 people which one poster said (which would be around 3-4 loo rolls a month,) and one roll lasting one person 4 weeks (as another poster said) seems verrrry low. As a pp said, it sounds like they need more fibre! 😆

RobinEllacotStrike · 05/06/2026 23:34

48 rolls every 3 months so a roll lasts nearly 2 days.

1 adult + 2 teenage girls.

sesquipedalian · 05/06/2026 23:41

I note that when one of my DDs is home, our loo roll consumption quadruples overnight. My DM used to say the same of one of my sisters. Some people just like generous amounts.

murasaki · 05/06/2026 23:46

2 week, or just under, 2 adults.

SergeantWrinkles · 05/06/2026 23:48

I have me plus three adult children and use of two bathrooms. A big standard (see what I did there) roll (ie not a super cheapie or super quilted one) in each lasts 2-3 days I think.

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