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AIBU not to flush the loo when I go for a wee in the middle of the night?

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MrsCarriePooter · 16/02/2012 13:53

As it says really. I don't - because it's just a wee, and I don't watch the noise of the flush to wake everyone up.

However, we've recently had a new bathroom suite. DH says that leaving it will damage the loo since urine is corrosive and will lead to brown staining. I said I thought the staining (which we don't have, for the avoidance of doubt!) was limescale etc not wee damage and I think surely he's talking rubbish - it's a bit of wee hitting the water in there anyway for at most what, about six hours? (I don't pee neat ammonia FTAOD.)

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randommoment · 17/02/2012 09:44

Dumping three bottles of vinegar down a disgusting old loo shifted the crusted stained limescale lumps but it also stripped the porcelain surface, might try a bottle of coke next time.

PigletJohn · 17/02/2012 10:20

the eroded porcelain wasa probably there all the time, but not visible under the limescale, so revealed, but not caused, by the cleaning. Limescale damages the glaze. I don't know why, it might be because the glaze is a bit porous (e.g. rust will stain pans and plates through the glaze, and you can remove rust stains with a rust-removing acid applied to the surface)

EssexGurl · 17/02/2012 12:45

In our house, flush in the night for a number 2 but for a wee, it waits until the morning. Our toilet does sound like a waterfall when it is filling up though so very noisy and would wake everyone.

Collaborate · 17/02/2012 12:54

I'm firmly in the "flush it all" camp.

Relatives stayed over at Christmas and I was greeted in the mornings with someone else's wee that I could smell. Disgusting.

Not flushing at someone else's house is downright rude. If they weren't family I wouldn't have them over again.

starfishmummy · 17/02/2012 14:57

If your DH doesn't like you to leave the loo unflushed the wee in the bath instead Grin

starfishmummy · 17/02/2012 15:00

"then" obviously!

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