My husband thinks IABU for NOT allowing

[Nooneelseisallowedafergus]

Toilet brushes in the house.

I have a toilet duck one with disposable brushes which you flush after one use.
And strongly feel this is the only option for hygiene. I can't bear the thought of my toddler or baby getting their hands on a poo encrusted toilet brush, or god forbid coming anywhere near the poo water which is always to be found pooling in the bottom of the toilet brush holder.

In my opinion it is beyond minging to own them, especially if you have young children in the house.

My husband thinks I am an anal germ hater.

What say the wise users of Mumsnet?

I think bog brushes are ace. How else can you keep the bowl clean? And if youre letting them become shit encrusted, yer not cleaning them properly! I keep mine in bleach solution and rinse it thoroughly through a couple of flushes. We run bleach around rim after every turd as well. My bog sparkles!!!

I tend to find most skids are above the water line to be honest. Anything under neath with a bit of bleach and water disappears.

Even if I did get 'biohazardous water' on me. I would wash my hands thoroughly afterwards.

I love flushable toilet duck brushes and nuclear-strength bleach, but they're just not compatible with septic tanks. Every time I use my (minging) toilet brush I consider doing something about it, and every time fail to do so because it's too minging to remove from the loo area. Maybe one day I'll get over it and chuck it out of the window. I'm such a slatternly housewife :(

weather take two carrier bags one inside each other to stop drips, and bung the brush in there and bin it.

Right, am motivated. This weekend, the minging toilet brush will be disposed of. Thank you!

ok. If your about to eat anything, DO NOT READ THIS!!!!!

Someone I know has a toilet brush she has had for about three years. She scrubs the toilet out once a week plus any encrusted shit she finds.

She then rinses the lumps of shite out in the fucking sink, right next to the toothbrushes

EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW

I knew a cleaner that used to wipe down the loos and then wipes the rest of the bathroom. Blerk!

Have we mentioned the husband yet who put the brush in the dishwasher?

Okay, I'm used to this because ds has sticky poo and is in reusable nappies that I have to sort of flick the poo off then slosh about in the water....but what's wrong with getting your hand down here with a scourer and cleaning it that way?

I hate toilet brushes too and at least I can chuck the scourer in the bin and wash my hands with anti bac soap.

I put bleach down, leave it a bit, brush it with my loo brush, flush the toilet over the loobrush, thereby rinsing it, and then spray it while in the bowl but not the water with some antibac then put it in the holder. the holder get emptied out later and little breach/antibac put in. I have 3 loos and 3 males in the house. I couldn't live without loo brushes. None of the kids touched them when little, it's not that hard to keep the door shut and by the time they are old enough to open it, they are old enough to know better and understand that the mustn't touch.

I buy cheap ones from Ikea/Tesco and replace them every few months.

No big deal.

Ok. I am back. Thank you for your extensive help
We have compromised, meaning I have got my own way. The handle that grips the disposable 'brush' is in place by the toilet with the brush clipped on and ready to be used. So anyone, even a guest can use it if needed and then simply attach a new 'brush' after use and replace by the loo. I will keep the packet of brush heads in the toilet.
That story about the little girl drinking it make my whole body tense in revulsion!

How do people dispose of their old loo brushes? Do they just throw them in the recycling bin with other plastics?

Imagine one of those suckers spiralling loose, mid bin-empty, and twanging you on the head.

This thread has been so funny.

I have a loo brush with no visible pop on that gets cleaned with bleach, just like your loo, and rinsed in the flush. DD has never touched it and there is no coloured water in the holder.

No way I'm sticking my hand on the loo. I clean under the rim with the brush.

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Those of you with poo clinging to the sides of your toilet bowl clearly need to look at your diets. Good poos are firm and non residual...ie you won't find them leaving evidence.

I have found some loo's are more susceptible than others to getting dirty ( YOU know what I mean!) Perhaps someone should do a study on it. Then toilet manufacturers could include a 'skid' rating when the sell their WC's

Is that you, Gillian?

It's simple...if you do a crap and it leaves a skiddy, take a wad of bog roll and WIPE it.

Then flush the loo and wash hands.

I cannot stand the toilet brush prissiness on Mumsnet. You all sound like a group of utter ninnies.

But who would want a poo smeared brush standing in a pool of poo water in their home??

Mrs speaking purely for myself but I can assure you that mine is sparkling white and clean, thanks to its regular bleaching. No one in their right mind would wipe poo with it and put it back unwashed!

You wash it after you use it hence no poo crust left on the brush.

Why wash it and keep it though? You can never, ever eliminate ALL the poo. WHy not just wipe and chuck? Seriously...if poo is so hardcore that it needs a scrubbing brush, then the diet needs looking at.

No I still don't get how it's more hygienic to stick your hand in the bowl and wipe the shit (especially below the water line, or generally in toilet bowl that has just been flushed and therefore soaks through the toilet paper, so effectively you're wiping the skids with your hand) as compared to using a special tool made for the purpose?