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?

[cantspel]

In the name of research i have just done a poo and made sure i left a skiddy. Nice little bum wiggle to ensure poo hit the porcelain above and below the waterline.

I ignored my friendly loo brush sitting in the corner waiting to dive in and save me from said skiddy and instead gave it a blast of parazone. One hour later and kiddy is remained firmly attached to my loo bowl. A few seconds later and it is now gone as trust loo brush and cleaned said skiddy away and is now reflecting in glory back in its holder poo free and ready for the its next battle against poo streaks.

This experiment was done under controlled conditions and no children or animals were harmed.

Oh and yes i do have far too much free time on my hands (but no poo)

[HazleNutt]

so guests better not leave any marks, or else..but on the other hand are not provided with anything to clean the marks up with - therefore yes, are expected to stick the hands in the bowl and scrub the mark with the negligible protection that a damp toilet paper offers.

I think I'll start carrying my own disposable gloves, just in case.

[elizaregina]

" "toilet gloves"." - disposable?

Hazle - had a good think after your do you leave gloves/equipment out comment...

TBH it had never ever occured to me that a guest may want to use my loo brush for thier own marks -infact I only ever thought they were for blockages!

Now the idea is in my mind, I would never ever ever want - a " germ denier" taking hold of a loo brush - scrubbing thier shit with it - and dripping water and crap all the way back to the loo brush holder.

Also I have never noticed any evidence left though after a guest has used the loo.

[Bogeyface]

What about double wipers?

Wipe, hmm, nope not clean enough. Use the SAME HAND to back for more paper and thereby possibly infect your whole loo roll with their "germs".

[Thingiebob]

Bogeyface - Double wipers eh? Never thought of that. Something else for the poo hysterics to freak out about.

Hazle - If you, god forbid, are unlucky enough to touch your own poo, then a scrub with soap and water will always wash it off!

So really what everyone is saying is that a loo brush is needed for visitors?

[INeedThatForkOff]

Yep, Hazle, that's about the jist of it. And if you don't like it, don't shit in my toilet

[Permanentlyexhausted]

Those flushing anything anything other than human excrement and toilet paper down the loo may eventually discover that a poo-infected loo brush is infinitely more preferable to the poo-infected water seeping into their houses from their blocked drains.

[seeker]

I'm fascinated that the couple of us who've said "but what about the environment ?" have been studiously ignored.......

[Bogeyface]

I noticed that too Seeker

[valiumredhead]

I bet all the disposable wipes/toilet duck thing users are the ones who tut at me for using my tumble drier and washing machine every day

[CaptChaos]

Up until recently we had a loo with a poo shelf, along with water so hard you had to chip it out of the taps.

I used a loo brush along with WCEnte and it cleaned it up a treat. I then put a little squirt of the loo cleaner in the water receptacle. We all survived! Even my mindees did.

[Hobbitation]

Type 5 2/3 times a day for me. With skids! I used to suffer with IBS though and it could be anything from 1-7.

I use disposable wipes but only for my bottom (that are meant to be flushed).

[GreenShadow]

So much depends on the design of the loo.

We recently had a new bathroom and the WC is slightly odd instead of poo falling straight down into the water, it tends to land on the back of the bowl, just above water level (is that what you mean by a poo shelf CaptChaos?). REally annoying and seems such a basic design fault (wasn't a particularly cheap loo either). I never remember to sit forward when on it and would guess no one else does, judging by the daily mess....

[Nooneelseisallowedafergus]

My toddler does type 5s. Although didn't know about the classification until yesterday.
Another thing to be smug about.....'my child does type 5 poos don't you know, a sign of an extremely high functioning bowel, if there was a grammar school for bowel movements each and every one of his poos would get a place'.

[Permanentlyexhausted]

Hobbitation I use disposable wipes but only for my bottom (that are meant to be flushed).

Well, they say they are flushable but if you asked a drain clearing expert I think you'll find they have a different opinion.

They'll go as far down your drains as they can until they get caught on something. Then, because they don't disintegrate like toilet paper does, they just stay there. Then the next 'flushable' wipe comes along ... and so on, until the waste water can no longer seep past the blockage and flows back the way it came.

Don't say you weren't warned!!

[Nooneelseisallowedafergus]

Quick update.
I am still using the disposable loo brush system, and loo wipes for that matter, but I am putting them all in the bin after use, NOT flushing them anymore.
So if you have a blocked drain you don't have to look in my direction anymore!

[CocktailQueen]

I'm fascinated that the couple of us who've said "but what about the environment ?" have been studiously ignored.......

I agree, Seeker! What's mroe important??!

[coraltoes]

I banned all toilet use on this basis, adults are given nappies upon arrival and asked to dispose of them at home. No germs.

[NotGeoffVader]

I've successfully wiped 'residue' from the toilet bowl with a piece of toilet tissue, whist wearing my rubber gloves (which are only used for toilet/bathroom cleaning, and washed (in handwash) between uses).

Anything else that goes down the toilet is either a bodily fluid/excretion, toilet paper or eco-friendly cleaning product. (I'm with the environment bods on this).