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?

yes, you would just wait for the cistern to fill up, surely.

I bleach the loo once a week, overnight, and shove the loo brush in the pan overnight in the bleachy water.

I wouldn't be cleaning a loo in that state, as it wouldn't be mine.

I lie. When I had to clean the tenants' shit build-up, I used Harpic, a scourer and rubber gloved which I then had to chuck. It took quite a few goes, I can tell you.

But what do the loo brush haters do when confronted with a (fresh/aged) skidmark under the water line, which would defeat the loo roll wipe?

I bet they get their Marigolds out!

Ffs I need to go and do something constructive!

No loo brushes in my house, they are disgusting.

I'd rather don a pair of disposal gloves and, err, deal with any problems.

Yes MUCH better to put your hands down the loo

Yes, but doodles, what if someone else in your house does a shit and wants to clear it up.

What do they do? Leave it for you?

And then you scrub someone else's shit.

I am so fascinated by people who regard putting their hands under the water in the toilet as less grim than owning a toilet brush.

Doodles, are your guests expected to bring their own gloves or do you have a box in the bathroom?

I use marigolds when washing the dishes, the are not infallible, they always end up with a hole in the finger which lets the water in.

Which is Ok if it is dish water, less exciting I would imagine when your hand is submerged in shitty water.

I am not getting on my hand and knees scrubbing shit. I am not a Victorian chambermaid.

Or, does your husband say 'I have done a great big skidmark, dear' and you scamper upstairs to scrub it away.

Getorf- remember, nobody but the immediate family is ever allowed to poo in any of these loos. Anyone crass enough to do so would not be invited again!

Yeah Valium that's what I feel too wrt wooden chopping boards etc. I much prefer wooden chopping boards - glass ones set my teeth on edge and I think those plastic ones are horrible. My gran used to have some teak dinner plates that my grandfather made and they were great.

Domestos extended germ kill takes almost every scrap of dirt off. If its a really persistent mark (ewww) domestos grot buster, it is magic in a bottle.

Nobody touches or even goes near the pan anyway, surely more likely to pick up germs from the brush flicking bits up and out?

Also, ALWAYS, shut lid before flushing.

And obviously the properly surrendered wife would be happy to deal with any .....marks. Husband is too tired from a long day in Accounts to be bothered with such things.

Yes seeker, the owner of the house would immediately have SUSPICIONS if the loo user is longer than 3 minutes.

I remember a thread where someone was outraged that a builder (workman, natch) used her loo to have a crap in. OUTRAGE.

The ProvincialLady I think I almost went into early labour laughing at your responses.

First giggle I have had all day.

People put their hands in the toilet to scrub off shit?!?

I want to know what people are eating that makes their fresh shit such a bio hazard

I am aware there are methods for bleaching and cleaning toilet brushes and they are cheap to replace, but it's not a method I use.

I'm a disposable gloves, squirty bleach type person then a thorough handwash. My DH cleans up his own skids. I shout at him until he does.

We have four loos and quite a few regular guests. Potential for lots of skids.

at regular guests.

Why the assumption that if you don't own a toilet brush, you scrub your husband's shit?

Just to reiterate, there's no scrubbing involved here as poo is always wiped away immediately. A regular wash down with bleach and it's perfectly clean.

Going back to the rim issue, how do those of you who won't put your hands in clean there? Please don't tell me it's just a squirt of bleach!

Provincial I loved your 'LMC' accusation.

Okay, now I have seen it all - 223 posts on loo brushes...

I am confused about the glove point. Disposable gloves only come up to just past hand-point, ie not covering the wrist. You could not put that into the loo without the bio-hazardous water encroaching into glove.

The only alternative is surely the bathroom Marigold rubber glove (which I use for washing up as any other lets in loads of water) - but these aren't disposable.