to think not having a toilet brush is weird?

[KatyTheCleaningLady]

I'm cleaning a house with no bog brushes. There are always streaks in the toilets.

And several clients have those disposable head brush handles in stands next to the loo, but no heads for them. They just gather dust and get in my way and still nothing to scrub the bowl with!

I carry a designated washing up brush for these sorts of houses, and it requires much rinsing and bleaching before I wrap it backup up in its plastic bag. It's all very disgusting.

What's up with that??

Last time we had a poo and bog brush thread, consensus seemed to be that people in soft water areas were bewildered by bog brushes. Whereas those of us who live in limescale land positively worshiped them.

We're on the Chalk. Bog brushes for us!

Although I still tend to think of the first episode of Gavin and Stacey when I see one.

if you don't have a toilet brush, how to you give it a clean?
i don't mean wiping up skiddies, we do that with loo roll as and when required. but twice weekly I like to give the pan a scrub with a (poo free) toilet brush and some cleaning stuff, to stop limescale and water marks.

bankofmum That's the feeling I get here. They leave things like mouldy tea bags for me to clean up.

They are posh and absolutely filthy. Friendly and not very picky about the amount of cleaning I can do for their budget. So it's ok.

OK, we have bog brushes and TERRIBLE limescale under the water. I use cleaner which promises to remove it, and scrub like mad -- but it's still there and goes a minging colour once someone's, er, used it again. Any ideas, lovely cleaning experts??

Hydrochloric acid, which is called something like salt spirits or something weird like that in the UK. Anyway, use it very carefully, avoiding contact with skin and no bleaching in the vicinity. Push as much water out of the bowl as possible with the brush, pour it in the acid, and leave for ten minutes or so.

Alternatively, try a small pump stone, like for feet. It will remove any calcium deposit and not harm the porcelain.

parazone limescale stuff works well for me
it's better if you can use your lovely bog brush to get rid of the standing water in the pan, leave the stuff to work, and have a really good scrub before flushing and letting the pan refill

Pumice stone. Not pump.

Loo brushes have always turned my stomach - sorry :D

Gnushoes try the Dettol mould and mildew remover it's pretty fierce.

I know we should all be using powered by nature Eco cleany bollocks but TBH if it doesn't have a few skulls on the bottle it just doesn't work...

what do you lot without brushes, expect visitors to do if they make a skideroo in your bog? It can cause untold embarassment.

My bog brush is clean. That is because I put bleach in the toilet, then scrub the bleach with the brush, then flush the toilet and brush. Voila. Clean poo free brush.

How does the steam cleaner thing work? Does it live in the loo and who ever leaves a skid gets out for a quick clean or do the skids get left until and loo steam cleaned at the end of the day/week?

I'm in the "loo brushes are minging" camp. We don't have one

Sadly,DH does not always clean up after himself and resorts to yelling "Well, if you'd have a loo brush in the house like a normal person" at me, whilst I throw cleaning wipes and rubber gloves at him.

as an aside, at what age is it fair to get your DC to clean their own skiddies?
Thus far I have not expected DD1 (6) to do this, but for some reason cleaning someone else's, even my beautiful daughter's, is worse than cleaning my own..

Yanbu.

Ditto, it is weird to expect guests to remove their shoes

It is weird to push a non-disabled 4 year old round in a pushchair

It is weird to feel sorry for people who don't have thousands of books on display in their living rooms

It is weird to use disposable nappies but not flush the poo down the loo.

There! that's all you really need to know about me in Mumsnetland

BUT DO YOU NON BRUSHERS LEAVE A PAIR OF RUBBER GLOVES FOR VISITORS, SO THEY CAN CLEAN UP? WHAT ABOUT THOSE BROWN SKIDS ON THE BOTTOM BEFORE IT HITS THE U BEND????

I think toilet brushes are gross and unhygenic and would never have them in the house. People clean the toilet if they mess it and I thouroughly clean it once a week. Toothbrushes all have lids and I make everyone put the lid down before they flush. There. Sorted.

Yanbu.

Ditto, it is weird to expect guests to remove their shoes

It is weird to push a non-disabled 4 year old round in a pushchair

It is weird to feel sorry for people who don't have thousands of books on display in their living rooms

It is weird to use disposable nappies but not flush the poo down the loo.

There! that's all you really need to know about me in Mumsnetland

Ooops sorry, got up to make cup of tea.

Bleurgh. I have a lovely pink toilet brush. and toilet bleach. and both get used daily.

Thank you Katy Charlotte and Piano!
will try all of those...

Wait wait wait... did someone say they put their toothbrushes in the dishwasher?!

Why?!

Someone freely said in other threads that they put their mooncup in the dishwasher, now that is Bleurgh. Total Bleurgh

I had one but apparently I was harboring a huge fest of germs in my bathroom so I threw it out.

I miss it.

I leave a bottle of bleach for those who dare to take a crap

"Tooth brushes are kept inside the cabinet and go though the dish washer on a non soap very high temp wash..."

WTFAF.

Someone on one of these threads also put muddy wellies in their dishwasher. That is seriously minging