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to think not having a toilet brush is weird?

131 replies

KatyTheCleaningLady · 04/07/2013 14:47

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

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??

OP posts:
ifyourehoppyandyouknowit · 04/07/2013 15:57

I'm going to vom on my desk. Moon cups and wellies in the dishwasher? I wont even put my cats water bowl in the dishwasher!

LuisSuarezTeeth · 04/07/2013 15:58

Ah, a loo brush thread

loo brush - yes
Wash it in the dishwasher Smile

higgle · 04/07/2013 15:58

For the umpteenth time I'll recommend the IKEA 49p (?) or thereabouts toilet brushes that are so cheap you can use a new one every week if you are that fussy. Well at that price after every usage if you are well off! They even do one with black bristles so you can't see anything you don't like.

Radiator1234 · 04/07/2013 15:59

Toilet brushes are indeed minging but I think it's weird not to have them in your house. I also think it's annoying when you stay in a hotel and they don't have a toilet brush in the bathroom.

CalamityKate · 04/07/2013 15:59

One of my clients is brushless. I agree its odd.

As already said, loo brushes live in a pot of bleach. What's so minging about that?

ifyourehoppyandyouknowit · 04/07/2013 16:00

But what do you do as a guest in someone's house if you leave marks on the bottom of the bowl? I'm getting all flustered thinking about it.

HandMini · 04/07/2013 16:01

But, poo particles?? Really?? They fly out of the loo and land on toothbrushes?

Chattymummyhere · 04/07/2013 16:04

Tbh I don't what a guest who left skids would do... My steam cleaner is kept in the utility... Although the only quests to of ever used my toilet are those that have traveled a couple of hours to visit most others live within a 10minute walk really..

About the dishwasher.. That too is steam cleaned as is the oven.. Dishwasher also has a clean only mode just like my washer that does the highest temp and runs for about 3 hours...

ifyourehoppyandyouknowit · 04/07/2013 16:07

Surely you could just close the lid when you flush to stop the flying poo germs?

That would give me poo anxiety chatty. It's trauma enough to have to poo at someone else's house. And then if it left marks I think I'd actually die *

*Or maybe just feel like I wanted to. I've clearly got ishoooes.

Amrapaali · 04/07/2013 16:08

How do you clean skid marks with loo paper? Confused

Do you ahve to put your hands inside the bowl?!!

notso · 04/07/2013 16:08

I think people who have no brush are odd, but I think seeing a dirty brush is worse than no brush.

I never really understand how people get the brush so manky though Confused

CoralQueen · 04/07/2013 16:12

A lot of people I know won't even poo in another toilet but their own. I'm sorry, but if I have to go, I have to go.

The constipated look isn't attractive and if I accidentally make a mess in someone else's toilet, I would be mortified if there wasn't a brush!

Maybe I SHOULD only poo in my loo.. save the embarrassment of skids?

Damnautocorrect · 04/07/2013 16:14

Ok, not wanting to be too graphic but my oh's skid marks are like the poos held its own Grand Prix on the way down. Genuinely it's horrendous. You couldn't begin to clear that up without a loo brush.

Suzieismyname · 04/07/2013 16:21

Loo brushes are revolting.
Use paper for any lingering marks and if you have to get your hands wet then give them a good wash afterwards. Clean up after yourself too.

ifyourehoppyandyouknowit · 04/07/2013 16:22

Toilet brushes are disgusting, but putting your hands in the water to scrub shit off the loo is OK?

What?

Suzieismyname · 04/07/2013 16:28

My hands get washed straight afterwards, they are not left to linger in a pool of shitty water.
It's my or my children's poo, not nuclear waste. ..

Amrapaali · 04/07/2013 16:41

Using hands to clean poo? Genuine YUCK! Why cant you clean the brush, just like you clean your hands? I know which one I would prefer...

Ad cleaning under the waterline....doesn't the paper just disintegrate? How can you do a thorough job?

Headagainstwall · 04/07/2013 16:44

You don't put your hands in the water, you grab some loo roll, wipe any skids above the water line & flush everything at once. Your hands don't actually get wet! No poo either. Same as wiping your arse, really. If you're having skid marks below the water line then I think you're a bit ill.

We live in a limescale area so I use those (crap) toilet duck disposable things as well. But I still need to do a deep clean with vinegar overnight every few months.

Suzieismyname · 04/07/2013 16:46

No I use a few sheets of paper to clean the poo, not bare fingers. It always comes off in the end.

Fortunately I don't believe in homeopathy...

cantspel · 04/07/2013 16:47

How can you not get skids under the waterline? Do you line your arse up with the centre of the loo and only do small poos that go straight around the bend?

ExitPursuedByABear · 04/07/2013 16:51

I buy my DH a loo brush every Christmas and throw the previous one away. I hate the bloody thing. It sets my teeth on edge when I hear him using it.

My toilets are spotless - but we are in a very soft water area. It's the Millstone Grit.

Headagainstwall · 04/07/2013 16:53

cantspel I think you need more fibre in your diet Grin

cantspel · 04/07/2013 16:57

I have plenty of fibre in my diet thanks.

But i want to know how you do the miracle poo that doesn't leave a skid under the waterline. Modern loos just dont have the flush to take all the marks away with the poo.

ExitPursuedByABear · 04/07/2013 16:58

I had some beetroot crisps yesterday.

They floated.

tmi

cantpooinpeace · 04/07/2013 16:58

If u place a piece of loo roll over a skid mark, the next time you flush it it will come away with the paper Smile