To ask about the dreaded loo brush?

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This is not supposed to be goady - promise! I know the loo brush is a contentious issue here on MN, but DH and I are having a discussion about what the hell you are supposed to do without one! They are unsightly, yes, and ideally we wouldn’t have one but I cannot understand how you clean the loo under the water otherwise - genuinely want some answers please!

The bit that gets poo on it can be flushed

The manufacturers claim it can be flushed. The water companies who have to spend millions of pounds unblocking sewers would beg to differ.
Stop using them.

I just can’t understand what people have got against loo brushes. We all poo and it’s better to keep it looking clean and fresh.

In fairness, the main reason I don’t use one is that I have trust issues and am convinced “someone” DHwould use it as a rudimentary plunger if the need arose

The manufacturers claim it can be flushed. The water companies who have to spend millions of pounds unblocking sewers would beg to differ.
Stop using them.

If you read my post, I said use toilet paper i.e. I attach it to the plastic thing so I don't need a lecture on water companies spending millions to unblock sewers.

The manufacturers claim it can be flushed. The water companies who have to spend millions of pounds unblocking sewers would beg to differ.
Stop using them.

If you read my post, I said use toilet paper i.e. I attach it to the plastic thing so I don't need a lecture on water companies spending millions to unblock sewers.

I do the same as gubbsy, one scrub and bin
Selfish, stupid, wasteful, ridiculous and just downright arrogant to think that your pathetic inability to keep a loo brush clean is more important than the harm you are causing to the planet we ALL share. Even if you only clean your toilet once a week that's 52 brushes per year going straight into landfill!

Don't be so lazy and childishly squeamish. Either clean your toilet brush and reuse it or find an alternative solution.

Thanks @youngestisapsycho
I've been looking at this one and the Joseph Joseph brush. I think I'll go with the one you've got. 😊

How are you supposed to get limescale off without a loo brush?

I inherited one from a previous tenant when renting in Switzerland. It’s been with me through two house moves. Swiss loo brushes are ace.

I do the same as gubbsy, one scrub and bin. I buy about a dozen from Ikea and keep them in the cupboard. Yes, I know it's not great environmentally but needs must.

There is absolutely no need to do that though. Imagine if everyone did what you do,Christ almighty!

I just have a new loo fitted after every bowel movement.

It's not very eco friendly but needs must hey?!

I do the same as gubbsy, one scrub and bin. I buy about a dozen from Ikea and keep them in the cupboard. Yes, I know it's not great environmen tally but needs must.

That is disgraceful

I have 2 bins in my bathroom, one for the cardboard middle bits of the toilet roll as they’re recyclable and one for everything else that isn’t. Should I just delete my MN account now?

Isn't it more grim wiping crap off with a rag rather than the loo brush?

Drop some loo roll so that is covers the poop. Scoosh a bit of spray bleach on it. The water wicks up the paper and soaks off the mark. Flush it away.

Unless you are all spray pooping and it is everywhere.

I love these threads too. Unbelievable how squeamish people are about dealing with poo.

I think my cleaner has a loo brush aversion. She squirts loo cleaner round the bowl, but it is not clean. Definitely still marks and in the kids loo (they follow the 'yellow mellow') there is a tide line. I just go round after she has been and brush.

Drop some loo roll so that is covers the poop. Scoosh a bit of spray bleach on it.

Urgh that’s still much worse than just using a brush. Plus excessive use of bleach (which I hate).

Worse in what way? You drop loo roll in the toilet every day. And how is a tiny scoosh of bleach spray worse than everyone soaking the brush in it?

You did all manage to change nappies, right?

Better to be cleaning their shit off the brush than the bowl.

Each to their own.

Coming into close contact with the bowl is not something I want to do thanks very much.

With nappies, there’s no alternative. But in this instance the brush means I don’t have to get down and dirty. Win.

I bleach the brush very sparingly, I’m more likely to soak it in method bathroom. I can’t abide the idea of sloshing bleach down the loo constantly.

I have one in a container thingy. I also have a couple spares for when I need a new one. I certainly do not change it every use.
What I do is disinfect it after cleaning loo or whenever it needs an additional disinfect.
When it starts to look manky then it goes in bin.

I’ve got one that has its own little mini bucket thing that it sits in so it’s not on display all the time.
I used to work for a establishment cleaning company and they told us to do this: clean the toilet with whatever cleaning products and the brush, then once it’s clean, sort of wedge the brush over the toilet hole and give the toilet a couple of big flushes - rinses the brush off. I do this, then it goes into its little bucket/holder thingy with some diluted bleach, and I’ll do that a couple of times then replace the brush.
I guess if your toilet is cleaned regularly, and there’s not been a hella poonami situation, then a toilet brush shouldn’t really be all that hideous should it?

I dont have a loo brush. Put bleach down the loo after a poo (dissolves even DD’s mess) and once a week clean with a scrubby sponge thing (put bleach down first, leave for 30 mins, then scrub - that way all poo germs are killed before my hand goes in)

Always have a shiny loo!

Do people on MN not just employ cleaners who bring their own tools/toilet brushes with them and take the soiled brosse away after use, thus removing the need to actually own one themselves?

Bleach after every poo as well... do you people give a fuck about the environment?!

Bleach after every poo as well... do you people give a fuck about the environment?!

Obviously not

We have a family history of IBS and food allergies. It's always clear from the aftermath when DS has been for a poo. By the time I discover the evidence (and how I wish it was merely skidmarks), it is well beyond redemption from anything other than toilet duck and a hearty scrub with a toilet brush. Sadly our modern "efficient" flushes are so pathetic that a short flush barely handles a wee and a dash of toilet paper, let alone DS's industrial output. The idea of smearing his crusty lumps around the pan with some bits of toilet paper is laughable, but only if you have a strong toilet humour.

We also have very limey water from a peaty source which means the waterline looks mucky very quickly. Only DH uses the ensuite, and if he's away several days, it can look grimy purely from our water quality when the toilet hasn't been used.

In the main bathroom the toilet brush is up on the window sills away from where little boys are likely to mis-aim. Downstairs, there is more floor space so it is back in the corner. When the DCs were younger (and still learning how to aim) it was up on the windowsill, lurking benignly in its stainless steel container.