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Is it normal to not flush the loo at night?

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Ittakesthree · 17/04/2020 21:46

So DH won't flush the loo over night if it's just a wee, he says it's because he grew up in the south east and they regularly had droughts so don't flush, I think it's absolutely disgusting. Lately I've only been using the downstairs loo (as I'm too busy with DD to bother checking he's flushed the loo) so will often only go in to the upstairs bathroom in the early evening at bath time and find it unflushed and it stinks. Do other men/people do this?

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BubblyBarbara · 17/04/2020 21:47

There is a saying in our house. If it’s yellow let it mellow, it it’s brown flush it down. YABU.

Myneighboursnorlax · 17/04/2020 21:47

We don’t even flush in the day if it’s just a wee...

HappyHedgehog247 · 17/04/2020 21:48

We don’t flush overnight but it’s flushed until late evening and then again first thing in the morning.

SnugglySnerd · 17/04/2020 21:48

We don't because it wakes up dd2 whose bed is the other side of the bathroom wall.

Marmite27 · 17/04/2020 21:49

Flush every time here Shock

42isthemeaning · 17/04/2020 21:49

Never flush wee at night but it will be flushed in the morning

TheFlis12345 · 17/04/2020 21:49

We don’t flush at night. Out last place had noisy plumbing so it became a habit.

koshkatt · 17/04/2020 21:49

I always flush and so does my husband. Stained and stinking loos are not for us.

Would never put bleach down it though which seems to be a MN nightly event!

rottiemum88 · 17/04/2020 21:50

Working for a water company, this is actually something we talk to kids about as part of our education sessions in schools. Much more efficient use of water not to flush overnight

sufferingsandra · 17/04/2020 21:50

If I go for a wee during the night then I never flush.

museumum · 17/04/2020 21:51

My dh doesn’t flush wees in the night cause he goes about six times and it’s wake us all up.
But he DOES always flush first thing in the morning (he gets up first so I don’t see/smell it)

slipperywhensparticus · 17/04/2020 21:51

No we always flush 🤷‍♀️ part of me thinks we actually need water going through the system

IdblowJonSnow · 17/04/2020 21:51

I dont flush in the night as get up to wee regularly so would disturb people. It doesn't smell really strongly tho? I drink loads of water, maybe that's why.

Msfoxy17 · 17/04/2020 21:51

Go to the loo so many times at night it seems wasteful to flush each time when I know I'll be the first person up and flushing it then before anyone else even sees..plus don't want to wake others up. Doesn't smell ..just leave the lid down after.

Pineappletree33 · 17/04/2020 21:51

I don’t flush overnight, it would wake dd.

BelieveInPeople · 17/04/2020 21:52

I leave it til morning to flush a wee - its not stinky or staining here, you need to drink more water if it is. I also pee in the shower though so I suspect I’m not someone you will want to take advice from.

ohmyword20 · 17/04/2020 21:52

We don't flush over night at all. I'd say not since dc came along over ten years ago but actually I'm pretty sure we didn't before then either incase either of us woke the other up

TARSCOUT · 17/04/2020 21:52

If it's pee let it be if its b set it free!

SpicedCamomile · 17/04/2020 21:53

We didn’t flush when the children were babies or in fact turn the light on (extractor fan) as their room was right next to the loo. Then we did again, but DS 2 has just moved back into that room so we don’t flush in the night any more - I do when I have my period though.

MrsBungle · 17/04/2020 21:53

We don’t flush wees at night

GrumpyHoonMain · 17/04/2020 21:53

DH doesn’t flush wees at all and I hate it - mainly because the stench starts to get awful at midday as he often lets them build up.

Pinkandpurplehairedlady · 17/04/2020 21:54

We don’t flush overnight so as not to disturb anyone. It doesn’t smell or stain.

Msfoxy17 · 17/04/2020 21:55

That said I often find it unflushed (by dh) during the day and that annoys me...especially as both the seat and lid are left UP (and that is a whole other thread!)

Dreamersandwishers · 17/04/2020 21:55

Always flush in this house. It’s not so loud it wakes anyone. Can’t bear having it wait for me in the morning.

EmmaGrundyForPM · 17/04/2020 21:55

we dont flush at night. it's not smelly

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