Cleaner wants to me to put a toilet brush in every bathroom

[toiletbrushtrauma]

We have three toilets and just started with a new cleaner.

I've been asked by the agency to put a toilet brush in every toilet. I don't want to, I hate toilet brushes I don't want three of them.

I've looked at the disposable ones but they are expensive and don't look great for the environment.

Never had a cleaner make this request before, is it usual?

Is the OP a friend of Kevin Bridges?

YABU. I think your way sounds a bit grim and it's much nicer for the cleaner- and your carpets - to not carry a loo brush round.

I do as many people on this thread do and use harpic and a brush to give it a good old scrub. You then let the brush chill in your harpic/bleach water for a minute and then flush- voila, clean brush and clean loo.

I've scrubbed marks off if I've had to before but I usually use the loo brush, then a spot of harpic and then flush. My loo brush lives in a pot that gets regularly cleaned and topped up with dilute bleach or harpic, too.

I live in a very hard water area- regular descaling, soda crystal flushing, ironing water and fabric softener using are all necessities- and the only time I've had to really go to town on my loo with hands right down it was to attack the limescale the previous owner had let build up at the back. I find dealing with a loo brush which has a designated home less hassle than having to wash rubber gloves and leave them to dry.

YANBU. They’re fucking gross.

You can never ever get a toilet brush clean so if you think you can, that's wrong. They are disgusting things and have no place.

Maybe people who use them need to change their sitting position on the loo Your poo should go almost straight down the pan into the u-bend.

and if your loo has a decent flush it should all disappear with nothing left behind.

Having seen the state of some loos outside it seems as if people sit far too back on the seat and half of it goes all over the 'back wall' of the loo.

You can't expect people to abandon bleach- it's used in hospitals and all kinds of places where germs need to be killed. and if you use any washing powder or liquid that is not non-bio, it's got bleach in.

@JinglingHellsBells

You can never ever get a toilet brush clean so if you think you can, that's wrong. They are disgusting things and have no place.

Maybe people who use them need to change their sitting position on the loo Your poo should go almost straight down the pan into the u-bend.

and if your loo has a decent flush it should all disappear with nothing left behind.

Having seen the state of some loos outside it seems as if people sit far too back on the seat and half of it goes all over the 'back wall' of the loo.

You can't expect people to abandon bleach- it's used in hospitals and all kinds of places where germs need to be killed. and if you use any washing powder or liquid that is not non-bio, it's got bleach in.

Put the toilet brush in the dishwasher, with your sunday best dishes.

Happy to help.

@gubbbbbddaaaa

Yes to cleaning the brush .. after cleaning the loo I flush it again and it washes the brush .

So you flush a faeces covered brush in the toilet and this miraculously makes both brush and toilet bowl clean?

No bleach required, this is somehow hygiene? HOW????

I have a brush in each bathroom. They are very reasonably priced if you aren't looked for something branded.

Honestly I've got so much work to do I shouldn't be here.

But some of these replies

Op u sound mental lol

So many perfect pooers on here!! Must go and practice my technique. No one ever get the squits?!

@JinglingHellsBells not everyone has perfect bowel function though, even if they're sat on the loo correctly. Ibs suffers, lactose intolerance suffers and similar often have less... textbook experiences. I've got very weak digestion and often have issues but you wouldn't know it from my loo or my loo brush.

Have you had to clean a toilet that's not yours, op? Because I have and there's no way I'd be putting my hands in it, gloves or not.

Buy the loo brushes. If they bother you that much get the kind where the brush is enclosed and give them a swish in bleachy water once a week.

So you flush a faeces covered brush in the toilet and this miraculously makes both brush and toilet bowl clean?

You make it sound like someone has had the explosive shits over the brush, not the toilet.

I would do as she asks or she will be carrying around the dripping brush all over your house Life is too short to worry about this shit just do it for gods sake

If you don’t have a toilet brush as you prefer to stick your gloves hand down there, what do you expect a guest to do who may leave marks?! Do you expect them to leave the marks or stick their hand down the toilet without a glove - (definitely not envy)

@toiletbrushtrauma you flush the brush with bleach to clean it- to keep it clean as you use it . You then store it in dilute bleach (I sometimes disinfectant-bathe mine, too). As long as you change the bleach etc regularly it's no different to using and washing rubber gloves that only go down the loo. I just find the brush easier and better for scrubbing.

I even have a toilet brush in my bathroom on Animal Crossing!

This is really weird. Can't your guests shit straight? I get that the kids make a mess sometimes but do you really visit other peoples houses and pebbledash their toilets?! This is another thing This is really weird. Can't your guests shit straight? I get that the kids make a mess sometimes but do you really visit other peoples houses and pebbledash their toilets?! This is another thing ive never heard of never heard of

Bullshit.

Literally

@Skyla2005

I would do as she asks or she will be carrying around the dripping brush all over your house Life is too short to worry about this shit just do it for gods sake

Its clear OP wants poo crumbs on her carpet.

'Toilet brushes are absolutely clean and hygienic'

'You definitely need three toilet brushes because you absolutely don't want to be schlepping the minging things across the house'

Which is it?

@toiletbrushtrauma I'm totally with you on this one, the thought of toilet brushes makes me feel sick ! My toilet is very much clean and I too use fizzy tablets and bleach.

We have three toilets and a brush in each one. We buy the 50 black ones from Ikea which look and stay clean. I hate bog brushes too.

It just makes sense to keep a brush by each loo to stop dripping between loos, especially if there's bleach involved and you've got carpets. Drying off a loo brush to carry round is a fools game. They're cheap. Just buy one per loo.

Also if someone slips on the drips (it doesn't take much)- especially if it's your cleaner, they might not be best pleased.

I’m very minimalist so I couldn’t have a bog brush offending my clear sight lines. I hang mine out the window on a bit of string and hoist back it in for skid patrol.

You can never ever get a toilet brush clean so if you think you can, that's wrong.

Well I can’t see any dirt. And I’ve suffered no ill effects from microscopic particles I can’t see.

So I don’t understand what I’m supposed to get worked up about.