Flushing the toilet after every wee.

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10 litres per flush is a huge amount of water per wee (that's what I believe our cistern holds).
I don't think it's necessary to flush after every wee. My friend thinks I'm tight and unhygienic.
What's your view...
Are you a 'if it's yellow let it mellow'...I am reasonable
Or...'eww you filthy sod'..I am unreasonable

No we dont flush every time

We are a believer of " when it's yellow let it mellow. when its brown flush it down :

We do have soft water though so no staining

I wee in the garden and the fresh air ensures I drip dry. No water wastage OR loo roll 😆

I couldn’t leave poo sitting there all day unflushed. That’s disgusting.

It's natural.

This thread is starting to remind me of those episodes of Hoarders where people shuffle around in unsanitary hovels and genuinely believe that in doing so they are saving the planet by keeping items from landfill.

So are wildfires, hurricanes, cholera and crocodiles.

I suppose we all have things we do that save money and ways we don't. I wouldn't give up my tumble dryer for example!

No, i just dont see the need to flush every single time after a wee, particularly as I'm here on my own 60% of the week.

The water bills where I live are the most expensive in the country and they've just gone up again. Spend a penny is now more like spend £10 quid everytime we flush.

Don't you then end up with a large amount of toilet paper tone flushed?

The justifications for leaving urine in this thread are hilarious ‘Well it’s really pale and doesn’t smell THAT bad so I let it sit’. Do you genuinely believe that pale urine is more sterile than coloured urine? Do you also believe your less offensive shits to be less germ-riddled than the pungent ones? Make it make sense, guys.

Always after a wee. A relatives of mine only usually flush after a number 2. I don't think they put any bleach down it either and their toilet is disgusting. I also hate the smell of piss.

no only me and dh here so we dont flush every wee unless we have guests

Thank you for saving the planet for the rest of us.

Flush every time, day or night, regardless of what’s been done.

No, it is because some of us are on water meters and like to save money.

No I don't flush every time when I'm at home with the kids - I drink a LOT and wee all the time so would be very wasteful of water. Surprised so many people think it's awful not to! I mean obviously if guests were round or I was out in public of course I would because its gross not to. But at home with the family... does anyone care??? I would defo flush after a few wees tho to avoid the smell of stale wee as that would be gross.

We too don’t flush overnight but the first person to use the loo after about 5am flushes. It’s usually only me using the loo overnight anyhow and I’m always first up

I don’t flush every time for wees during the day, as I WFH and drink a fair bit.
The loo visitors use is flushed every time

It's quite unlikely anyone would die from a smell, but that doesn't mean it's nice, and something most people are willing to live with. We don't live in Tudor times, we have an excellent toilet system.

I will happily forego items in order to free up the 10p a day that I spend on flushing my bodily waste away. But hey, I’m clearly cavalier with money.

We should go back to just throwing it all out of our upstairs windows (onto the heads of plague doctors walking the streets).

Spent some time in Bermuda, where they harvest rainwater as there’s no fresh water on the islands. They cope well enough there not flushing after every use and not having a running tap whilst cleaning teeth. A masterclass in water conservation.

It's a toughie. I hate it at work, I think it's disgusting. Happens most in mixed sex toilets.

At home no flush at night, but I find it causes scum to form if you don't flush frequently.

If toilets were coated so they stay clean longer, then we would not need to flush so much. Until then, sadly we are pretty much flush every time 😔

Does the toilet roll not build up? Surely that's not great?

You could pee in the shower to save a flush