Flushing the toilet after every wee.

[Squirrelchops1]

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

We don't flush for wees after the kids are asleep but during the daytime we always do. To be honest if I lifted the lid and found yellow water in the bowl I would probably flush before using the loo, and then again afterwards.

But I agree that you don't need a full cistern of water to flush away a wee. Maybe explore options to put a brick or something in the cistern to offset some of the water, or keep a jug by the bathroom sink so you just use 1-2 litres?

Ugh, yes, splashback! I'd always flush first anyway if there was someone else's wee left in it so what's the point?

I’ve just brought DC up to gave some bloody standards. Unlike some on here. Jeez.

Sharing bath water is absolutely rank

Yep, only flush every 2nd or 3rd pee. Started that when we had a very significant heat wave one year endangering our water supply.

I'd rather go piss down a grid, than use a toilet that hasn't been flushed. As a pp said, it hasn't stopped raining, piss where you want, it'll get flushed away. But not on a compost heap, only men can do that, because of our hormones.

Every time in downstairs cloakroom. Never during the night in en-suite and probably not every time in main bathroom.

What difference does it make, though? It's not as though toilets are sterile.

At home, I don't flush after every wee. I drink plenty of water and apart from the first wee of the day, my urine is virtually colourless and odourless.

Modern dual-flush toilets don't use 10 litres for a wee

A brick can cause considerable damage to a cistern, and does not know when you want a full flush.

Some fashionable unbranded WC pans have a poor design and do not flush well first time. I have had great success with Twyfords and other well-established British brands.

I never had a water meter until recently so it never occurred to me not to flush, there was no reason not to. Now we do have a meter and I suppose it would make financial sense not to flush after a wee when it's just me, but then I'd have to remember to flush before anyone came home, and it's easier just to do it every time.

Unless you have a very poor diet, full of greasy burgers and chips, you should not have the same problems as this elderly and confused man.

Wee isn’t water though. Haven’t you ever been to a public restroom? They fucking stink due to all the residual body fluids. That’s what your home stinks like

My bathroom doesn't smell of urine! Possibly because none of us pee on the floor. It did smell for a while when a male friend was staying with us, though. I'm pretty sure he was dripping on the floor and not mopping it up.

I believe that many of the posters on this thread aren't drinking enough. It's normal for the first pee of the day to be bright/dark yellow, but if your subsequent pees are like that (or if they stink), then you might need to see your GP.

Sorry Op thats minging.

I will say I can almost understand sharing bathwater if you don't have a shower and money is tight. Heating water can be costly.

But I wouldn't do any of that just to save water, as someone else said look at sprinklers that get left all day, car washes, hot tubs, kids paddling pools, loads of other ways water gets wasted. We have flushing loos for a reason, non flushing is disgusting

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Pour the whole bottle down. We have horrendous limescale here! Only thing which sorts it out if we have left it too long.

Well my 4yo certainly agrees with you, he is very anti flushing 🙄

I’m genuinely confused this water you are refusing to flush has your wee in it it’s not like you scoop it out to use.

I don't flush every wee,but I live alone so there's no one up complain about it! I would always flush if I was visiting a friend's house,or in a public toilet. I must admit it's a bit grim when you go in a public toilet and the person before you hasn't flushed!

Just 2 of us, he flushes, but then he is like a camel and only wees once or twice maximum a day.
I go a lot, and don't flush every time,...and never in the night.
We used to share a bath....not so much nowadays, he loves a soak, I am in and out.

Exactly.

Mistakenly clicked YANBU but you really are. Opening your Vjay over fermented pee is gross and the smell! How do you survive

It's quite sad the cost of living crisis has got to the point where people are now being selective when and when not to flush the loo in order to save money.

I had never thought of not flushing. Had never heard of it. Spent a couple of years backpacking and lots of simple toilet systems, often not flushable. Don't mind those. Anyway, my partner left me after 15 years and three children. Took everything..I am now trying to wait for a council house as my wage doesn't cover rent here for me and our 3 children. I don't flush for wees anymore. I do anything not to spend too much. Heating on only when my children are here and only for 1 hour in the morning. When it's just me I don't put the heating on at all. It goes down to 10'C and it's actually fine, just use a hot water bottle to keep myself warm.
So, two years ago I would have said, of course flush every time but not anymore!

That is disgusting if you are just letting your waste sit there in the toilet. But that's my opinion and its your toilet and home so do as you please.

No, it doesn't.