Right. I've thought long and hard about this, I've conducted rigorous scientific experiment, and I'm sorry all you non-loo brush using MNers, but you're wrong.

[Lawks]

Following the earth shattering news last week that some mumsnetters don't own loo brushes, and what's more this isn't some oversight on the housekeeping front but a deliberate stance against "germy loo brushes dripping in the corner of the bathroom" (I'm too lazy to look up the exact quote paraphrasing), I have been keeping a watchful eye on the state of the Lawks household lavatories.

I removed the loo brush from the downstairs loo and left one in the upstairs loo (cf aforementioned rigorous scientific experiment). After a week the downstairs loo needed a jolly good scrub below the waterline. It also went through various mildly unpleasant phases which we won't go into but which would not have been necessary had a loo brush been available.

We have perfectly happy and healthy bowels, so no casting aspersions in that direction please.

I conclude that I don't understand how you can have sparkling clean loos without a regular scrub below the waterline.

I don't pretend to love my loo brush, and I change it often. But it's a necessary evil.

Yeah but I think the chemicals are probably better than nasty little germs breeding IYKWIM

oh dear lord this is still going. i cannot imagine talking to my RL friends about the best way to clean ones lav for OVER THREE HOURS!

but, since you're all still around - apparently if you tip coca cola down the loo, leave it for a few hours and then flush, that will also give you a beautiful sparkling pan.

i have yet to try it though...

Mine is rapidly looking lovely on the seat and outside... just waiting to be able to scrub the stuff.

I don't think it has ever been done this thoroughly

question for you frequent loo brush changers - where do you get them from ??

You surely don't buy those stainless steal £20 a go ones ?

And most supermarkets don't seem to sell the cheap plastic ones.

I got some cheap ones and the bl**dy things unscrew themselves and the brush falls in the loo -

39p from asda today

Ikea loo brushes are cheap and nice colours.

And at this thread reachinf over 100 posts. Love Mumsnet!

I've just got back from a cleaning job where i had to clean four of someone else's toilets, thank god they had toilet brushes thats all i can say

I have been caught in the unfortunate position of staying at the house of some friends who are non-loo-brushers. Morning after the night before, heavy loo-usage on my part, NEEDED a loo-brush to make loo presentable. Wasn't one. No evidence of rubber gloves either - was NOT going to put my hands down the loo. Resorted to tons of loo paper and prayed that repeated flushing would shift the worst of it (doesn't usually ime).
GAH!

ahem I've already mentioned my asda 38p ones
(Flame - you were robbed!)

Lol could well have been 38p - brain melted with all the toilet cleaning fumes

DH came and asked if he was allowed to use the loo

I would rather discuss toilet cleaning than actually do it!