How do you clean a toilet?

fedupfreda

arunadasi wrote: »

So hands up all those here who have carpeted loos!

OK I confess - I have a carpeted loo (ducks to avoid brickbats)

In my defence it wasn't my choice - DH over-ruled me - but given that the place was so darn cold when we took the carpets up I had to concur.

However, I did insist on putting see through plastic matting on the top of the carpet (you know the kind that is advertised as a dirt trapper/hallway runner). So this can be wiped clean as necessary.

Believe me, with 2 sons with poor aim, its worth its weight in gold

jackieb

fedupfreda wrote: »

OK I confess - I have a carpeted loo (ducks to avoid brickbats)

Me too. Also not my choice. And worst of all, it was here when we moved in. :eek: It has been cleaned though. We are going to replace it sometime, but the floor under needs fixing first, and we just haven't got round to it. I have 3 sets of pedestal mats which I change every couple of days.

BuddyBonthenet

I just thought I'd share with you that...

... for the first time ever my loo brush is sitting in the loo (with the bleach I put down as usual to clean the loo)! :rotfl:

arunadasi

BuddyBonthenet wrote: »

I don't have a carpeted loo now, but I did in my first flat (I'm female and was living on my own). I don't understand what is wrong with this

I had carpet tiles in my kitchen once that were specially made for kitchens. Is there something wrong with that as well?

I find them terribly unhygenic. What if someone gets sick over them, or worse yet, diarroe? Those are events that ccur in bathrooms/toilets, and cleaning up a carpeted floor afterwards is nigh impossible. With tiles all you need is a disinfectatnt spray, water and a cloth.

BuddyBonthenet

arunadasi wrote: »

I find them terribly unhygenic. What if someone gets sick over them, or worse yet, diarroe? Those are events that ccur in bathrooms/toilets, and cleaning up a carpeted floor afterwards is nigh impossible. With tiles all you need is a disinfectatnt spray, water and a cloth.

But in reality those things could happen in any room with a carpet if someone is ill.

All I know is I have white floor tiles in a white bathroom and that was a big mistake as they show every little thing - dust, fluff, dog hair, etc.!

I'd still choose tiles over a carpet because I like the look better than for hygiene reasons (I don't have children btw).

arunadasi

BuddyBonthenet wrote: »

But in reality those things could happen in any room with a carpet if someone is ill.

).

But a bathroom is by definition a wet room. Water splashes on the floor. Little drops of urine from men. And if you are going to be sick/have diarroehea the first thing you do is rush to the bathroom/toilet, isn't it, so most accidents are going to happen there.
The very fact that it is a room where things are moist and nasty maks the very idea of a carpet the very last choice IMO. I still don't understand it!

Tiles are pretty straighforward to keep clean; just spray and wipe.
I generally don't like carpets anywhere in the house becuase they are so difficult to keep looking clean. I don't let people where shoes in my house and still they get worn and grubby after a while. I can't not have carpets because it's a top floor flat and it's in out contract.

I love wood floors.

BuddyBonthenet

arunadasi wrote: »

But a bathroom is by definition a wet room. Water splashes on the floor. Little drops of urine from men. And if you are going to be sick/have diarroehea the first thing you do is rush to the bathroom/toilet, isn't it, so most accidents are going to happen there.
The very fact that it is a room where things are moist and nasty maks the very idea of a carpet the very last choice IMO. I still don't understand it!

Tiles are pretty straighforward to keep clean; just spray and wipe.
I generally don't like carpets anywhere in the house becuase they are so difficult to keep looking clean. I don't let people where shoes in my house and still they get worn and grubby after a while. I can't not have carpets because it's a top floor flat and it's in out contract.

I love wood floors.

I am not arguing with you that tiles are more easily maintained and therefore easier to clean. I'm simply saying that a carpet in the bathroom is not automatically unhygienic, especially when you consider how long it was considered normal i.e. until technology and therefore fashion changed, as it will no doubt again at some point. It is your choice rather than pure necessity to avoid carpets.

arunadasi

BuddyBonthenet wrote: »

I am not arguing with you that tiles are more easily maintained and therefore easier to clean. I'm simply saying that a carpet in the bathroom is not automatically unhygienic, especially when you consider how long it was considered normal i.e. until technology and therefore fashion changed, as it will no doubt again at some point. It is your choice rather than pure necessity to avoid carpets.

I think it indeed is automatically unhygienic, since moisture is a breeding place for germs and you simply can't clean a carpet properly as often as would be needed. And it's not just "my choice"; whenever I had German friends visit in my last home they couldn't believe the carpeted bathroom! It's probably only in the UK that it was ever considered "normal", and I don't believe they will ever be considered normal again, as people travel more and compare, and as standards of hygiene improve.

However, I don't want to be rude to anyone here who has a carpet in the bathroom, and I certainly said nothing to a close friend of mine whom I caught laying a new carpet in her own bathroom. But it really is a British quirk. Or has anyone seen them in any other country? I haven't.

arunadasi

PS Of course, I am talking of wall-to-wall carpeting. We have a bath mat next to the tub which is washed on a regular basis and hung up to dry when it is wet after a shower.

nodwah

BuddyBonthenet wrote: »

But in reality those things could happen in any room with a carpet if someone is ill.

All I know is I have white floor tiles in a white bathroom and that was a big mistake as they show every little thing - dust, fluff, dog hair, etc.!

I'd still choose tiles over a carpet because I like the look better than for hygiene reasons (I don't have children btw).

I also have white (ceramic) floor tiles that we inherited with the house and I hate the way the dust and fluff collects!

Also the tile that gets most of the wet feet stepping out o f the bath is now lifting off the floor:mad:

Next time I'll be getting some sort of lino which is seamless with nowhere for muck to collect