Toilet cleaning help needed

Bogof_Babe

grahamliza4 wrote: »

If your wee smells that bad you don't drink enough water.

If wee left in the loo repulses you that much you are soft.

I'd rather put up with wee in my loo than bleed the planet dry. Not so long ago there were no such thing as flushing toilets and you just squatted down outside. And it didn't matter if you pee'd on your shoes!:rotfl:

Let's leave my wee out of it, lol . So if you went into someone's house and used the loo, to find it hadn't been flushed, you mean you wouldn't be just a bit repulsed? Oh well, it takes all sorts I suppose. If I go into a cubicle in a pub and find it unflushed, I back out hastily and go to another one. I must be a wuss. Also, if you get too much loo paper stacked up in there (or don't you use it? ) there's a danger of blocking up the pipework when it finally does get flushed.

I hadn't realised the use of our abundance of water in this country for basic hygiene purposes was contributing to our carbon footprint, or whatever. We haven't had a drought in any region for a good two years or more, to my knowledge. Perhaps the people who pursue this practice are on water meters. I can't see any other reason not to use the plumbing in the way it was intended to be used. I'd rather have a fresh smelling bathroom than a vase of flowers every week, if it came to a choice.

I just thought it was a bit daft that the OP was having all this hassle for something that is easily avoided, and she will have to repeat the process every few weeks, if she intends not to change her household practices.

vij

get rid of the limescale with a proper cleaner left overnight and use thick bleach once a week.

helenhugs

The only stuff that worked for me was the harpic power stuff, I left it in over night & after the 4th application the toilet was spotless. (we used to have to chip the limescale off with a knife on a weekly basis)
Unfortunately my children have take the "if its yellow let it mellow if its brown flush it down" thing a bit too far & often don't bother flushing it after, now THAT is a disgusting find. I flush the toilet a couple of times a day even following the yellow mellow method but there are 6 of us in the family.
Hope you find something that works.
Hugs
Helen

curlywurlygirly

Two denture tablets - pop in the bowl and leave overnight

tillyp_2

helenhugs wrote: »

The only stuff that worked for me was the harpic power stuff, I left it in over night & after the 4th application the toilet was spotless. (we used to have to chip the limescale off with a knife on a weekly basis)
Unfortunately my children have take the "if its yellow let it mellow if its brown flush it down" thing a bit too far & often don't bother flushing it after, now THAT is a disgusting find. I flush the toilet a couple of times a day even following the yellow mellow method but there are 6 of us in the family.
Hope you find something that works.
Hugs
Helen[/quote

And my kids thought I was strange for using a knife to chip off limescale from the loo, (and for using cola too) Thanks everyone for making me feel normal in the constant battle for a clean toilet. Can't wait till tomorrow to try some of the remedies posted here.

Queen.Bess

Thanks once again for more replies! Looks like I'm going to have to get the scubbing gloves on and use a bit of elbow grease!

I would just like to set the record straight with regards to our flushing habits! There is only DH and I in our house and we do flush the loo, just not everytime we go! It is rare for us to have surprise guests, and even when we have, we flush before they have a chance to use the loo!

In a very ideal world, where we had the space and we owned the house, I would like a grey water or rainwater collector so the loo could be flushed with that instead. Why use perfectly decent drinking water for this job?!

Lizalu

Bogof_Babe wrote: »

Let's leave my wee out of it, lol . So if you went into someone's house and used the loo, to find it hadn't been flushed, you mean you wouldn't be just a bit repulsed? Oh well, it takes all sorts I suppose. If I go into a cubicle in a pub and find it unflushed, I back out hastily and go to another one. I must be a wuss. Also, if you get too much loo paper stacked up in there (or don't you use it? ) there's a danger of blocking up the pipework when it finally does get flushed.
.

Don't you think it might just be easier to flush it?!
I wouldn't be disgusted at all if I was at someone else's house. They have just as much of a right to wee as I do, and its their house - they shouldn't have to change the way they do things for my benefit. None of us are that special.

MissMuppet

I have this horrible rust/limescale streak down my toilet and I've attempted to use bleach and bathroom cleaner on it but it won't budge... I just saw an advert for Harpic Power something which states it will get rid of the worst rust/limescale, I suddenly thought there might be something else I could use which doesn't cost an arm and a leg... Any ideas??

I remember Kim and Aggy using bicarb and something?!!

Skint_Catt

14p value cola (2 litres!) as per Martins book!

MissMuppet

Ahhh yes, I forgot about cola... better get some when I go to the doctors later!