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I'm lucky enough to have my own toilet, so I can let it get pretty dirty without anyone complaining. It's been about four weeks, but the smell was getting noticeable from outside the door so I cleaned it this morning.

If the whole subject seems gross or trivial to you, just vote the closest option to your situation, and move on to some other thread.

I'm aware that people can feel pretty guilty about letting someone else clean up after them, but be assured I've been in that position. I've lived with people who can't stand any smell but disinfectant from the toilet -- they wanted it cleaned several times a week. I always felt I was being asked to waste time, when they insisted I take my turn cleaning a toilet which always seemed pretty clean to me.

For a year or so I lived in a share-house with a sparkling clean toilet and bathroom and don't remember ever cleaning it myself. A woman who lived there cleaned it almost every day, and she did it almost in secret (when we were out or in our rooms.) She didn't want to make anyone else feel guilty about not doing it, I think. Too obliging for her own good perhaps.

In another house, this particular task was a recurring source of conflict. Myself and another grotty type resented having to clean a toilet which didn't seem to really need it, the squeaky-clean members resented using a toilet they could smell. The compromise of "once a week" suited none of us, but at least we managed to keep to the roster.

Anyway, now I've got my own toilet and that's great. If I'm having visitors who aren't bacteria-loving ferals like myself, (certain family for instance) I'll clean it between times, but otherwise every four weeks is about par. I keep the seat clean and wash my hands after going in there, so it doesn't seem to matter if it smells a bit.

I find it hard to imagine having so much spending money I would employ someone to clean the toilet for me. It seems kind of personal, like having someone wash your own feet for you. I don't know ... perhaps I'd be fine with it ... but I'm not looking like being that rich anytime soon.

I might contribute once or twice if people want to post to the thread, but this is mainly for the poll. If BunnySaurus Bugsii posts, please note that he's me but guaranteed sober. That won't happen for at least six hours, though.

I need hardly add that you can post whatever you like so long as it's toilet-related. If the subject leaves you lost for words, you could take a look at the WTO site. No, not that WTO (http://www.wto.org/), silly, the real WTO (http://www.worldtoilet.org/).

I've cleaned my bathroom weekly ever since my parents came, and my dad had to clean the loo before my mum would use it.

Clean the toilet? People do that?!


No, it gets cleaned AT LEAST once a month. I usually use a flush freshener in the meantime.

No, my mom cleans it for me.

No, it gets cleaned AT LEAST once a month. I usually use a flush freshener in the meantime.

One of those weird blue things that makes it look like an alien peed in the pot?

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No, my mom cleans it for me.

Completely acceptable answer. It only looks funny because of your user name. :p

Yeah... my user name can put a silly twist to just about anything, I guess.

One of those weird blue things that makes it look like an alien peed in the pot?


ANd smell like it? Yeah those.. but I rarely clean the cat box so cleaning the toilet seems silly sometimes.

/snipWhat kind of weird people did you live with that went around sniffing toilets?

What kind of weird people did you live with that went around sniffing toilets?

I didn't mean they'd get right down there and sniff inside the bowl ... though the image is quite amusing.
:D Shut the lid on them ... and flush!

I urge all posters to delve for the actual issue here which seems to have eluded me in the OP. I was sure I had an idea when I started writing, but it seems to have gone around the bend. G'night.

it's cleaned daily-ish, my husband out of habit before showering does the brush thing on the sides, and then later when I am wiping down the counters/etc. I give it a wipe down. About once a month I do that blue stuff on it, mostly it's just got that tablet thingy. It's never dirty.......unless you look microscopicy (that's a new word)

When I lived in my own place I just threw those blue things in the cistern and gave it an actual scrubbing maybe once a month. I've had to move back with my parents for the time being, however, and here it's someone else's job :)

Toilet...?

Pah, I don't clean unless there's a gun to my head....

Or a bat, your preference. ^^

Pah, I don't clean unless there's a gun to my head....

Or a bat, your preference. ^^

I have no comment on your post, but great name..

Stupid gun suits...stupid, stupid gun suits!

Used to clean the toilet once a month, but now we clean the toilet rarely. I think we cleaned the toilet (and the bathroom) only twice or thrice in the past seventeen months. :D

This thread made me go clean the toilet. I will now clean the rest of the bathroom. I hate threads that remind me of what I have to do.

Cleaned twice weekly, bleached/flushed daily. I despise dirt, especially in bathrooms or kitchens. I'd probably have killed the OP if they'd suggested "once per week" as a comprimise.

I just cleaned it after soaking it with one of those bowl disinfectants...scrubbed it...used paper towels to wipe the surroundings..used air freshener copiously.

I must say that it feels good to stand back and look at a sparkling clean bowl after you cleaned it. :p

I just cleaned it after soaking it with one of those bowl disinfectants...scrubbed it...used paper towels to wipe the surroundings..used air freshener copiously.

I must say that it feels good to stand back and look at a sparkling clean bowl after you cleaned it. :p

Your pride in toiletry is inspiring, maybe one day all people will feel good after cleaning their toilet, oh yes even the ones who scribble weird yet funny things in public toilets, i try to avoid them but when you're at a club or pub and you really need to go there's not much choice.(mind you i remember hearing some drunks walk past my flat on the road and i noticed one of them had a little stream of piss behind him as he walked i realised with horror that he was pissing while walking, thinking it perfectly normal).
Sanitation is very important so is sanity but usually the two aren't connected.

How else can I drink from it safely?

We do the cleaning on a rota. I suspect I'll only clean the bog if I have a bayonet at my back.

I will definately have to use rubber gloves.

Our toilet is really nasty! It looks like a movie gas-station fixture, not because of actual "filth" but due to iron-based mineralization. The sink gets just as mineralized, but that's easy to clean with scouring powder. In the toilet bowl, though, the powder just dilutes and does nothing.

For the holidays this year I'm going to pour bleach in there and let it sit...it won't get rid of all the iron but should lighten it up some.

Fergi America;13297457']Our toilet is really nasty! It looks like a movie gas-station fixture, not because of actual "filth" but due to iron-based mineralization. The sink gets just as mineralized, but that's easy to clean with scouring powder. In the toilet bowl, though, the powder just dilutes and does nothing.

For the holidays this year I'm going to pour bleach in there and let it sit...it won't get rid of all the iron but should lighten it up some.
Hit it up with some Cillit Bang.

Hit it up with some Cillit Bang.Never heard of it (I'm in the USA)...
*Googles it, finds corporate site*
From their site's description, it sounds powerful enough, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to have gotten over here :(

EDIT: Wikipedia to the rescue! On a hunch I checked wiki to see if they renamed it for US sales. Seems it's sold here as "EasyOff BAM."
And EasyOff's site says there's a toilet version under that label, too (not just the spray wiki mentioned)...although I've got my doubts what'll happen once it gets diluted in a bowlful of water, it's worth a try.

Fergi America;13297542']Never heard of it (I'm in the USA)...
*Googles it, finds corporate site*
From their site's description, it sounds powerful enough, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to have gotten over here :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg4Io7Z1bE4

Real advert. Maybe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg4Io7Z1bE4

Real advert. Maybe.*slowly extracts nails from ceiling, smooths hair down from standing-straight-up position*

What a nerve-jarring ad!!!

I take it you've actually used it/seen it used, live...cuz that ad didn't show enough of the actual product in action (other than de-dirting the penny). It seemed more focused on showing it being applied, and of course on seeing what kind of eye-shattering basic visual effects they could come up with rather than the product's final results!

Fergi America;13297651']*slowly extracts nails from ceiling, smooths hair down from standing-straight-up position*

What a nerve-jarring ad!!!

I take it you've actually used it/seen it used, live...cuz that ad didn't show enough of the actual product in action (other than de-dirting the penny). It seemed more focused on showing it being applied, and of course on seeing what kind of eye-shattering basic visual effects they could come up with rather than the product's final results!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSGgRfSTSco

Slighty more pedestrian real version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSGgRfSTSco

Slighty more pedestrian real version.Ah! Much better!

Well they seem more interested in pushing it for use on lime scale, which isn't a big problem with our water, but they did mention "rust" once. I guess the only way to know for sure'll be to test it (more precisely, what I found is its US equivalent, EasyOff Bam). Assuming that the US Gov't didn't make them nerf it before it hit the shelves here, it should be the same...

Someone in the house cleans the toilets every week.

Used to clean the toilet once a month, but now we clean the toilet rarely. I think we cleaned the toilet (and the bathroom) only twice or thrice in the past seventeen months. :D

That sounds familiar! "I'm not touching your muck!" "Well, I'm not touching yours!" "But our muck is all mixed together!" "So we agree, we're not touching it." "Let's go Pub!"

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How else can I drink from it safely?

Keep it up, I don't think you've grossed anyone out yet.

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Hit it up with some Cillit Bang.

Wow, useful information!

This day, bog willing, we bust the Great Toilet Cleaning conspiracy wide open. With boldness in our hearts, and toilet brush held high ...

*reads instructions on bottle of Bang*

Oops.

A robot vacuums my floors, a robot mops my linoleum but i still have to clean my toilets by hand :(

/snipped/ i realised with horror that he was pissing while walking,

Is it even possible...I mean sometimes I can't even piss when somebody is looking.

And what about splatter? :eek:

I can always sentence one of the troublemakers to clean it. Not nice if Jurgen went shortly beforehand.

I cleaned offices and houses for seven solid months, and my specialties (though not my only jobs) were cleaning bathrooms and vacuuming floors.

Bathrooms were cleaned to the point that somebody might mistake me for a germophobe. This means sweeping the floor completely clean of any hair, dust, and dirt, scrubbing mirrors (only if they had a lot of dried-in residue; I'd usually just wipe them clean with windex), scrubbing counters, sinks, baths, and toilets, dusting windowsills, cleaning closets... The works.

And the toilets always got (and continue to get) the most attention. Clorox Cleanup, and only Clorox Cleanup, is the chemical that is used to get the job done. I spray it all over, scrape the hard water stains with a pumice rock, scrub the bowl with a handy brush that gets up inside the rim, and then I wipe the entire toilet with a rag (I flip and fold so that the nasty parts don't touch the parts that one's body touches).

Needless to say, the bathrooms I clean are sparkling and pristine, and I get rave reviews from my customers... Not to mention it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, what with making the most frequently-used room in the house a genuinely nice place to do business. That being said, I clean my bathroom(s) once a week, as any more than that is completely unnecessary, and potentially dangerous (read: super germs).

scrape the hard water stains with a pumice rock, Aha! That sounds like it'll work great. No dilution problems!

All I have to say is, if you are male and single and expect that you might be inviting someone female that you have an interest in over for the evening, if you clean nothing else in your place clean the damn washroom until it sparkles. She WILL appreciate it, far more than you do.


Oh, and in a related note - if you don't particularly care for cleaning toilets, do NOT buy a damn house that has four of them in it.

What the f*ck were we thinking?

I clean the toilet sometimes, my wife cleans it some other times. There's no rota and it's never, ever been mentioned. It just seems to be one of those things - like emptying the kitchen bin - that just gets done.

Fergi America;13297542']Never heard of it (I'm in the USA)...
*Googles it, finds corporate site*
From their site's description, it sounds powerful enough, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to have gotten over here :(

EDIT: Wikipedia to the rescue! On a hunch I checked wiki to see if they renamed it for US sales. Seems it's sold here as "EasyOff BAM."
And EasyOff's site says there's a toilet version under that label, too (not just the spray wiki mentioned)...although I've got my doubts what'll happen once it gets diluted in a bowlful of water, it's worth a try.

The Internet works! :D

I clean the toilet sometimes, my wife cleans it some other times. There's no rota and it's never, ever been mentioned. It just seems to be one of those things - like emptying the kitchen bin - that just gets done.You must have similar ideas of how often housework should be done.

I hadn't expected so many posters to be using a toilet which someone cleans for money.

Thinking about it, I realize there's probably a few college students in serviced buildings, and they are honest enough to realize that someone pays to have their toilet cleaned.

The votes for "no, my toilet is just very dirty" was also pretty cool. Not many people would admit that to with their name to it.

Otherwise, beautiful bell curve on the poll. Thanks everyone!

Oh, option #9 "I'm an astronaut" for anyone who didn't recognize it: Lisa Nowak's lawyer denies it. (http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2138903,00.html)

A robot vacuums my floors, a robot mops my linoleum but i still have to clean my toilets by hand :(

Forget the robots, hire a maid service. We have one come in to clean the house every week. Nothing better than coming home to sparkling clean house that smells lemony.

Forget the robots, hire a maid service. We have one come in to clean the house every week. Nothing better than coming home to sparkling clean house that smells lemony.

Maid service for 1 month ($80/week) $320 . Roombas start for as low as $99 remanufactured on up to about $350ish and Roombas dont snoop thru your stuff or stake the place out for later.

Someone in the house does it once a week. If I were to live in my own place, I'd probably stick to the same routine; maybe once a fortnight if I was especially careless or away from home a good deal, but once a week is a good round frequency.

I used to clean it when the growing things inhibit the flow of the water. but after getting my new toilet... I clean it about twice a month.