Do you check the toilet?

[~TT40~]

I am surprised in a country where drought and water shortage are a constant issue that you all don't live by the maxim "If it is brown, flush it down. If it is yellow, let it mellow". The amount of water wasted by people flushing the toilet is absolutely absurd.

I always flush at someone elses house/public but at home I barely flush during the day.

My toilet often has skid marks on it because when I empty a nappy in there it sometimes splats onto the side. I really don't have time to be cleaning the toilet constantly.

that!

when at home I only flush if its brown, or after a few wees. if i am in public or someone elses house I always flush and check there are no floaties

[Rouge]

I always flush. And check. And wipe the toilet and bleach regularly. We have been saved many times from gastro passing through the house by my vigilance. And I have a morbid fear of gastro. I will not use a public toilet if its dirty. I'd rather hold on. And the smell of sitting urine makes me want to puke. I'm probably destroying the environment one flush at a time but my paranoia wins.

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

I'm sure I read once that there's actually a sewer problem here, because of all the water saving toilets, and there's not enough water to move everything through? Not sure if I wanna google it though

[PumpkinZulu]

While water saving toilets are great, I'd prefer a proper one. I have to properly clean it everyday to second day, it's definitely an adjustment with hardly any water.

[wysiwyg]

I'm sure I read once that there's actually a sewer problem here, because of all the water saving toilets, and there's not enough water to move everything through? Not sure if I wanna google it though

It can be a problem in some properties apparently, I saw something on new inventors show about a device to combat it - so in some cases can be better to do the mellow yellow and then do big flush.

[MummyNaomi]

Very toilet conscious when out, and workplace toilets - bleugh, I work with some disgusting women
At home we let it mellow when yellow, esp overnight so as not to wake the kids with the noise of the flush. DS only flushes poos which is fine, and knows to flush when we are out. He loves to waste water while washing his hands though so I normally head into the bathroom when I hear him in their to remind him

[Butterfly Dawn]

I am constantly surprised by how disgusting women can be. I thought we would be clean creatures but NO.

I check, I teach my boys to check, I wish hubby would check!

[Lisa]

I always check. It would feel odd for me not to.

[Beautiful Disaster]

I check too. but at home at night we don't flush as like others it's next to DS room and VERY loud

[Chrispe]

We flush and check, as we live in an older house and if we don't flush all away the house pongs.
Used to not flush at our old place but that ended up with a few blockages. So I learn at least once a day to do a full flush when toilet empty to move all the gunk.

[little_O]

I always flush. And check. And wipe the toilet and bleach regularly. We have been saved many times from gastro passing through the house by my vigilance. And I have a morbid fear of gastro. I will not use a public toilet if its dirty. I'd rather hold on. And the smell of sitting urine makes me want to puke. I'm probably destroying the environment one flush at a time but my paranoia wins.

I'm with you. How does the toilet not get stained and stinky otherwise??

[Astrid]

It was more during the severe water restriction times that sewers not having enough water became a real issue.

The biggest problems with sewers is people flushing all the things they should not, like nappies, pads, condoms etc. Also cooking fat down the drains is an issue. If you do that, make sure you use hot, hot water and detergent to break it down. Oh, just in case you think you can get away with it, the guys who camera the sewers know exactly which houses pour cooking fat down incorrectly.

Back to the topic. I am vigilent when elsewhere, not so much at home. Sometimes though with all the muck around with the kids, it can be hard to remember if the toilet flushed properly or not.

[Trillian]

We have dam water plumbed into our toilet so it's always brown anyway and it does stain the bowl after a while so even after a good scrubbing with bleach etc it always has a brown sheen to it so now I give the seat a wipe over one a week or more if it needs it and other wise I just leave the bowl. Plus being on a septic system, too much bleach isn't ideal anyway because it kills the bacteria that break it all down. I will not use an unflushed toilet in public though - there is a big difference to one that has been flushed and not all of it went compared to a toilet that just has not been flushed at all - that's just gross.

[Marley&Me]

I always flush. And check. And wipe the toilet and bleach regularly. We have been saved many times from gastro passing through the house by my vigilance. And I have a morbid fear of gastro. I will not use a public toilet if its dirty. I'd rather hold on. And the smell of sitting urine makes me want to puke. I'm probably destroying the environment one flush at a time but my paranoia wins.

I feel exactly the same Rouge. Pee sitting around staining your toilet bowl is disgusting. And to walk in and smell pee on a hot day I will only use public toilets if I am about to wet my pants. And I only use bleach when cleaning it, nothing else will do. I am very anal when it comes to the toilet (excuse the pun )

[little_O]

Another thing...isn't the half flush there for a reason?

[Calluna]

We dont use the half flush because it's hopeless. Even with the full flush we often have to flush twice. Particularly DF who thinks he needs to use 1/2 a freaking roll of toilet paper in one 'sitting'. Im pretty stingy with the paper and still often have to flush twice. Dodgy toilet. It's brand new too .

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

Yes, to annoy the pants offa me when it fails to remove ANYTHING!

I have been known to go out of my way to return to a toilet that I can't remember flushing.

[little_O]

Yes, to annoy the pants offa me when it fails to remove ANYTHING!

I have been known to go out of my way to return to a toilet that I can't remember flushing.

Haha I do this too!