I know they're a necessary evil....

I don't like the brushes that sit in wastewater. We have a couple of loo brushes that go into a holder, but do not sit in water at the base, as the handle has a collar ? That rests on the holder rim, IYSWIM. They are very cheap, at approx £2.50 each, so can be replaced regularly. If you bleach your toilet bowl, swish the brush around and maybe leave to soak in the loo for a bit, then it's clean. Not OCD I promise

I know somebody who sticks the toilet brush in the dishwasher to clean it.

Apparently she got the tip from watching Four in a Bed.

Ugh

merlotgran, I'm trying to think of something to say, but you're comment has made me speechless.

I could live quite happily without a loo brush. In fact I didn't have one for years. I always wiped with loo paper if necessary after using. If you do it after flushing, the water is clean and you're going to wash your hands anyway.

Putting a bit of paper in the loo before you "go" means that no stains or skid marks will appear anyway.

When cleaning the loo I am wearing Marigolds so I dive right in and have a good scrub.

However as the rest of the family didn't seem to get any of this, I installed loo brushes.

They never get used. (As far as I know)

I can't believe I'm writing this.

Never had a toilet brush and never want one. Nasty, germ ridden things Yuk and double Yuk

I have toilet brushes. I use them to whip up a froth in the loo with bleach. I enjoy doing this for some strange reason

I like the idea of whipping up a froth with bleach!

Dishwasher...also speechless

Dishwasher, was it supposed to be a joke and she has taken it literally, I don't have a toilet brush either, not a problem as I seemed to be the only one that thinks the toilet needs cleaning!

merlotgran did she offer you a cup of coffee or a slice of cake?

Strangely there are lots of things you can do with a dishwasher besides washing dishes.
You can cook fish wrapped in foil obviously, and I am sure I have read other things you can do but none spring to mind right now except the fish trout or salmon sir? with a toilet brush garnish...

LOL

thinking of poached eggs now....

Nah..

Dishwasher is good for sunglasses/specs too

Maybe I haven't got OCD after all....

I just hate them, they must harbour so many horrible germs

I never give mine a thought. Bit pissed off that the gorgeous bright pink holder from M and S is starting to corrode.

Look on Amazon jingle - lots of pink brushes on there!

Leave soaking in bleach in the loo after scrubbing and replace often. They are cheap as chips. I thought I'd be clever and buy some black ones but now I can't tell if they're clean! Dishwasher! Nooooooo! Yuk!

Will do yogagran

breeze I bought black ones in Ikea and found them even more unsettling....I just stick plenty of bleach down and scrub a bit if necessary.

I have a rather smart-looking loo brush in stainless steel that I use as an emergency receptacle for flowers. Minus the brush bit, obvs..

Do you know, I have never in all my years really thought about it. A quick scrub with the loo brush, rinse the brush, and all is well. Been like that for donkeys years.

I've never thought about it before either and I spent a fortune matching them to the various bathrooms, from JL no less - can't afford to do that often.

Well, since we are at it, as it were. One of my sils has no brush in the toilets- so what is onw expected to do if there is a bit of .. you know what, left in the bowl? Use loo paper? Ok if above water but then

I have brushes, and always shake the brush well in flush water, clean the container and bleach regularly- what is the problem?

What I don't understand is why some of those brushes have to be so hard. What on earth are we supposed to be scrubbing off? Years of filth or just the occasional bit of poo that has escaped the flush?

My Granny got on her hands and knees every week, removed the water with a cloth, squeezing it into a bucket, then gave the bowl a good sprinkling of Vim before scrubbing it until it shone.

I wouldn't go that far, but surely a bit of a scrub with an abrasive sponge (using Marigolds, of course!) works better than a stick of rigid bristles.

When I was house-hunting last year I found I was really put off any house where there was a toilet brush in view (even though I had them myself), so from then on I have kept one but it's well hidden.