Vacuuming, dusting, just keeping your home generally tidy. Do you bother or have you like me given up, finding it hard to keep on top of?

[Drago]

I thought everyone cleaned the toilet everyday?

I give mine a daily squirt or thick bleach.

As an aside, has anyone noticed that the cheaper thick toilet bleach is the better it tends to be?

 

[wafter]

On the subject of unsalurbrious sh*tters, how do people get rid of the yellowing of the pan below the waterline?

My gut suggests that this is limescale being stained by the stagnant piss that accumlates daily through my miserly aversion to wasting water with a flush after every liquid deposit.. however I'm not sure how limescale would accumulate beneath the waterline.

I chucked some bleach down there a while ago and left it for a few days while away, but this didn't seem to do much. Thinking of doing the same with vinegar next time the opportunity arises.

I appreciate that some mechancial agitation might be necessary, but I share the aversion already expressed in this thread by some others to having a stiff-bristled brush bespeckled wtth nuggets of recycled dinner sitting casually in my otherwise sparkly bathroom..



In other news I vacuumed the flat today - channelling my ancestral OCD on my hands and knees using a head torch to illuminate the small patches being attacked with Henry's crevace tool and spot-cleaning stains with laundry bleach solution as I went. It probably took the best part of 2hrs to do the modest sub-40-odd square metres I have to call mine, but it looked bloody great afterwards

 

[Kingfisher101]

That's limescale and you can various removers from places like Home Bargains.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

The very meaning of life is to fight against entropy. Rev up that Hoover.

 

[wafter]

That's limescale and you can various removers from places like Home Bargains.

Thanks - I've got nearly a whole jar of saved pickled onion juice I'll bang down there first; and usually find bulk-bought white vinegar is good for limescale

The very meaning of life is to fight against entropy. Rev up that Hoover.

It's a war - time to crack out the Henry Tactical tbh:

 

[Punkawallah]

I thought everyone cleaned the toilet everyday?

Any man certainly does.

 

[postman]

I used to clean the house all of it every week.Now much older ,toilets get done regular,now the father in law is with us,but the house once a month.Just lost interest.

 

[winjim]

I'm starting on ADHD meds tomorrow so we'll see if the flat gets any cleaner. TBH it's clean enough anyway, kitchen gets cleaned daily, hoover thrown around a couple of times a week, general tidy before and after the kids come round.

I need to refill my bird feeders and that's about it.

 

[fossyant]

Kitchen is wiped down multiple times a day as one of the four cats has a habit of walking over the kitchen top - the others never do it. Saying no, and putting him on the floor doesn't work. He's a rescue so is always hanging around food sources -it's never got out of his 'system' despite him being with us 6 of his 7 years.

We have to hoover daily, sometimes more with four cats, three of which are very fluffy. Dusting - ah well once in a blue moon. I tend to use 'after shower' spray on the bathroom after each shower, the rest of the family just don't bother cleaning up.

 

[spen666]

Robotic vacuum cleaner takes care of the hoovering of carpets , and the hoovering and mopping of non carpeted floors.
If I could find a robotic duster and launderer I would invest in them.
I did have an earlier model, but she whined too much and cost too much to run, so I got rid of her - saved a fortune and got the whole bed to myself

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Robotic vacuum cleaner takes care of the hoovering of carpets , and the hoovering and mopping of non carpeted floors.
If I could find a robotic duster and launderer I would invest in them.
I did have an earlier model, but she whined too much and cost too much to run, so I got rid of her - saved a fortune and got the whole bed to myself

Do you do mother in law jokes as an encore? 🙄

 

[Alien8]

I got rid of my vacuum cleaner.

Well, it was just collecting dust.

 

[Drago]

Do you do mother in law jokes as an encore? 🙄

Only as a warm up.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

On the subject of unsalurbrious sh*tters, how do people get rid of the yellowing of the pan below the waterline?

My gut suggests that this is limescale being stained by the stagnant piss that accumlates daily through my miserly aversion to wasting water with a flush after every liquid deposit.. however I'm not sure how limescale would accumulate beneath the waterline.

I chucked some bleach down there a while ago and left it for a few days while away, but this didn't seem to do much. Thinking of doing the same with vinegar next time the opportunity arises.

I appreciate that some mechancial agitation might be necessary, but I share the aversion already expressed in this thread by some others to having a stiff-bristled brush bespeckled wtth nuggets of recycled dinner sitting casually in my otherwise sparkly bathroom..



In other news I vacuumed the flat today - channelling my ancestral OCD on my hands and knees using a head torch to illuminate the small patches being attacked with Henry's crevace tool and spot-cleaning stains with laundry bleach solution as I went. It probably took the best part of 2hrs to do the modest sub-40-odd square metres I have to call mine, but it looked bloody great afterwards

United Utilities graciously changed out water sources for us a while ago

went from soft water to hard water

as a result lotsof little things have changed
one of which is staining in the toilet

we switched from using bleach to using Harpic

and giving it a damn good scrub with a good brush every week or so
and making sure it is properly flushed after every use

it certainly seems to make a difference when we leave it without flushing
we used to do that when the kids stayed overnight so the baby wouldn;t wake up
caused all sorts of problems trying to keep it clean


certainly needs more scrubbing since UU changed the water source

 

[wafter]

United Utilities graciously changed out water sources for us a while ago

went from soft water to hard water

as a result lotsof little things have changed
one of which is staining in the toilet

we switched from using bleach to using Harpic

and giving it a damn good scrub with a good brush every week or so
and making sure it is properly flushed after every use

it certainly seems to make a difference when we leave it without flushing
we used to do that when the kids stayed overnight so the baby wouldn;t wake up
caused all sorts of problems trying to keep it clean


certainly needs more scrubbing since UU changed the water source

Thanks - certainly adds weight to the idea that it's limescale. I've found similar with the frequency of flushing too; irritatingly as I have the bladder of an incontinent five year old after five pints so flushing after every use is an enormous waste of money.

I'll try some vinegar down it next time I'll be away for a day or two...