Toilet Rolls - soft but not strong

The whole point of loo roll is that it disintegrates when wet, so that it doesn't block the sewer. That's why you shouldn't use anything that doesn't disintegrate such as tissue or kitchen roll, (and why ladies are asked not to put sanitary products down the loo).

I use Tesco Value loo roll.

whitewave nan had an outside loo with no window which was across the yard. She was posh though. Yes she had a nail and string but there was a roll of izal hanging from it

I use Waitrose recycled and have never had a problem. What am I doing right/wrong?

It seems a waste of resources (oops) to use anything upmarket for such a basic purpose when the cheapest does the job,

The vocabulary of this subject is too open to double entendres.

well, i think aloe vera is good, i had used that before, but one of friend suggest me a name BPA Free Rolls and now i am using that paper rolls. its good. you can try it.

Oops - more haste, less speed

Tch, tch Handynan

Loo rolls seem to be getting smaller and the paper is thinner. I've been buying Lidl's Floralys 4ply - soft but thick so less risk of what I think is called in the trade "poke through" [chblush] - but think they only come in packs of 10 rolls [chsmile]! I'm on the committee of our local village hall and we use Nicky toilet rolls in the loos there.

Friends of my parents had an outside loo like that, with two holes. One was child-sized!

I remember that in rural Switzerland too, in the 50s. Not at ours- but a friend's- casy was an outside hut, attached to the house though- with (how very Roman) a large plank across the pit, with TWO holes with lid and metal handle + the nail, string and cut up newspaper.

Yep one of my Aunts who lived in deepest Devon had an outside loo - the wood shed and squares of newspaper on string was the order of the day. Can still remember the smell of the woodshed, not unpleasant I may add, and how dark as there was no window and torch at night.

Blimey, Pompa, you had nails and actual newsprint! Our sheets were rationed recycled issues of something called Hansard and we were only allowed to use one side so it was ready for the next little bottom. I always thought Bronco was Roy Roger's horse. Sometimes, at friend's houses toilet rolls marked OHMS would appear but we had no idea who they were. Strange thing is the same letters appeared on buff envelopes which arrived now and then, but they weren't very effective when used in the sanitary department.

So- has anyone else noticed this fascinating fact - lol

Two issues here- one if the constant changes made by big business to 'fool' us customers re price- be it the cutting down of content weight, or size or Mars bars, whatever.

And the other the environmental ones- those huge cardboard inner rolls and the very loosely wound loo paper must mean about a doubling of the size of the packets, be it 4s or 12s, etc- which in turn means much more transport, fuel, etc.

Shouldn't we move to coreless loo paper to avoid all the cardboard and transport waste anyhow (only problem is that our current holders would not fit anylonger- so more waste in the short-term. Most businesses here already have those coreless holders now). May seem daft, but multiplied over 10s of 1000s of rolls per year- it would make quite a difference in more ways than one.

Oh but it was- lots of great UK shopping done, pub eating, and of course grandchildren- wonderful. But just could not help notice ... as it was so obvious, lol.

Glad to note your recent visit to the UK was so fascinating granjura

When we were in the UK a couple of weeks ago, we both noticed that something was 'wrong' with the loo paper. We then realised that since we moved away from the UK, 2 things have happened to it - first the cardboard roll inside has alsmost doubled in size, and then the way it is rolled is much much looser than it used to be- eg you can push the paper sideways and it almost falls off the roll. I suppose it is just one more way big business has found to keep prices up and at the same time cut down vastly on materials sold. We brought 1 roll back as our doglet had a bleeding boil that had to be disinfected and mopped on a regular basis- and then compared to our loo rolls (both French and Swiss) and yes, lo and behold- cardboard roll holder is about half-the size and the paper rolled much much more densely. Has WHICH or the consumer press picked up on this, I wonder?.

Nail in the wall, pages from Sun, other papers are available, torn into squares and impaled on nail - simples (and something to read),
or if you are very posh Bronco.

The Nicky ones that others have mentioned are really good. My daughter gets the quilted ones 9 for £1.99 from B & M/Home Bargains. With twin girls getting potty trained, they go through a lot - especially when it's getting posted down the loo by enthusiastic kids. No blockages so far!

Learnt a lesson on septic tank and nappy liners years ago, poor bloke emptying the tank when pipeline blocked and we had explosion of nappy liners and contents of the septic tank festooning the whole back garden! Thank goodness for mains sewerage!

We have old and delicate drains which don't like wipes and that sort of thing. We've found it best to try and find toilet rolls designed specifically for use in septic-tank or chemical-toilet situations because they seem to be fit for their primary purpose yet dissolve away easily afterwards. We think we've got to the bottom of our problem!

Reoprted. I followed the link and they are TILL ROLLS. ???????

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solubility of different brands of toilet tissu.
Further to my previous post the Andrex toilet wipe took a good 24hrs to disintegrate to a reasonable mush.

As Asda's own brand is the only Bog roll brand I have and I CBA to buy any other just for the purpose of research., I am calling on GNrs to do their own experiments with some of the thicker brands.

Put three sheets of Bog Roll in a jar with 500mls of tap water at and stir regularly over period of time until they are dispersed into the water. not teh time it takes.

My house plumbing is good modern mains drainage but I could see how a lot of tougher bog roll paper never mind "soluble" wet wipes could cause a lot of blockages. It probably really depends on how much water you flush with I assume the less water you use the more danger of blockage there is.

Not sure how much is in the cistern of the toilet we had fitted about 4 years ago, but not enough to flush properly in one go, so loo often has to be flushed twice. So much for conserving water (and after last winter do we need to?). I like to see a good whoosh through Elegran.

Mr P would be very happy to provide advice on this topic, as it is his speciality! (he is a drainage engineer)

Strange really, asking him to deal with the cat's litter tray, and he's marked absent. Show him an overflowing septic tank with turds and tampons bobbing about and he's in his element! (Well, not literally of course)