Soft close toilet seats

I read somewhere that if you don't close the lid before you flush, germs can whoosh through the house. And the floor can get sprinkles on it from the flush water. Rule in our house. Always has been.

How have we survived with all the germs whooshing about? - I have never heard that one before!

I read that too jings but the reason I always close our toilet lids is because I know someone who had a rat come up through her toilet into the bathroom. The plumber she got to come and check how that had happened, given the S-bend, told her that it is not all that uncommon. My lids stay firmly closed except when in use!

And have you ever found a drowned rat when you opened the lid Gagagran?

Blimey - rats and whooshing germs - I think I will use a potty in future!

Jings, a good trick is to put cling film over the toilet ! Yes, I'm childish!

Just looking through the House Of Bath catalogue.
It has a 'Soft Close loo seat, Lifts off at a touch for pristine Cleaning'
It states that it is also 'Anti bacterial'.
It is £29.95.

Thinking of ordering one for cloakroom.

Today's GN has been expensive !
First I ordered Jings LadyBird book
And now a soft close loo seat

A friend had a rat in her loo, which came up the piping. Luckily the scrabbling sounds alerted her so it didn't get out. I always make sure my lid is down now. ?

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Ours lids are always down except in use, its not the rats I worry about its all the bacteria whooshing round the bathroom and landing on my toothbrush that bothers me.

- I really can't take that seriously tanith, I'm sorry!

Loving this thread,some good laugh out loud comments ??

Kepp your toothbrush on the other side of the room, or invert a tumbler over it.

I've heard of the flushing the loo germs thing. Keep toothbrush away from enemies!

They might clean the loo with it

I believe that according to 'FengShui'
If you leave your toilet seat up , your wealth will go down the 'Pan'

We always close the lid on our loo, house rule.

On Saturday DGS asked whose was the green toothbrush and DH told him it was his then asked DGS why he wanted to know. DGS confessed he had dropped the green one into the loo so DH said not to worry because he would get a new one out of the cupboard. There was a slight pause and it was as if a light suddenly switched on and DH asked when this accident had happened. DGS thought for a while and then said he rather thought it was on Monday.

What has amazed me most about this thread is the mention of lasting a few (6, 4) years as being a good sign in toilet seats/lids. I'd expect a toilet seat and lid to last at least thrity years before I thought its lasting worth a mention... like my mum's downstairs loo whose seat has lasted all the fifty-one years she has lived in the same house, and it wasn't at all new when we moved in! It might be the original from 1938 when the house was built.

It's made of wood.

The one upstairs, which was 'posher', had to be replaced at some point but it was probably about fifty years old by that time.

Yes the default position is down for our toilet seat lids. More to do with the danger of things falling into the loo that anything else.

Trouble is with most modern seats the fixings have a lot of plastic in them - indeed we have had some where all the fixings are plastic and these just get brittle and break. Other visible parts often degrade too and look awful and they seem to get loose easily.
The only seats I have ever had which did not need replacing were two which came with very expensive toilets. I was worried about the last one as it was one of those toilets where all the pipe work was hidden within the toilet design - however once the seat is on it would be impossible to replace it without taking out the toilet too as the fixings are hidden inside! Luckily we moved house before that point was reached.

How funny - I didn't even know about soft close toilet lids until yesterday when my daughter apologised because she closed ours as she would her own and it slammed down! Now I am wondering if it is yet another gimmick/gadget that we need. I guess that, when you have small children and/or pets, it is sensible to keep the toilet lid closed. Otherwise i close ours if it is smelly or if I have put in cleaner or bleach.

This thread is making me feel like a real slut!

I have never put a toilet lid down, nor replaced a toilet seat. Actually, thinking about it, I have never been to anyone's house and found the toilet lid down. So all my friends must be sluts too!

I am rather glad that I have got to the age of 67 without giving any of it a passing thought.

Just to add to the confusion, I have never understood the paranoia about men putting the seat down after using the loo, at least if it's already up when you go to use it then
they haven't 'sprinkled' on it!

Fend shui - close the toilet lid or all your wealth will go down the pan!