General Chat

DON'T LAUGH !!!! It's serious! I need to get a new loo seat. Have always had a plastic one, but I like the look of wooden ones. Can anyone tell me if they are any different to clean or which is more/less hygienic please?! Bear in mind I have an 8 year old BOY !!! Try and keep the jokes to a bare (!) minimum please!! Maz. XX

Never had a problem with my wooden loo seat, it was well varnished so easily wipe-able. I would say they are just as hygeinic as the plastic ones.

They are easy to keep clean Maz as they are sealed so no germs can get in the wood (unless scratched) so a good disinfectant wipe will do :-))

make sure they dont have a join in the wood. If they do they wont last long, also not as cold as plastic ones !!

thank you, will check in again later - off to watch Extreme Home doo dah !! Maz. XX * hankies at the ready *

Wooden loo seats and home hair dye don't mix well! Angela

Plastic are more hygenic,wooden loo seats hold bacteria. Roxanne x

Wooden loo seats are easier to keep clean and don't scratch as easily as plastic seats. I use flushable Parazone Toilet cleaning wipes,they are also anti bacterial and they are really good. Sue.

teach him to lift the loo seat before he pee's!!! I would use plastic...though they do discolour over time! Dee x

Dee.... Maz is talking about an 8 year old boy LOL. My 14 year old grandson stands at the door and aims at the loo. lolol. Jean x

Go for the wood, if that's what you want, Maz. The grain is so close, the wood sealed, so I don't think hygiene would be a problem. Anyway I read recently that tests have found that there are often more germs on a car steering wheel than on a toilet. Gwyn

Maz you will be fine with wooden, just one word of warning though go for the crome hinges as the brass ones seem to turn green how ebver much you clean them, any one else notice this? Sue

I bought those fun ones with bubbles in. Figured if I had to spend money on something as boring as loo seats then they may as well be amusing! Daisy

Just don't buy cheap (like I did) and keep the receipt (like I didn't!) We got three wooden loo seats all at the same time (cheap and chearful) Two split across the ''seat with the hole in it'' at the front within a few weeks of purchase, making it liable to pinch your a**e as you get up (sit down; the weight opens the split in the seat (was going to say ''crack'' lol!!) and when you get up, if you are not quick, you get a pinch!! The third seat is still fine after 12 years, so probably you get what you pay for and we were lucky only for one out of three! Merry

I p*ss on the wooden loo seats all the time here and they have no problems once I wipe them down. Only joking :-) Mrs L. wipes them down.

Maz and Jean Put a cork in it!!!!!! The toilet I mean....the little men will have fun trying to sink it...and improve their aim at the same time! Dee x

Dee... what a brilliant idea.... can see you have had the same experiences as me lol. Jean x.

For Heavens Sake !!! Wooden one is warmer. Anything else who cares ? one is either standing over loo, sitting on the seat - who can see bubbles at times like that ?? ..... well not the bubbles Daisy is talking about are talking about

Go for a pine one. Pine contains a natural anti bacterial agent. (thats why disinfectant often contains pine) I got mine as a free gift with my first order from a catalogue when we first moved here some 18 years ago (tomorrow) Its still going strong. Don't buy one with a join at the front though. My mother's had a couple of those split because (I hope) of too much cleaning moisture. I'd aim for one in the £25 range. (Though I guess you could buy cheaper and keep on renewing)

Jean...I got the idea from an email I was sent showing public toilets in Sweden. Each of the toilet bowls had a bluebottle painted onto the porcelain. Apparently the 'customers' always aimed at the bluebottle (thinking it was real)....and cleaning costs were drastically reduced! Dee x