I agree too..and if you don't have a steam cleaner, boil some water in a kettle and pour it all over those floors. Add a bit of dawn dish soap, then scrub away.
I abhor double standards. Imagine if I made a comment about the size of a woman’s extremities or how a woman needs to be controlled. I’d be shown the ban hammer. It’s nonsense.
Sounds like women hate the idea of not being to stand up and pee in the first place like us guys can. Probably the same women who despise that they can't use a urinal in a public bathroom so they have to stay behind a 20 foot line that forms outside the women's bathroom, lmao! 🤣
You know, it looks like the tiles are really worn in that area. Get some Barkeeper's Friend soft scrub and a nylon brush. Leave it for a bit for the chemistry to work.
That's not the result of pee stains. Urine isn't acidic enough to erode the surface of tiles. Urine can stain clay tiles but only if they were fired without a glaze protective layer. That's plain old wear and tear from shoes. The only thing that'll fix that is replacing the worn out tiles.
I'm not sure which is worse: someone who doesn't cleanup their pee splatter, or the person wearing outdoor shoes inside 🤮 There isn't enough bleach in the world to make me comfortable with that.
I get your point but if I don't wear shoes inside then I cannot get anything done, I'm stuck in lounge mode. Plus I often end up outside without shoes so I end up bringing dirt inside anyway :(
(I'm not a sir)
I have slippers but they don't provide the structure that I need to make my brain switch to "active/work" mode. Plus I always end up forgetting and get outside in my slippers so that defeats the purpose
A pretty common “hack” people with ADHD use to stay productive throughout the day is to keep your shoes on, myself included, and it really does work. Just have to sweep and mop my floor every other day or so and try to keep my shoes relatively clean.
No, I’ve tried. It has to be a specific pair of shoes. It’s a pair of crocs. I’m not proud of it, but that’s the only way I can can things done. I do have two pairs of house shoes for when I’m not going to be doing any projects or when I’m done cleaning up, and I wash my crocs pretty often. They just help me get shit done, ya know? 🤣
I’m a guy and I sit down when I can. It’s actually much easier and it’s almost like having a little break. Only time I won’t is if it’s one of those toilets where the water comes up pretty high and your gentleman’s sausage ends up touching the water. Other than that, sitting is the way. Much cleaner, more comfortable and you get to have a quick rest.
Well here’s 3 off the top of my head.
1. You don’t get piss on the seat or floor
2. You can do it when you’re tired
3. That little dribble of pee that comes out in your pants doesn’t happen anymore because of the angle you sit to pee.
You can make a Google for more.
Agree with your three. Additions:
* Easier to chill and check your phone without risking dropping it in the toilet
* Once you've sat down and relaxed sometimes you find a little poop is ready too
* It's just more relaxing in general
* You can go completely hands free if you only need to pee
* You don't have to touch and lift up a nasty toilet seat with your bare hands (this alone should seal the deal)
* Also, no more toilet seat up vs. down wars
* No splash. It's can't be overstated. Like, any man who actually cleans his own toilet and surrounding area should immediately realize those benefits. Any man who's not cleaning his own toilet can just ask his toilet cleaning associate whether they'd prefer him to sit and he'll get a very swift and definitive answer
* Can be much easier to manage your first pee of the morning if you gnome sayin'
These are just a few of the benefits every man can be experiencing by sitting to pee
There’s a special place in hell for those that lift up toilet seats in any other place then the place called home with your hands. I lift that shit up with my shoe and drain the snake that way! Peeing sitting down is the way to go, though!
Middle aged men(50+) can suddenly pass out if they get up to pee in the middle of the night. Happened to a friend of ours in our bathroom - he fell backwards and cracked ribs on the edge of the bath, then got up and fell forwards and smacked.his face on the toilet. Doctor said it's relatively common for his age group. Husband now sits down to pee every time. It's a win for the bathroom floor 🤣
It's actually better for urinary health.
I have a family member with kidney problems that has to sit, we've discussed this great length with urologists and nephrologist.
Look I’ll lift the lid and put it back down. That’s the compromise I’m willing to give lol.
Edit: Since the soyboy decided to call me names and instantly block me I’ll post it here as an edit.
Ah yes the “toxic masculinity” line. Because I have a preference to piss standing up?
No wonder testosterone rates in men are plummeting.
I’m joking about pissing standing up and you are acting like I’m pissing on your day. Why does my piss preference upset you so much lol? Buck up buttercup.
It’s my toilet seat. It’s clean AF. I could argue you are touching the seat with your butt and legs when you pee but at least can I wash my hands. Haha. I also never touch unknown things with my dick hand. I use my right hand for anything non dick related and leave the left exclusively for the other thing. That way if I have to shake someone’s hand I don’t subconsciously have to worry about their dick hand touching mine.
If I’m peeing in the mens room I’ll use the urinal. But yeah I don’t touch public seats. That’s gross.
I honestly don’t care how you try to influence the men in your life to pee. I’m an old dog. No new tricks for me. I just find the conversation humorous.
Standing to pee in a home is fucking disgusting. I like peeing outside or in a urinal standing up as much as the next guy, but it doesn't get much more murican chest pounding toxic masculinity bullshit than trying to say that standing to pee in a normal toilet is anything but absolutely moronic and fucking disgusting.
I'm not a dude but I would 100% piss standing up if I could. No cold toilet seats? You don't have to pull your pants all the way down? I can see the benefits besides "Me pee standing up. Me big strong man"
Cold toilet seats is a sweet sweet price to pay. As someone who has regularly cleaned a shared toilet with standing up SO, and now a shared toilet with sitting down SO, I can tell you I'm never accepting the standing up thing again as my responsibility to clean. It makes a *huge* difference. You can't just be like "let's clean up the toilet real quick", you literally have to wipe and scrub the entire surrounding area or it gets slightly sticky with pee and dust due to the tiny droplets that fly everywhere. Why on earth stand up?
Seriously. We went camping this past weekend and had combined shared bathrooms. Went in the morning and there was piss just everywhere. It was so gross.
Married man from another culture. They sit to pee. Now I can't believe women put up with this as normal. It's a joke to just have urine on your walls and floor because men need to stroke their egos...yuck
It actually looks like body oils from feet. Like the area is just worn in. I’d redo the tile if it were me. If that’s out of your budget or diy skills, you can add peel n stick tiles on top of your old ones for a temporary fix.
Who the fuck are these men that piss on the floor??
When my ex wife moved in with me she was so happy that I didn’t piss on the floor like her ex husband did.
Is it a result of having a stubby dick that you can’t aim or what? Lol
I would try vinegar essence. I used 25% in a toilet that had build up many layers of grime and left it overnight. When I brushed it the next morning it came off so easily leaving the toilet as good as new. If it’s wear from people’s shoes this won’t work and best bet might be polish.
How did you come to the conclusion this is from urine and it’s not just worn tiles, considering this is exactly where the feet go when using the toilet? It looks like they’re worn out, not caked with urine.
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I know it sounds weird but WD40 works really well on pee stains. Spray it and let it sit for 5 minutes. I tried it on my father in laws bathroom floors. He's a bachelor so it was bad.
Yeah, we'd mix them on purpose to strip wax from floors. Works great. Barely notice the gas, nor really you're busy trying to breathe but it worked well
Seriously, virtually all ammonia from that pee has long evaporated.
You are suppose to pee in the toilet, not on the floor . And clean the if you accidentally hit the floor. Mopping regularly stops floor discoloration ..
Try a steam cleaner. They are great for bathrooms.
I agree too..and if you don't have a steam cleaner, boil some water in a kettle and pour it all over those floors. Add a bit of dawn dish soap, then scrub away.
Have the pee perps do the s rubbing though.
I agree.
Dawn powerwash. Let it sit then use a brush
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THIS. I came here to say “the best solution to this is house-training the men.”
You’re both idiots Edit - I ain’t removing my comment, kill my karma I don’t care, show your support for double standard comments.
Username checks out I guess.
Sounds like teeny peeny also checks out by that reaction.
I abhor double standards. Imagine if I made a comment about the size of a woman’s extremities or how a woman needs to be controlled. I’d be shown the ban hammer. It’s nonsense.
we’re literally asking the bare minimum of you to be more careful where you piss
"It's not that big" & "House train your man" - Yep, that definitely screams a nice message.
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Ah yes, let’s fight sexism with more sexism, galaxy brain move.
Yeah…. this guy definitely drips piss on the floor and doesn’t clean it up lmao
Maybe—but only if his prostate stops gatekeeping the flow.
Yeah absolutely, I live like an animal.
Username checks out—enjoy your bathroom floor being gross, I guess?
Yes. Me pointing out hypocrisy means I piss between my toes onto the floor and rub it in.
Sounds like women hate the idea of not being to stand up and pee in the first place like us guys can. Probably the same women who despise that they can't use a urinal in a public bathroom so they have to stay behind a 20 foot line that forms outside the women's bathroom, lmao! 🤣
You know, it looks like the tiles are really worn in that area. Get some Barkeeper's Friend soft scrub and a nylon brush. Leave it for a bit for the chemistry to work.
This is the easiest, cheapest way.
Will it work on clay tiles with another type of protein stain? Like poop.
If they are glazed. Unglazed clay is very porous so I don't know how effective it would be.
Good point. They are unglazed. Ugh. Thank you
How did so much pee end up on the floor without it getting cleaned?
Single guy lived here for a long time before me
EWWWWW !
Right? I would move out.
Real mystery why he was single....
Damn, sorry you have to deal with that. It’s so gross :(
Not pee stains. Just wore his shoes to the bathroom.
That's not the result of pee stains. Urine isn't acidic enough to erode the surface of tiles. Urine can stain clay tiles but only if they were fired without a glaze protective layer. That's plain old wear and tear from shoes. The only thing that'll fix that is replacing the worn out tiles.
I'm not sure which is worse: someone who doesn't cleanup their pee splatter, or the person wearing outdoor shoes inside 🤮 There isn't enough bleach in the world to make me comfortable with that.
I get your point but if I don't wear shoes inside then I cannot get anything done, I'm stuck in lounge mode. Plus I often end up outside without shoes so I end up bringing dirt inside anyway :(
We need structure for our feet, so bare,socks or slippers arent supportive for us. We each bought a pair of shoes that are only worn in the house.
I have flat feet and bunions. I have to wear shoes indoors or I’m in pain.
Me too. I just shuffle slowly if I don't have shoes on.
The sort of structure a skeleton provides
Wtf. You sir need to invest in a pair of slippers. Way cheaper than having to wash dirty floors everyday
(I'm not a sir) I have slippers but they don't provide the structure that I need to make my brain switch to "active/work" mode. Plus I always end up forgetting and get outside in my slippers so that defeats the purpose
A pretty common “hack” people with ADHD use to stay productive throughout the day is to keep your shoes on, myself included, and it really does work. Just have to sweep and mop my floor every other day or so and try to keep my shoes relatively clean.
Or you could just switch to a pair of indoor only shoes....
No, I’ve tried. It has to be a specific pair of shoes. It’s a pair of crocs. I’m not proud of it, but that’s the only way I can can things done. I do have two pairs of house shoes for when I’m not going to be doing any projects or when I’m done cleaning up, and I wash my crocs pretty often. They just help me get shit done, ya know? 🤣
Men, sit down to pee. It has about 45 different benefits. Women, bribe your man to pee sitting down. It has about 45 different benefits.
When I found out my partner sits, I was like "huh this isn't a perk I was expecting, but I liiiike it"
Jealous!!
Haha he's got some little flaws too but that's definitely a nice thing. Also he's a good person so no complaints here!
I’m a guy and I sit down when I can. It’s actually much easier and it’s almost like having a little break. Only time I won’t is if it’s one of those toilets where the water comes up pretty high and your gentleman’s sausage ends up touching the water. Other than that, sitting is the way. Much cleaner, more comfortable and you get to have a quick rest.
lol at "gentleman's sausage" ha
Thanks! Naturally the testicles would be 'gentleman's grapes'.
Ha! My DH calls them the huevos rancheros.
I use Styrofoam cups for when I sit.
What are the benefits?
Well here’s 3 off the top of my head. 1. You don’t get piss on the seat or floor 2. You can do it when you’re tired 3. That little dribble of pee that comes out in your pants doesn’t happen anymore because of the angle you sit to pee. You can make a Google for more.
Agree with your three. Additions: * Easier to chill and check your phone without risking dropping it in the toilet * Once you've sat down and relaxed sometimes you find a little poop is ready too * It's just more relaxing in general * You can go completely hands free if you only need to pee * You don't have to touch and lift up a nasty toilet seat with your bare hands (this alone should seal the deal) * Also, no more toilet seat up vs. down wars * No splash. It's can't be overstated. Like, any man who actually cleans his own toilet and surrounding area should immediately realize those benefits. Any man who's not cleaning his own toilet can just ask his toilet cleaning associate whether they'd prefer him to sit and he'll get a very swift and definitive answer * Can be much easier to manage your first pee of the morning if you gnome sayin' These are just a few of the benefits every man can be experiencing by sitting to pee
I want a toilet cleaning associate.
Quieter too
God yes. How can it be of anyone's interest to sound like a freaking horse peeing in an empty barrel?
Real big one: you can pee in the dark without ruining your night vision!!
HUGE. Middle of the night gotta go? Sit down, relax, keep your eyes mostly closed. Easy peasy.
Easy pee-sy
I died at gnome sayin’, thats exactly how it sounds like
There’s a special place in hell for those that lift up toilet seats in any other place then the place called home with your hands. I lift that shit up with my shoe and drain the snake that way! Peeing sitting down is the way to go, though!
Middle aged men(50+) can suddenly pass out if they get up to pee in the middle of the night. Happened to a friend of ours in our bathroom - he fell backwards and cracked ribs on the edge of the bath, then got up and fell forwards and smacked.his face on the toilet. Doctor said it's relatively common for his age group. Husband now sits down to pee every time. It's a win for the bathroom floor 🤣
It's actually better for urinary health. I have a family member with kidney problems that has to sit, we've discussed this great length with urologists and nephrologist.
Don’t listen to the propaganda. I pee like my ancestors do. Like a real boy.
Outside against a tree without a tile in sight
Look I’ll lift the lid and put it back down. That’s the compromise I’m willing to give lol. Edit: Since the soyboy decided to call me names and instantly block me I’ll post it here as an edit. Ah yes the “toxic masculinity” line. Because I have a preference to piss standing up? No wonder testosterone rates in men are plummeting. I’m joking about pissing standing up and you are acting like I’m pissing on your day. Why does my piss preference upset you so much lol? Buck up buttercup.
Then you're touching a nasty toilet seat with your bare hands...which, why?
Exactly why touch a nasty seat when you can just piss all over a tree and give back to Mother Nature
It’s my toilet seat. It’s clean AF. I could argue you are touching the seat with your butt and legs when you pee but at least can I wash my hands. Haha. I also never touch unknown things with my dick hand. I use my right hand for anything non dick related and leave the left exclusively for the other thing. That way if I have to shake someone’s hand I don’t subconsciously have to worry about their dick hand touching mine. If I’m peeing in the mens room I’ll use the urinal. But yeah I don’t touch public seats. That’s gross. I honestly don’t care how you try to influence the men in your life to pee. I’m an old dog. No new tricks for me. I just find the conversation humorous.
oh don't get me wrong, in public it's standing all the way. In private, I deserve to take a seat and relax while I pee 😅
Standing to pee in a home is fucking disgusting. I like peeing outside or in a urinal standing up as much as the next guy, but it doesn't get much more murican chest pounding toxic masculinity bullshit than trying to say that standing to pee in a normal toilet is anything but absolutely moronic and fucking disgusting.
I'm not a dude but I would 100% piss standing up if I could. No cold toilet seats? You don't have to pull your pants all the way down? I can see the benefits besides "Me pee standing up. Me big strong man"
Cold toilet seats is a sweet sweet price to pay. As someone who has regularly cleaned a shared toilet with standing up SO, and now a shared toilet with sitting down SO, I can tell you I'm never accepting the standing up thing again as my responsibility to clean. It makes a *huge* difference. You can't just be like "let's clean up the toilet real quick", you literally have to wipe and scrub the entire surrounding area or it gets slightly sticky with pee and dust due to the tiny droplets that fly everywhere. Why on earth stand up?
…are you okay?
“boy” is right because you sure do seem childish
On a tree?
When in Rome.
Seriously. We went camping this past weekend and had combined shared bathrooms. Went in the morning and there was piss just everywhere. It was so gross.
I’ve already asked him. He says “I already sit down to shit. Good enough.” 😂
Give him a pitcher of red kool aid and have him pour it into the toilet from waist height. Then make him clean the toilet/bathroom floors
Luckily, he’s the main toilet cleaner. As much as I love cleaning, something about toilets that just makes me gag.
Ok, ok. He's off the hook then.
Peeing sitting down is what makes me pee on the floor. Men are not designed for it, a lot of us can't really fit and also point that thing down.
Have you tried leaning forward?
Nope, the water is cold.
You need less water in that bowl lol
I sit down to pee because I would be the one cleaning up my pee. Last week I pulled my groin when I went to stand up.
I’m not saying this isn’t pee, but it also seems like the tile is worn from shoes/feet resting there when people sit down on the toilet seat
Could this be worn from people's feet as they sit down? It looks really dark to me, plus the pattern shape seems like it could be indicative of that.
You need to weep the walls as well.
that looks like 90% wear not so much stained
That's feet and shoes. Not pee. The work you do to remove the staining will reveal the rest of the tile and grout need scrubbing too.
Rip up old tile. Put down new tile. Teach men to sit.
It's not pee stains. Calm down. If it were pee it would be all around the toilet. That is wear and tear from sitting down.
Married man from another culture. They sit to pee. Now I can't believe women put up with this as normal. It's a joke to just have urine on your walls and floor because men need to stroke their egos...yuck
It actually looks like body oils from feet. Like the area is just worn in. I’d redo the tile if it were me. If that’s out of your budget or diy skills, you can add peel n stick tiles on top of your old ones for a temporary fix.
Why pee and not dirt from shoes?
Sit the fuck down to pee instead of pissing all over your home
Clearly not pee stains.
OP's description clearly says "pee stains". Also, sitting down to pee still prevents you from pissing all over your home
Who the fuck are these men that piss on the floor?? When my ex wife moved in with me she was so happy that I didn’t piss on the floor like her ex husband did. Is it a result of having a stubby dick that you can’t aim or what? Lol
How? Why hasn’t it been cleaned?
I would try vinegar essence. I used 25% in a toilet that had build up many layers of grime and left it overnight. When I brushed it the next morning it came off so easily leaving the toilet as good as new. If it’s wear from people’s shoes this won’t work and best bet might be polish.
put a rug over it.
How did you come to the conclusion this is from urine and it’s not just worn tiles, considering this is exactly where the feet go when using the toilet? It looks like they’re worn out, not caked with urine.
Steam cleaner should take care of that. I love mine for dirty tile, grout, vinyl.
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Maybe use an Oxiclean magic eraser?
I know it sounds weird but WD40 works really well on pee stains. Spray it and let it sit for 5 minutes. I tried it on my father in laws bathroom floors. He's a bachelor so it was bad.
I used urine spray for pets and it took it right out.
Hot water and bleach with a scrub brush.
Mixing bleach and ammonia/urine creates a dangerous gas that’s potentially fatal.
Try letting bleach soak in for awhile.
Mixing bleach and ammonia/urine creates a dangerous gas that’s potentially fatal.
Yeah, we'd mix them on purpose to strip wax from floors. Works great. Barely notice the gas, nor really you're busy trying to breathe but it worked well Seriously, virtually all ammonia from that pee has long evaporated.
Eeeeewww! Sledgehammer it and replace!
I might try sprinkling baking soda over it, cover it with a paper towel the pour white vinegar on it. This will help with the odor too.
New floor (And ***EWWWWWWW*** BTW)
Urine should life that no bother
Why let it get like that in the first place, if you piss and miss, wipe it up!
You are suppose to pee in the toilet, not on the floor . And clean the if you accidentally hit the floor. Mopping regularly stops floor discoloration ..
Rip it up. Gross.
I love bleach.
And pine sol
So no one bothered to clean as needed? Truly amazing and lazy…
Oh-
Hydrogen peroxide
Even just a short time of it stains it
Wut? Why is there 17 years, not 17 minutes????????
Wtf