My friendly Netherlands Stagers, I have news! Quite by accident I discovered why so many people leave their toilet lids up. Now, this will in no way explain why the photographers/real estate agents/sellers can't be bothered to close the darned things before taking such ugly, yawning-septic system photos, but here we go:
Like a lot of people I was raised in a lid down household. You're either raised that way, or you read an article referencing that charming "aerosol plume-effect" and you're a convert for life. Anyway, I also married someone who was raised in the "close lid, then flush, lid remains closed" manner. Point being, we're maniacal family about keeping the lid down.
So when we moved to our new house, and decided to make our old house into a rental property, I did what anyone would do. I scrubbed out the bathrooms, cleaned the joint from top to bottom and exited for a week as I went to get the new house in order. Then I returned to paint a few rooms to more neutral colors for the sake of the renters.
In the midst of painting I had to make use of the necessary room, as one does, unless one is in need of immediate hospitalization for health matters too dire to even contemplate and what did I find? A thin line of mildew at the water level in the bowl!
Eureka, I have found the reason you can't leave a lid down in a house that sits empty. I live in a semi-arid climate, so I can't even imagine how quickly mildew might form in a humid one during the summer months.
I then scrubbed out the toilets again, and although it was actually almost painful to do so, I meticulously left the lids up on the commodes. I have returned every day over the course of the last week in my painting ventures, and no mildew.
So, mystery solved on why empty houses might have lids up. Houses with people living in them? No clue. I think we need to send them all articles that discuss the aerosol plume effect, and after they recover their appetite (which should take roughly a week), they will embrace lid-down-culture.
What a gripping tale, eh? You're on the edge of your seats, right? No? Hmmm. Odd.
Indeed, a gripping tale... At least it explains a lot. Thanks for sharing this indepth story with us! We are absolutely thrilled that the lid-up mystery for empty houses is solved! Yeah!
My friendly Netherlands Stagers, I have news! Quite by accident I discovered why so many people leave their toilet lids up. Now, this will in no way explain why the photographers/real estate agents/sellers can't be bothered to close the darned things before taking such ugly, yawning-septic system photos, but here we go:
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLike a lot of people I was raised in a lid down household. You're either raised that way, or you read an article referencing that charming "aerosol plume-effect" and you're a convert for life. Anyway, I also married someone who was raised in the "close lid, then flush, lid remains closed" manner. Point being, we're maniacal family about keeping the lid down.
So when we moved to our new house, and decided to make our old house into a rental property, I did what anyone would do. I scrubbed out the bathrooms, cleaned the joint from top to bottom and exited for a week as I went to get the new house in order. Then I returned to paint a few rooms to more neutral colors for the sake of the renters.
In the midst of painting I had to make use of the necessary room, as one does, unless one is in need of immediate hospitalization for health matters too dire to even contemplate and what did I find? A thin line of mildew at the water level in the bowl!
Eureka, I have found the reason you can't leave a lid down in a house that sits empty. I live in a semi-arid climate, so I can't even imagine how quickly mildew might form in a humid one during the summer months.
I then scrubbed out the toilets again, and although it was actually almost painful to do so, I meticulously left the lids up on the commodes. I have returned every day over the course of the last week in my painting ventures, and no mildew.
So, mystery solved on why empty houses might have lids up. Houses with people living in them? No clue. I think we need to send them all articles that discuss the aerosol plume effect, and after they recover their appetite (which should take roughly a week), they will embrace lid-down-culture.
What a gripping tale, eh? You're on the edge of your seats, right? No? Hmmm. Odd.
Indeed, a gripping tale... At least it explains a lot. Thanks for sharing this indepth story with us! We are absolutely thrilled that the lid-up mystery for empty houses is solved! Yeah!
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