Everybody wants to have a clean and hygienic bathroom, but rarely do people take the required steps to make this a reality. Cleaning is not the only way of improving bathroom hygiene. If you want to do this, you need to change a lot of habits and implement changes in the bathroom. This is why, today, we will talk about the best ways of boosting hygiene in your bathroom. Let’s get right into it.

1. Declutter

            The first step towards a cleaner bathroom is making sure you don’t feel swamped the moment you enter the bathroom. If you have any toiletries, hair products, make-up, and other products lying around but you don’t use on a daily basis, store them or get rid of them! Good hygiene will always include having a decluttered space where you won’t feel the air weighing you down, and it is the best place to start with hygiene improvement!

2. Try Suspending

            Let’s not kid ourselves, we often avoid cleaning duty like the plague, and most of us do it only when we absolutely have to. Rarely enjoyable, it requires a lot of effort in order to achieve the desired results. Especially in hard-to-get places, it feels like you can never fully clean the corners between the floor and walls. This is why there is a life hack to this; it’s called suspending. By suspending the toilet, furniture, and sink, you are effectively removing all of the hard-to-get floor corners that are causing you so many headaches. A similar method can be applied to the shower. If you opt for a shower tray instead of a bathtub, you are effectively removing a lot of occupied space. Although an even more hygienic solution to this would be a floor-integrated shower.

            However, the effectiveness of this strategy heavily relies on your drainage system. The best systems that allow you to have an uninterrupted shower are when the water drains behind the wall via a built-in installation system or a system that prevents the build-up of filth and bacteria by draining the water through a small collector. These helpful changes minimize the amount of cleaning needed to maintain the hygiene in your bathroom and make your bathroom cozier, but they do not eliminate the need for cleaning entirely. Cleaning will still have to be done (although maybe in a few decades it won’t, we will see). It’s not all bad since studies have shown that cleaning makes you happier and it relieves anxiety and stress. This should be more than enough of a reason for everyone to upgrade their cleaning game. If not for the hygiene, then for the reduced stress.

3. Replace the Old and Worn-Out Rugs and Towels

            This is something that everyone can afford to improve. They don’t need to be any expensive cashmere towels. Just clean; new ones will do. Just throw out the old worn-out, and used towels that you don’t even feel like you want to wash your face on. First of all, start by cleaning up the tiles and any grout. After that, put down fresh rugs that will always give you a comfortable and serene feeling when getting in/out of the shower.

            If you have been using an old and worn-out towel for a long time, the odds are that you have forgotten the beautiful feeling of a fresh towel touching your face. Taking it a step further would be getting a towel warmer so that you will always have a warm towel on the ready (this can be a lifesaver during winter).

4. Make the Bathroom a (Sanitary) Heaven

            It is vital to maintain sanitation inside of the bathroom (and the house) for multiple health reasons. A bathroom is a place where you come to clean yourself; it becomes a bit harder to clean yourself in a place that isn’t clean itself, isn’t it? Thankfully, as technology has progressed, it has become a lot easier to maintain sanitation in the bathroom. Most shower trays nowadays require almost no maintenance. Applying special enamel to bathroom surfaces to ensure complete smoothness prevents any type of dirt and bacteria build-up. Flush plates and toilet seat covers also add a layer of sanitation. A good addition to the bathroom is that you can opt for a bidet attachment, as it is an elegant addition to the bathroom and comes off as both hygienic and sanitary.

5. Make Sure Your Bathroom Always Stays Dry

            In order to avoid mould, nasty smells, and an overall nasty aura that a broken down and wet bathroom gives, you have to always keep it dry. This does not come off as a particularly difficult task, as you only really need to pay attention when getting out of the shower and washing your hands over the sink so that water doesn’t go everywhere. If you like having artwork hung up in your bathroom to give it more style, the water can also affect its appeal, which is not a good thing. In some cases, even after drying up the bathroom, you will still see water appearing. In that case, it’s time to call a plumber. Do not take matters into your own hands, as you risk making the problem even worse. For fixing your bidet toilet you need to hire a professional.

6. Always Shut the Toilet Lid Before Flushing

            Usually, not a lot of people think about shutting the toilet lid before they flush. This is because we don’t really realize how much bacteria goes up in the air after we flush. Experiments conducted by HealthDay News have shown that after about 100 flushes in a time span of around 3 hours there has been a substantial increase in the measured aerosol levels, with around ten thousand droplets being generated during every flush. This leads to a massive amount of airborne pathogens being released into the room. Next time, take this into consideration before you flush.

Guest Contributor: Frank Robertson