Tp!!!

[texican]

I was just wondering about toilet paper... on Elizabeths "Two Part Question" thread themamahen mentioned something, that I found intriguing...

Originally Posted by themamahen

Things such as TP (which causes a heated battle this am in my house) 35 lbs per yr per person in the US. Roughly 200 rolls a year. hmmm where to put that 4 people in family 800 rolls>>> (kick the kids out, make a matress from it place in sock drawers)????

That works out to a roll of TP every day and a half!!!!!!!!! per person!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this correct? Do you use a half a roll of TP every single day, per person???

While I was single, a roll would last almost a month!

Personally, I do not stock TP, besides normal usage. In a TEO, your gonna run out eventually... might as well run out sooner, save that space and use it for something useful, like, ummmm... Food!

Believe it or not, a person can defecate without TP.

If the roll usage info is correct, I'd have to build twice as much storage space as I currently have, just to store TP.

Anyone else store 'that much' TP?

[RockyGlen]

To put it delicately---you are a man. Men, by nature, use alot less tp. We have 6 girls in our home and go through about 8 rolls a month.

[Cyngbaeld]

Was just thinking about this. With the price of tp soring and the size plummeting. I'm considering buying some laboratory wash bottles and using them as a mini bidet to decrease the need for tp.

[Explorer]

A roll every month or two sounds about right. I use maybe 12 inches a day.

When I was a boy staying with my Grandmother is the summer we used cut up diapers that she washed. Had a bucket with soapy water in the outhouse for temporary storage. If there was no TP I would use that method again.

[Aintlifegrand]

Originally Posted by Cyngbaeld

Was just thinking about this. With the price of tp soring and the size plummeting. I'm considering buying some laboratory wash bottles and using them as a mini bidet to decrease the need for tp.

This a good idea.. I have a place under my stairs that I can store a lot of toilet paper..but after that is gone..what next? Good idea Cyn.

[ozarkcat]

Originally Posted by RockyGlen

To put it delicately---you are a man. Men, by nature, use alot less tp. We have 6 girls in our home and go through about 8 rolls a month.

Yeah, but that's 96 rolls a year - definitely not 1200 from the original calculation of 200 rolls per person annually. Where did they come up with that figure??

[Lynne]

A little side drift – bought Scott’s TP the other day; $3.99 a pack!
What! That’s a dollar a roll!
Mention to a friend that I might start to stock pile all the junk flyers and mail that comes every day, just in case. A little shredding, water, time....

[AngieM2]

cheap single rolls, double rolls or triple rolls? Those cheap single rolls have not much paper on them..

Angie

[mamajohnson]

sears catalogs and newspaper were always resident in the outhouses.
Not just for reading.
(but DH has quiet a reading addiction on the throne now, probably cause of those early outhouse experiences!)

Personally I think I will go with the bucket/cloth method. Already have a resident bucket for the 'ladies' products.

[Jaclynne]

If it were just me, I'd go to the bucket and rag system too, but......I don't want, intend or plan on washing out another adult's excrement - they'd be on their own.

I have issues. I can't make myself share toenail clippers, I wash all our laundry separately, we have our own personal towels and washcloths. It's not because I'm a cleanfreak, I'm a rather bad housekeeper. I'm certainly not scared of dirt, just another adult's intimate dirt.

I know its bazaar, and I've tried to adjust, but so far I just can't do it. I know you're thinking if it were a shtf situation I could, but I don't know. I'm buying up TP for the hubby.

Halo

[ladycat]

I found a nice out of the way spot in the house that holds 18 packages of double roll 24ct Angel Soft perfectly, so I'm working on slowly filling that space. It's for LTS only.

The TP we're using is whatever we get on-sale-with-coupons that isn't the double roll 24ct Angel Soft.

[mightybooboo]

We bought 200 count napkins for 1 dollar.Got 10 of em.Should have got more.

Thats 2000 wipes for 10 bucks.Thats not too shabby for 2 people.

We're seeing them today at 1.50 now.

Think we made a good buy on those.

[pickapeppa]

Originally Posted by Aintlifegrand

This a good idea.. I have a place under my stairs that I can store a lot of toilet paper..but after that is gone..what next? Good idea Cyn.

This is my plan for tp replacement. Heck, why not get started now?

We go through a predictable amount. It followed a humorous pattern. I found that out while running through my first new frugal living by choice episode a few years back. Predictably, every Sunday morning I had to refill the drawer in the vanity with a new package of TP. I guess you could call us a 'regular' sort of family. Lol.

If I remember correctly, for a family of four, we used 4 6-roll packages of the Dollar Store brand. So, I think his estimate is quite high.

Unfortunately, some man started buying out all of the 'choice' packages, first thing every Monday morning when the store opened, and nobody else was able to get any after he started this.

And yes, this was TMI, but hey, you asked!

[westbrook]

There are a couple of things I am NOT going to do without! TP is one of them! hot water another, come to think of it.. I would miss my Microwave too!

One 18 gallon RubberMaid Tote holds 36 rolls of Kirkland TP from Costco. I did a little experiment and put a roll of TP on Saturday Morning and took it off Sunday Night. Each weekend I put the same roll on to see (with kids and husband home and not at work or school) just how long 1 roll would last. Then I decided to do this for a couple of months to get an average... For a family of 3 boys (DH included) and 2 girls (me included) we went through 2 rolls a week plus or minus depending on how much the boys ate!

For us that meant 3 totes filled with TP. I put this up in the attic where I put all the paper and plastic products (paper plates, paper towels, napkins, plastic utensils, tarps and similar items). It didn't take up any space since it was in an attic and it didn't matter if the temperature changed dramatically.

[RockyGlen]

UGH - I put month instead of week! We go through 8 rolls a WEEK. It is the quilted northern you get at Sams club.

I have enough stored for 3 months, anything after that and we are using cloths - we already use cloth diapers and cloth feminine products, so it wouldn't be that big of a deal.

The gross factor? I don't really see one. You dump the container in the James washer and go from there....after all, I either changed their diapers or married them, ya' know?

[unregistered29228]

I get the huge packs of two-ply Kirkland brand TP at Costco. It's cheaper than any name brand and works just the same. I have it up in our attic, helping to insulate. You can store a whole bunch of paper products up near the eaves in the attic, in places you can only access by walking on the 2x4s, as long as you don't have leaks.

[mamajohnson]

Originally Posted by RockyGlen

UGH - I put month instead of week! We go through 8 rolls a WEEK. It is the quilted northern you get at Sams club.

I have enough stored for 3 months, anything after that and we are using cloths - we already use cloth diapers and cloth feminine products, so it wouldn't be that big of a deal.

The gross factor? I don't really see one. You dump the container in the James washer and go from there....after all, I either changed their diapers or married them, ya' know?

LOL!
As a midwife I handled a lot more gross stuff than that, so I am good to go.

[ozarkcat]

Originally Posted by RockyGlen

UGH - I put month instead of week! We go through 8 rolls a WEEK. It is the quilted northern you get at Sams club.

Okay, so that's 416 rolls a year - still a third of the 1200 they were quoting. And is it just the six girls or adults/boys also?

[RockyGlen]

Originally Posted by ozarkcat

Okay, so that's 416 rolls a year - still a third of the 1200 they were quoting. And is it just the six girls or adults/boys also?

That's all of us. 6 girls and 3 boys (two in diapers don't count). I teach the kids when potty training to use 4 squares for liquid, and 6 for solid, but I also buy the more expensive, thicker tp thinking we can use less of it.

My sister goes through a roll a day for 4 people - her kids also plug up the toilet frequently with their huge wads of tp. That's the only way I can figure someone uses that much!

[stanb999]

I can't really believe that this is a real topic of worry.

We within a short time would revert to the same way the rest of the world deals with this....... Only greet with the right hand.