Managed to scrape several cm of limescale from toilet bowl bottom. how to prevent?

shaun_from_Africa · 21 January 2017 at 3:19PM

Rosemary7391 wrote: »

How do you think limescale gets in kettles!?

I thought that it was obvious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ilzeGm3wIM

cashmonger wrote: »

I do not believe all the, limescale/whatever it is, is from the water alone and non from bodily waste. That seems a very outlandish claim you're making.

Outlandish?
How do you think that this happens:

Rosemary7391 · 21 January 2017 at 3:23PM

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

I thought that it was obvious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ilzeGm3wIM

Just the title was enough! No. Just no.

Silvertabby · 21 January 2017 at 3:31PM

Married Quarter pre march-out tip. Deep clean the toilet bowl with washing machine de-scaler. Oust do one with 2 packets of powder in a box. Dissolve the contents of both packets in half a bucket of hot (not boiling) water, tip down the loo, and leave for a long as possible.

cashmonger · 21 January 2017 at 4:26PM

Silvertabby wrote: »

Married Quarter pre march-out tip. Deep clean the toilet bowl with washing machine de-scaler. Oust do one with 2 packets of powder in a box. Dissolve the contents of both packets in half a bucket of hot (not boiling) water, tip down the loo, and leave for a long as possible.

Thanks but too little too late

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Re the limescale ok yes I see what yall are saying but the waste material must speed the process. So I will accept an amalgam of water and waste products.

For example I use the tap way more than the toilet and non of those have any limescale as in the pictures and I also only clean them very rarely.

Anyway, back to the OP, to flush or not to flush and how much more should i expect to pay in water bills if the former?

nickcc · 21 January 2017 at 4:36PM

Follow the same if it's brown flush it down, if it's yellow let it mellow. We use bleach every 3 or 4 days and this shifts the limescale build up.

silvercar · 21 January 2017 at 5:15PM

Silvertabby wrote: »

Married Quarter pre march-out tip. Deep clean the toilet bowl with washing machine de-scaler. Oust do one with 2 packets of powder in a box. Dissolve the contents of both packets in half a bucket of hot (not boiling) water, tip down the loo, and leave for a long as possible.

I doubt anyone who is worried about the cost of the water used to flush the toilet is going to spend money on a de-scaler!

Cyclamen · 21 January 2017 at 8:01PM

your water company might give away 'flush savers' they are plastic bags that you put in the loo tank so that the quantity of water that is flushed is smaller. This might be an option if you can't have a dual flush.

With regards potential changes in bill ..have a look at your waterboard website. Mine has a waterbill calculator where you fill in how often you flush loo, shower, wash up etc so you might get your budget answers there.

chrisw · 21 January 2017 at 8:40PM

It depends on your water company, but here are some ideas of the cost from United Utilities here in the NW:-

What does a litre or cubic meter of water cost?

Last updated
Nov 14, 2016

1 litre of water costs less than 1p
1 cubic metre costs £2.92
A cubic metre equals 1,000 litres of water

1,000 litres is equivalent to:

3,300 cups of tea
28 showers
13 baths
Flushing the toilet more than a hundred times

So around 2p - 3p per flush.

Any · 21 January 2017 at 9:50PM

Cyclamen wrote: »

your water company might give away 'flush savers' they are plastic bags that you put in the loo tank so that the quantity of water that is flushed is smaller. This might be an option if you can't have a dual flush.

With regards potential changes in bill ..have a look at your waterboard website. Mine has a waterbill calculator where you fill in how often you flush loo, shower, wash up etc so you might get your budget answers there.

Or just do it the old ways and pit a brick in the bottom of the tank.
Same principle.
How much are you paying and hoping to save on water??
We just go business as usual and our bill is £20 a month (unmetered), and we have a big house (more bedrooms then people).

Any · 21 January 2017 at 9:54PM

I also don't believe that it was urine. You must have lots of lime in water.
Just put cheap Tesco bleach there once a week and properly foam it up with a brush (by that I mean use the brush to proper brush around in the water level).
We had new toilet 2 years ago and looks brand new (we don't flush at night so same principle).

Managed to scrape several cm of limescale from toilet bowl bottom. how to prevent?

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