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If I put thin bleach in my toilet cistern........

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  • roddydogs
    roddydogs Posts: 7,479 Forumite
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    DONT-it could affect the Flap valve in the syphon!
  • Canucklehead
    Canucklehead Posts: 6,254 Forumite
    ClaireLR wrote: »
    ....will it break it eventually???

    Hi

    Yes , the plastic parts in the cistern are not bleach tolerant.

    Corgi Guy.
    Ask to see CIPHE (Chartered Institute of Plumbing & Heating Engineering)
  • ClaireLR
    ClaireLR Posts: 1,712 Forumite
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    jackieb wrote: »
    I think that was tongue in cheek. It took me a minute to get it. :rotfl:

    OMG can't believe I was so dumb! :rotfl:
    In my defence it was pretty late when I was posting last night!!!
    Sometimes you have to go through
    the rain to get to the
    rainbow
  • TomsMom
    TomsMom Posts: 4,251 Forumite
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    Inactive wrote: »
    Bleach is pretty much wasted down a loo, it only hides the limescale, a limescale remover is better.

    Depends where you live. I live in a soft water area and we don't get limescale so bleach is adequate.
  • plumb1_2
    plumb1_2 Posts: 4,658 Forumite
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    Putting bleach or Blue flush blocks etc, will attack the plastic syphons making them brittle and shorten the life of them.
    Rim blocks etc are the drain jetters friend, seen loads flushed away and get trapped on the pan connectors.
    A thankyou is payment enough .
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