Cleaning toilet and dripping water

aj9648

Hi

In my flat we have a wall mounted toilet (which I hate). This is is because I cannot get to the cistern and we have water dripping constantly in the bowl and I do not know how to get to the valves to tighten it. Any ideas of how I can access this?

Secondly all the dripping water has caused some serious hard water stains which wont go with normal bleach etc.....any ideas how I can get rid of these?

Ta

Lorian

Valve will probably need replacing if it drips constantly. the first thing is a proper set of steps to be able to see it.

There are plenty of products to get rid of the water marks, limelite etc.

Inactive

Bleach will not shift limescale, you need a limescale remover or some vinegar if you don't mind the smell.

aj9648

Yeah I tried vinegar - pure distilled - but not shifting the limescale. How do I apply the vinegar?

EliteHeat

If you have water seeping into the WC bowk via the flush pipe, then this has nothing to so with the valve in the cistern.

You have a faulty syphon.

Any kind of commonly available limescale remover will remove the limescale deposits.

tuggy12

EliteHeat wrote: »

If you have water seeping into the WC bowk via the flush pipe, then this has nothing to so with the valve in the cistern.

Not so, most new syphons include an overflow, so if the inlet valve to the cistern is not closing off then the water will overflow through the flush pipe.

EliteHeat

tuggy12 wrote: »

Not so, most new syphons include an overflow, so if the inlet valve to the cistern is not closing off then the water will overflow through the flush pipe.

Oops, you're quite right if it has a modern syphon already fitted.

aj9648

How do I get to the valves.....thats the squillion dollar question as everything is built into the wall....

MX5huggy

Who fitted this?

What is the wall made of? tiles?

If it was a DIY job maybe you will just have to smash the tiles!

Post a photo if you can.

aj9648

Its like the toilet in this photo - number 4

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-13797077.html?pageNumber=1&backToListURL=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Ffind.html%3FsearchType%3DSALE%26locationIdentifier%3DPOSTCODE%255E3711734%26radius%3D0.0%26displayPropertyType%3D%26minBedrooms%3D%26maxBedrooms%3D%26minPrice%3D%26maxPrice%3D%26maxDaysSinceAdded%3D%26_includeSSTC%3Don%26sortByPriceDescending%3D%26primaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26secondaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldPrimaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldSecondaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26newHome%3D%26retirement%3D%26auction%3Dfalse%26partBuyPartRent%3Dfalse%26x%3D79%26y%3D7&locationIdentifier=POSTCODE^3711734&radius=0.0

You can just about see toilet in the right

aj9648

MX5huggy wrote: »

Who fitted this?

What is the wall made of? tiles?

If it was a DIY job maybe you will just have to smash the tiles!

Post a photo if you can.

Toilet has been there since new build - 7 years so not a DIY job