Toilet jets incredibly blocked up -help please?

Mankysteve

I think you need to attack from the cistern side. May risk damage to the plastic parts though.

Inactive

Your only option may be to remove the toilet, turn the pan upside down and fill the inverted jets with limescale remover and leave overnight.

They really need a good long soaking.

googler

Inactive wrote: »

Your only option may be to remove the toilet, turn the pan upside down and fill the inverted jets with limescale remover and leave overnight.

They really need a good long soaking.

Get away. At worst, remove the cistern, block the rim from below and within the bowl with old rags, and fill with limescale remover or Mr Muscle from the top.

Alternative - thin strips of flexible plastic - maybe some kind of food container, cut to appropriate size and poked up under the rim.....

IronMaidenFan

You could try soaking kitchen roll in white vinegar and stuff inside the rim so it's touching the holes that are blocked. (do it a couple of times if needed). Then try poking the limescale out with something like a knitting needle.

Hope you get it sorted, oh and don't flush the kitchen roll :eek:

bundance

googler wrote: »

.... 'corrode' the plastic? Nonsense. Been using them for years, and nothing fallen apart yet in our household.

If all else fails - you can shut the water off, and take the cistern off. Then pour some Mr Muscle drain unblocker down the waterways in the bowl, and leave that to work before replacing the cistern.

Please can you tell me how to take the cystern off, I am completely novice at DIY.

Thanks

bundance

Inactive wrote: »

Your only option may be to remove the toilet, turn the pan upside down and fill the inverted jets with limescale remover and leave overnight.

They really need a good long soaking.

I am a complete novice with DIY.
Could you suggest someone who would be able to do this for me, as I know nobody.

thanks

bundance

Mankysteve wrote: »

I think you need to attack from the cistern side. May risk damage to the plastic parts though.

Thanks but darent do this, in case I risk a flood, I live on top of an unoccupied flat.

Many thanks

googler

Taking the cistern off and/or inverting the bowl should be last resorts, once you've tried all the other suggestions of poking and prodding from below the rim.

Any competent plumber should be able to do this for you - it sounds as though you don't really want to do it yourself anyways......

bundance

If I put vinegar and soda crytals in the cystern and leave them overnight would this corrode the plastic inside the cystern. I dont intend to remove the water.

thanks

benood

We had exactly this problem when we moved - I just used a bent coat hanger and worked it through the holes by feel - you can tell approx where they are and just blast away at them and in a few secs you're through. Didn't have any problems with scratched porcelain - don't think it was luck.