Thick limescale in toilet bowl

VanMan2007

Causing regular blocks. Best way to deal with it please?

Pumped all water out today and poured in 4L of full-fat Highway cola. Waiting on results.

If anyone has any advice please post.

I'm sure this is not the first post on this subject.

gavinh1175

Spirit of Salts - you can get it traditional hardware shops.

hayday75

Harpic limescale remover - put the whole bottle down and leave in a dry bowl overnight - worked for me

booter

I'd second the Harpic, it does work. But you could just use vinegar left overnight - this also works well, especially in an empty toilet pan.

spannerzone

gavinh1175 wrote: »

Spirit of Salts - you can get it traditional hardware shops.

yeah this works best... I worked in a place with a very very filthy limescale encased toilet, nothing would shift it except Spirit of salts.... it isn't good to breath it in so be careful when using.

Leave it overnight or longer and you should have a sparkling bog again.

Rotor

Hydrchloric acid. I think that is the active ingredient of spirit of salts.
Look for it on ebay. You can get it up to 36% strength but if you are the clumsy or careless type get a weaker strength as it is potent stuff.

Yorkie1

How do you get a 'dry bowl'? (i.e. stop the bowl from re-filling after a flush)?

Portly_Pig

Yorkie1 wrote: »

How do you get a 'dry bowl'? (i.e. stop the bowl from re-filling after a flush)?

Wet and dry vac.

Valli

Yorkie1 wrote: »

How do you get a 'dry bowl'? (i.e. stop the bowl from re-filling after a flush)?

Lift the float up in the cistern. Hold it up with a bit of string - put a wooden rod across top of cistern. Tie it up! Then flush loo. Cistern won't refill.

Norman_Castle

Lift the float up in the cistern. Hold it up with a bit of string - put a wooden rod across top of cistern. Tie it up! Then flush loo. Cistern won't refill.

The cistern won't refill but the bowl will still be full. Empty the bowl with an old jar or similar then a sponge.

dacouch

Harpic Power Plus Tablets are designed for the job, pop them into the full toilet before you go to bed and wake up to a nice clean toilet.

They often have them in the Pound Shop