Don't

[Bill Wright]

clean a toilet bowl with a pressure washer.

Bill

[Davey]

Photos?

[Roger Chapman]

First be sure to flush the toilet. :-)

Seriously I expect that would make a considerable mess. I only ever use mine outside and when I cleared the dirt off the concrete path outside my house recently I ended up with splatter marks on the windows up to 6 feet off the ground.

[Andrew Gabriel]

Reminds me of the American jetflush toilets (build-in pressure washer, if you like). Always clears the pan, and if the sewer isn't blocked, it clears it down the sewer ;-)

[spuorgelgoog]

But if the sewer is blocked?

Owain

[Corporal Jones]

I seem to get a blockage in the sewers every 12 Months,. I have found the best way to clear it is with a Jet washer. I have also found the way to do it is to put on a bin bag with eye slits and goggles. Shit sticks

[Brian Gaff]

Or battery acid, or both.

Brian

[Brian Gaff]

I'd imagine the ceiling above collapsed with the wet.

Many moons ago a friend tried to use a drill with a hard buffing pad on the end for this. I don't think he had read the instructions. Brian

[stuart noble]

If the sewer is blocked and there's a fan nearby, the shit will hit it

[Bill Wright]

How can I uses a camera with my eyes full of shit?

Bill

[Dave Liquorice]

Why? Don't think I've ever had a blocked drain and that includes this place where the fall on one section is minimal. Untrained females or tree roots?

Have set of rods...

I shall remember that, should I ever have need to jet wash a drain.

[newshound]

But a wet and dry vac works fine, currently one in Lidl for about £45. I

*almost* bought one, but I have two already.

[Huge]

My Mum (who lives in America) has one of these. Marvellous things. Can you get them here?

[Tim Streater]

I believe not. When I moved back here after living in the US for some years, I had some work done on the house and would have liked one too. But I was told they weren't allowed, or somesuch. Mind you, this was 20 years ago.

[Andrew Gabriel]

I can't imagine the powers that be allowing pressurised toilet cisterns. Some jetflushes work directly on mains pressure water with no tank (the ones I see in US commercial buildings, at least - just use a timed flush valve).

[Huge]

Pity.

[Huge]

A brief Google leads me to believe you're correct, although the regulations I have found are contradictory.

[Nightjar]

A timed valve is perfectly acceptable under the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999, provided that it uses no more than six litres per flush and there is no risk of back syphonage.

[Hamster]

Don't think this method has much to recommend it either (apart from the laugh!)

Take care!

Rod

[Andrew Gabriel]

Jetflushes actually use slightly less than our standard 6 litres.

I can imagine the water companies having a real fit over plumbing the mains directly to the bottom of the toilet U-trap though! Does anyone make a quadruple check valve, I wonder ;-)