Saniflow type toilet

[Robert Jenkins]

How do I unblock a saniflow type of toilet. I have removed part of a ST from the exit pipe but there is more higher up the pipe and the motor is labouring?

[Andy Pandy]

This is the regular treatise on saniflos.. It might provide some insight !

[Graeme Eldred]

In message , Robert Jenkins writes

All you need to know is here :

[Mike]

Through the access ports near each bend that you did install to meet the building regs, didn't you ?

[Robert Jenkins]

[Mike]

Sorry - by higher up the pipe I thought you meant on the outflow.

1, 2 and 3 : Remove electricity supply !

Unscrew the jubilee clip on the top and try to poke crap downwards.

If not, you need to remove any retaining screws (varies with model - can be two or three including one in middle of back where it's impossible to get)

The top lifts off by levering the lips at the side. Don't lift it fully off - everything inside will fall out of position. Just lift enough to see where the problem is whilst ensuring the gasket stays in position on the lid rim.

By now the faqs will seem quite appropriate.

[Newshound]

From my experience bits of the ST may be jammed around the impeller, so you are likely to have to get the bits out. You *do* have a wet and dry vaccum, don't you? If not go out and buy one now.

You'll have more room to work if you remove the loo first. Use the wet & dry to empty the U bend.

Obviously, isolate the electrics. Disconnect the outflow pipe jubilee clip. Remove the screws from the lid, and lift it off. The reset button may fall off inside.Pull out the electronic panel, watching which way it fits. Lift out the motor and you will see how it works: a disk a bit like a food processor sitting in a recess at the bottom. Use the wet and dry again. Slosh in some Dettol if you are squeamish.

The impeller also acts as a centrifugal pump. The ST will be wound round the impeller and/or jammed in the recess, you may have to fish it out from the recess. I think I had to remove the impeller, in my case, because bits had got behind it.

Refitting is the reverse of removal. You may find it easier to fit the gasket to the "motor" bit. It's actually not as bad as you expect, and you just saved yourself over £100.

[Christian McArdle]

You get the culprit to do it. Saniflos require rules. No children. No vampire's teabags. Anyone putting anything other than toilet paper or excrement down it is required to remove it, preferably with their teeth.

Christian.

[Peter Crosland]

ROTFLOLPMP! The best laugh for weeks. Thank you Christian

Peter Crosland

[Andy Hall]

.. and even the TP is marginal....

[g.harman]

Be fascinated to know the circamstances in which a Child was found flushed down the Loo.

If it hasn't passed through you then don't flush it down the Loo. Often seen notice by some Marine toilets. Not a bad one for Saniflow and similar systems.

For the OP Depending on the model it may have a hole into the pump unit underneath. I have found these sometimes block with urine scale.

Bearing in mind what the units contain beware of the sharpness of the teeth. A cut could get infected easily Obviously have power off or you could lose a finger if it starts.Even epmty you might knock the float switch. Stout leather gloves would give more protection than household marigolds ,Gardening gloves that you can through away after are what I use . Not waterproof but you'll be washing your hands anyway I hope. handling shit can be unpleasant but doing it is partly in your mindset. We all are in close contact with some all the time. Except its on the inside.

G.harman

[Pete C]

Trouble is that children swallow stuff that doesn't normally pass throught the human body.

Apart from large fruit stones, there's bits of Lego, Meccano screws, to name a couple ;)

cheers, Pete.

[Owain]

Best avoid the Atkins diet as well...

Owain

[Owain]

And don't expect to be able to take it back to Argos and get your money back on the 16 day guarantee.

Owain

[Tim Mitchell]

In article , g.harman writes

Visit the composting toilets at Aysgarth Falls Visitor Centre in the Yorkshire Dales. There is a warning notice above each toilet: "No small children: wide chute" and indeed you could lose a small child down the lavvy if you weren't careful. Presumably they would get a soft landing on the, errr, heap.