I have just come home after 4 days away for SWMBO to tell me the toilet was blocked with the plastic lid from a box of wet wipes. The whole thing have to come out, a very yucky job. Thank god that I'll not a plumber, if I had to do that for a living.
I note that you say "bleach" - Some of the highly coloured thick toilet cleaners are a total waste of time and money. Nothing beats Domestos in my opinion.
The presence of some of these things in the house may also indicate the presence of small people. Alas these can be far more adventurous when it comes to working out just what will and will not flush!
The inside surface of a toilet bowl is a highly smooth ceramic, to which germs & bacteria cannot stick, so when you flush all the nastys get flushed away. OK there may be some bits that need a brush.
What causes stains & smells in the bowl & bend is limescale. This builds up and because its a rough surface the bacteria can lodge there & fester unaffected by the flush.
Bleach will not remove limescale, it kills the resident bacteria until the toilet is used again and 'bleaches' the colour out of the stains so you cant see them for a while.
Acid based limescale remover is the answer. Used once or twice a week keeps the limescale away and solves the problem!
|The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: | |> Mines clean as a whistle, must be the bleach now and again. | |Pet Rant Mode | |Bleach does not clean toilets! | |The inside surface of a toilet bowl is a highly smooth ceramic, to which |germs & bacteria cannot stick, so when you flush all the nastys get flushed |away. OK there may be some bits that need a brush. | |What causes stains & smells in the bowl & bend is limescale. This builds up |and because its a rough surface the bacteria can lodge there & fester |unaffected by the flush. | |Bleach will not remove limescale, it kills the resident bacteria until the |toilet is used again and 'bleaches' the colour out of the stains so you cant |see them for a while. | |Acid based limescale remover is the answer. Used once or twice a week keeps |the limescale away and solves the problem! | |Pet Rant Mode
Unless you live in a soft water area, when you don't have problems with limescale.
So your mine is a clean as a whistle. What about your toilet? I would have thought that a member of the HairySockRatty would have known better. Why to you put bleach down your mine?
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