Cleaning a toilet cistern.

That Dave Fella

So our water went recently and after our landlord fixed it, all our water had loads of sediment in it. This has resulted in the cistern in my toilet getting caked in sediment and having lots at the bottom of it too. I tried to clean it out and have it flushed out but unfortunately the water level doesn't drop that low.

I was just wondering is there an easy way to clean something like this out?

LewieP's Mummy

Buy a new loo brush, and use that to scrub it out, buy some toilet cistern bleach blocks, add them to the cistern after you've scrubbed it out.

That Dave Fella

So try and stir it up using the toilet brush? I'll grab some bleach during the week cause it's making my bathroom smell pretty horrible.

Game Boy

You could prolly sneak to a neighbors house, and fill up some buckets to flush it that works.

Game Boy

Someone reported me for giving joke advice. I wasn't kidding. I had to use a neighbors hose to fill some 20 gallon buckets to fill the toilet, because my roommate ditched the lease, and turned the water off. I went weeks without water. I didn't mean go into the neighbors house.

MushroomStick

Game Boy wrote: »

Someone reported me for giving joke advice. I wasn't kidding. I had to use a neighbors hose to fill some 20 gallon buckets to fill the toilet, because my roommate ditched the lease, and turned the water off. I went weeks without water. I didn't mean go into the neighbors house.

Its not ok to take water from neighbors without permission.

Game Boy

The lesson in watching my P's, and Q's has been received. I'm sorry for the trouble.

Improvolone

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kneelingyak

Shutoff the water to the toilet (there is usually a shutoff valve right where the hose from the toilet enters the floor or wall). Flush the toilet and hold it down to let as much water out as possible. Then use sponges and old towels to soak up the rest of the water and clean up the dirt.

The water in the tank is clean (other than the added dirt) so don't be afraid that you are putting your hands in poo water.

ashridah

What kneelingyak said. I've run into a case where the grit from this kind of thing built up in the cistern and caused the toilet to leak very slowly, so getting on this even if it wasn't for the smell is a good idea.

If there's any remnants of the smell, bleach will work short term, and some of the toilet cleaning blocks you put in will probably cover the rest of it until it goes away completely.

That Dave Fella

I'll give that a try at the weekend Kneeling! I was trying to figure out a way to do that but I'm not exactly handy and I was having difficulty getting the cover off cause it's connected to the cistern through the flusher and I couldn't figure out how to disconnect that.

kneelingyak

Ah, so it sounds like you have one of those toilets with the button on the top of the tank rather than the typical lever on the side?

I've never operated on one of those so you may need to find the manufacturer and head to their website or do some poking around yourself.
I found this article but I don't seem to be using the proper search terms because I'm not coming up with much else.

If you need to dismantle anything involving screws or nuts just take it slow and steady when tightening them back up again. If you overtighten you run the risk of cracking the porcelain. If it is just the tank lid it wouldn't look good and your landlord will probably hit you for replacement when you move out but it wouldn't leak. If you crack the tank I hope you enjoy toilet shopping.

That Dave Fella

Yeh, that's exactly what I have. My old place you could just unscrew it from the lid but this one seems more complicated. I wish there was a manual for my toilet.