I guess this story is really about the disadvantages of a macerated toilet. A 5 year old dropped a small plastic toy (of which he was very fond) in the toilet and flushed it. He did own up to be fair. However the noise of the blades grating on this bit of plastic was evidence enough that some way had to be found of getting it out. The fact is that the toilet has to come out and some dismantling is going to be required. I’ve done this before, so have some experience which pays off. Number one, the discharge pipe inevitable has a sump and collects fluids, so never let the the disconnected pipe drop otherwise all this stuff, which can be unpleasant, will run out. Number 2, the toilet probably has to be turned upside down to get at the works easily, so get as much liquid out as you can before, but even then the will be “losses”. So old towels are in order. Fortunately, even though it made a horrible noise grating on this bit of plastic the system still worked, so I was able to flush a few lots of clean water down before starting.
Fortunately the “rubber” bits which connect the various components seemed to be made of some very flexible silicone type material fastened with worm drive hose clips. Easy to remove and a bit more difficult to replace. To my surprise, the pipe insides were very clean with no sign of limescale. So the regime learnt after previous experiences has paid off, namely leaving the boat with proprietary treatment in the bowl when away. The toy was quickly found and removed. It all went back together easily and the whole experience took about an hour (including thinking time!)
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