Blocked Saniflo rant

SickAsAParrot

SickAsAParrot

SickAsAParrot

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Anyway, the damn thing's only been in about 6 months and it's just buzzing and getting hot, which the internet has reliably informed me means something is blocking it.

So this weekend it's going to have to be removed and stripped down, which I am dreading severely.

My question to you guys is, what should I do with all the poop I scoop out of it?
 
Sherpa said:
I don't think you're alone....

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Ah yes, I read that copypasta'd on another forum while searching for possible solutions.

No doubt something 'stringy' has been thrown in by one of the three females in the household. I don't even use that toilet because I already knew that if you use them they break.

I'm going to have a go with the pump-up plunger first to see if I can dislodge it enough to get the motor running, although knowing my luck the seals will probably blow out and explode fizzy gravy over every surface.
 
SickAsAParrot said:
My question to you guys is, what should I do with all the poop I scoop out of it?
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Good luck taking it apart, one of our downstairs toilets uses a Saniflo and i've had to clean it out once.

Not a nice job, water will go all over the place, ours was still dealing with solids so not much poop, smell was ok, the unit is logical once you get inside, but the lid is a tight fit and serious pain to remove, i pushed in one of the side tabs and bashed a flat object upwards to release the lid.

Make sure the power and water are off! The blades are Mean!
 
SickAsAParrot said:
I'm going to have a go with the pump-up plunger first to see if I can dislodge it enough to get the motor running, although knowing my luck the seals will probably blow out and explode fizzy gravy over every surface.
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Just pmsl at fizzy gravy :D:D:D That other site linked is pretty funny too!

Good luck :)
 
I have had the output pipe blow off a couple of times filling the room with the aforementioned fizzy gravy :mad:

Turned out that the output pipe had frozen solid and so the pressure was way too high. Ended up fitting heater tape to the pipe with a stat to turn it on if it gets cold enough to freeze :D

Watch out for the blades, they are pointy as anything and go through gloves, NBC suit and so on leaving you billy no mates until you have showered repeatedly :)
 
Well I gave the pump-up plunger a try but it didn't do anything, not enough ooomph to push the u-bend water through even.

Roll-on Saturday. And I'll need plenty of roll-ons by the sound of it.
 
These are pretty basic to clean out (depending on accessibility ofc!)

Just be careful what you put down the toilet in future :p (toilet paper and "human waste" only, nothing else)
 
Got one in my ensuite, and yep, also got blocked. No amount of plunger use or chemicals could sort it out so the landload had no choice other than to get his hands dirty and empty the damn thing. Yes, only toilet paper allowed - not even "flushable" wipes.
 
Damn and there was me thinking it would be an easier way to get rid of my .. er .. "waste".

Anybody keep pigs? is it true they eat ..um.. "anything"?
 
Update: well that was an adventure,

Finally got around to having a go this weekend (out all last weekend), took the toilet out, cleaning up the stinky water as I went and it turned out I didn't need to do any of that.

It's a Turboflush which has a top-down motor, so it was just a case of removing a small lid, hand turning the motor with a big screwdriver until it frees off then turning the power back on to flush the contents through. I could have done that by just lifting the cistern out leaving the toilet in place. Apparently the motor and grinder unit just lifts out if it is properly jammed but the outlet pipe is in the way so that may be more of a struggle.
 
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