Toilet thread , before and after no before

[uzsnowdrop]

Well, today I have fitted a new toilet cassette in our PVC. No problems with it but thought it looked tired.
van is 5 years old but we have only had it for just over a year, but I imagine that the toilet cassette is the original fitting.
It all went very well and I can recommend the Thetford fresh up toilet set (90£ ) which includes a new toilet seat. Easy enough to fit either right or left hand bogs.
That said, I then thought I would keep the old cassette as a spare and went to clean it out. I was going to post before and after photos but the before photos were not suitable for public consumption. I’ve now given the old cassette a steam clean and it looks nearly new and will do as a spare cassette if I ever need one , but all I can say is for those people posting on here that they have a smell from their toilets it is well worth taking the cassette out and gaining access to it to give it a proper look/scrub inside. A clean out with water at the chemical point is fine for day to day but I’d recommend a full karcher or steam every now and again( the cassette not yer ass)
The amount of hard limescale deposit and other deposits (yuk) that built up on the plastic and mechanism over that five year period is pretty appalling.

 

[Bobby-gg]

Yup, do mine regularly to ensure it remains as clean as possible

 

[tonyidle]

Use bio tabs. Always looks new.

 

[uzsnowdrop]

Yep, great tip, I’ve been doing that but dont think prior owners did.

 

[Richard n Ann]

Ours is 7 years old and is spotless inside, it is just slightly faded due to the bleach we put in

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[Grummyb]

I ended up soaking mine for days with lots of detergent and still ended up with arm stuck on it with a green scourer and it wasn't even my poo in there as its when id just bought the van aka bag of shit but I'm too frugal to buy a fresh up kit

 

[bertiebasset]

I put in 1Kg of dilute citric acid every year and leave for hours turning regularly. The acid disolves the limescale/urea and leaves it spotless for the next year.

 

[Sheddy]

I’ve now given the old cassette a steam clean and it looks nearly new and will do as a spare cassette if I ever need one.

If you have room and are going to carry the spare great, if not I would recommend carrying the mechanism assembly, they can be a show stopper if they fail.

 

[sedge]

We do the same with Lidl Bio detergent - first time we did it great lumps of black came away from the inside of it (didn't pong, but was still orrible to see) but now we don't get any build up of err, residue.

 

[M50]

As stated many times before on many forum pages I swear by full fat cheapest coke a cola you can find normally Lidl
Empty your cassette of the obvious Chuck in 4 litres of the black stuff drive around or leave in until next use then empty it before use it will be brand new

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[uzsnowdrop]

As stated many times before on many forum pages I swear by full fat cheapest coke a cola you can find normally Lidl
Empty your cassette of the obvious Chuck in 4 litres of the black stuff drive around or leave in until next use then empty it before use it will be brand new

Ice and lemon?

 

[Lenny HB]

I descale mine with white wine vinegar.