Grout stuck in pan!! Help

[Fallon1982]

Morning chaps

Currently finishing up a bathroom refurb for the customer from hell. Everything going perfectly well up until this morning when I noticed there is grout stuck inside the pan!
anyone know how I can get this out without damaging the bowl?

thanks in advance

 

[Rckape]

Carefully?

Is it a blob or a layer in the bottom? I'd probably carefully chip away with a flat screwdriver constantly wetting the grout to try and soften it then use my finger nail to get the last bits.

If you don't already have one, get a bath rubber in case you catch the China slightly.

 

[Old Account]

Morning chaps

Currently finishing up a bathroom refurb for the customer from hell. Everything going perfectly well up until this morning when I noticed there is grout stuck inside the pan!
anyone know how I can get this out without damaging the bowl?



thanks in advance

Hello there,

First question is , how comes grout is in the toilet ? Why would you skip the dirty water in the toilet ?

I would keep it wet too as mentioned above and keep knocking it away. Maybe undo the toilet and see how the outlet looks like you may need to do it from both sites.

 

[Fallon1982]

I tipped a bucket of dirty water down there last night and forgot to flush it through. It was only residue from cleaning tiles off but it's gone rock solid now.
I never do this! Always tip it down the drain outside or in the old pan!
So annoyed with myself . Got it soaking in bleach now.

 

[Old Account]

I tipped a bucket of dirty water down there last night and forgot to flush it through. It was only residue from cleaning tiles off but it's gone rock solid now.
I never do this! Always tip it down the drain outside or in the old pan!
So annoyed with myself . Got it soaking in bleach now.

Yeah happened to me as few years ago and I had to replace the toilet from my own pocket grrrr

But that's the way I learned fingers are crossed you will get rid of the grout.

Is there a lot in the pan? Don't make any scratching stains mate

 

[Rckape]

Doh! Maybe brick acid as a last resort if all else fails?

 

[gassafe]

Just put some clean grout down there to camouflage it, get paid & get home, block that number

 

[rocketmanbkk]

If it's clean in there I'd get my hand down & scrub it

 

[plumben]

Warm water is what i'd use

 

[rpm]

Wouldn`t use a screwdriver myself as one slip and bowl will be scratched or worse, instead a piece of hard wood and cut the end to make a chisel point then break away the edges and work inwards.

 

[WaterTight]

I'd try a brand new sharp thin chisel and then tick-tick it away with the same care as if I was on an archeological dig.

 

[Chalked]

Should never pour grout down any drain, inside or outside. It will settle in any trap or pipe. Bucket shoud be scraped out completey, then anything left, rinsed and cleaned out into a skip or bag.

 

[lame plumber]

I tipped a bucket of dirty water down there last night and forgot to flush it through. It was only residue from cleaning tiles off but it's gone rock solid now.
I never do this! Always tip it down the drain outside or in the old pan!
So annoyed with myself . Got it soaking in bleach now.

you daft cockwomble................ won't be doing that again, will you? never pour any cement, plaster or other such crud down anyones drains but your own, paying to have a set of drains cleaned, excavated and relaid can work out a tadge costly....

 

[Phil]

https://www.roofingsuperstore.co.uk...1IzteTgE2v9NBNq0D4MOzfHRvVQFyZTWAsaAtGH8P8HAQ

You need a strong acid based cleaner to eat the grout away, I used this on a job to remove hardened tile grout smeared everywhere , brush it on and it fizzes the grout away but beware

 

[SimonG]

Brick cleaner.

 

[jonnyswamp]

Small steamer with a hand held nozzle will work, not sure about the heat on the ceramics though?

 

[WaterTight]

All these suggestions remind me of the saying 'If there are a hundred solutions to a problem (i.e. hangover: hair of the dog, drinking raw eggs, glasses of water between pints) none of them work' but if a problem has a known solution that works (headache: paracetemol) you can tell because there is no other solution offered/needed.

 

[turnpin]

If you can get the pan out easily take it outside and pressure wash it......regards Turnpin:biggrin: