limescale 2

[BigTillyMint]

So how do you get rid of limescale in your loo?

Using something acidic.

Is the limescale above or below the water line and what have you tried already?

It's on the water-line.

I've used viakal and elbow-grease, but I was wondering if there is a less intensive solution

The water round here is HARD, but I find the newish "maximum limescale remover" toilet cleaners do a pretty good job - although you do have to put quite a lot on, leave it for a bit (hour) and give it a good scrub. I think you can leave it longer (overnight) if that's not working.

Good luck

The Harpic tablets are good for below the waterline, would probably do the job on the line too.

Thanks!

We do use the Harpic tabs, but maybe not as often as we should

We have very hard water and used the harpic tablets to get rid of the build-up then the domestos toilet cleaner for limescale to maintain it. We never have even a trace of limescale now and haven't needed to use the tablets once since I started using domestos (note, the harpic version of this is not nearly as good)

Kilrock Big K descaler works for us. We have very hard water - my parents who also live in a very hard water area have commented that they have never seen limescale as severe as ours (and I do descale every so often). Kilrock is the only thing we've tried which shifts the stains in the loo.

We buy ours from Robert Dyas.

Caustic soda. Its brilliant

Thanks everyone.

I have managed to get rid of it using the Harpic tablets, now I have to make sure DH keeps on top of it! (It's his job to clean the loo, you can guess why )