A plate has fallen down the back of the loo - how can I get it out?

[ahundredtimes]

And not just any plate - this is a plate painted by ME for dd's hair bands! I did it when she was painting a mug for dh- the man was so impressed he put it in the window. [preen]

It's annoying.

Now the cistern of the loo is built into a tongue and groove type wall affair, and can only be accessed from the top. The plate has fallen down, below the cistern, onto the floor below.

I can't reach it, nobody can reach it.

Any ideas?

[MatNanPlus]

not sure a grabber is long enough, maybe cut a hole in the wall low down and get someone else to repair it

is the plate undamaged?

[LostProphet]

I'd love a reason to say wainscoting.

Can you get a wide bit of material looped up, sort of hook it round the plate and carefully lift out?

[ahundredtimes]

[bows to ingenious toilet Duck placement]

It fell down, because I had to take the panel off because the handle had broken - long, boring story - and then the iron was about to fall over, so I moved it but then the plate fell down. It appears to be unbroken.

miraculous, artistic plate.

[snigger]

This is going to end up being the inspiration for a channel 5 movie....

[covertmission]

This is a long shot but do you have a circus guinea pig you could send down behind the loo?

[LostProphet]

at the handle being broken being boring, but the rescuing a plate clearly not

[ahundredtimes]

A sucker?

it is in the recumbent position, on its back though.

How do I get suck?

[LostProphet]

what was wrong with my fabric suggestion like a thin towel or summat

[snigger]

Can you get a coat hanger, twist it into just short of the plate circumference, sellotape it to something long, and loop it under the bottom of the plate, dragging it skywards?

[thesockmonsterofdoom]

vacuum cleaner.

[snigger]

God, I don't want this thread to end. Ever.

[KatyMac]

Get 2 wire coat hangers

Unravel them to make 2 long u shaped pieces

Put one piece at each side of the plate & gently move towards the middle of the plate simultaneously

Gently lift holding the plate between the two pieces of wire

[SharpMolarBear]

eh?
I'm with the guinea pig idea, can't get any more weird

[covertmission]

re suck: well you need to attach some sort of flanged mini plunger down with a long thin pipe attached. When plunger touches down you need to start sucking and maintain suction throughout manouver whilst simultaneously lifting up plate.

[SharpMolarBear]

lol KatyMac
Just a thought
Have you googled "bobble plate loo rescuers"?

[LostProphet]

lmao google "i'm feeling lucky" link hair bobble plate rescue

[ahundredtimes]

But how can the plate balance on two bits of wire? I won't will it, it'll fall off.

it's quite a big hair bobble plate.

I'd need like a self-assembling lettuce drier or something, to slip under it and then encage the plate.

Suction is our best bet, I think, but the hoover won't do it. No way, and then what if it falls off and BREAKS. [sobs]

Thank you all though for thinking.

I can't work it out - perhaps I really do need the old lady pincers?

[JustKeepScreamingInFear]

hockey stick/golf club with big blob of blu-tack on the end?

loving this thread

[snigger]

Or paint another plate and give that one up for posterity, have future home-owners puzzling as to the possible uses of a platter in the bathroom?

[LostProphet]

LONG FABRIC!!!



At least poo poo my idea

[BennyAndJoon]

Superglue on the end of a pole

Rest pole against plate for 5 minutes (while plucking eyebrows or whatever)

Pull out plate

sorted

[pania]

Or instead of suction,how about a bit of material (for maximum contact area) daubed on the bottom end with superglue? Superglue would hold it surely?

[LostProphet]

BennyAndJoon - I heart your name

[KatyMac]

It will

as there will be weight distributed between the 2 u's

Almost like an old fashioned plate hanger for the wall

[ahundredtimes]

Oh I love the mini plunger - what is a mini plunger? Like a plumber's plunger.

Also sorry - I didn't understand the bit of material idea.

the guinea pig I like, especially one with circus training. I could let it down on a trapeze or something.

Oh it's annoying. i can SEE it.