In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, pargebarge-
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> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bruce Napier 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >Dismantling revealed a truly startling amount of limescale throughout,
> >which mainly had to be chipped out with a screwdriver. The macerator
> >blade, the plastic mesh cage and the output impeller were all virtually
> >cocooned in the stuff, after 2.5 years of use.
>
> Having said that I have to ask is it lime scale?
> because there can be a severe calcification caused by the deposits from 
> urine, on my PO toilet before I removed it the pipe to the tank from the 
> toilet had shrunk to 50% of its diameter because of these deposits.

Indeed. The urinals at our moorings require a complete stripping out 
of the drains every 2-3 years because they become completely blocked. 
The situation at work is no better where refurbished toilets about 3 
years ago are all now tending to overflow during flushing because of 
bunged up drains.

Chris D
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