how can i get sand from the bottom of my toilet pan?

[thebadger]

my son has poured sand into our toilet and while most of it has flushed away there is a small amount that won't budge! I've spent the past couple of hours witha bog brush stirring and flushing over and over but its not working exept for moving a few grains at a time - anyone got any ideas how i might clean this out?

[Mamyalynne]

get a plunger and when there is no water left in bowl scoop up the sand with paper towels.

[deggers316]

fill a bucket with water and pour it in from a height a couple of times as you press the flush it will go. the force of the water clears it

[milliezoe]

The things kids do my son 4 at the time put a piece of toast into the top loading video and closed it had to get an engineer to take it apart to open it again still makes me smile

[thebadger]

dont own a plunger so went for the bucket approach 4 flushes later and bob was uncle-ified thanks mamyalynne and deggers316!

Milliezoe, tell me about it think the littleun is loo-fixated as this is the 3rd flushing incident in as many weeks! God bless 'em eh?

[Canary42]

You may have got away with it this time, but generally not advisable to flush it as it may settle further along the system with consequences more severe - next time I suggest bailing it out by hand.

[Old_Geezer]

Wet & Dry Vac ?

[deggers316]

Canary42
think were talking about a handful of sand here not truckload?
what cause most drain blockages "further down the system" is people flushing disposable nappies

[thebadger]

it was just a toddler's handful and it has flushed away nicely thanks again for the responses