Cleaning the toilet tank

[swimmer_spe]

We have sediment in our water that filtration cannot collect it all.
Our toilet sometimes runs due to sediment collecting in the tank. I have been draining the tank and wiping the flapper and where it seats. Is there a better method of cleaning?

 

[havasu]

Turn off the valve to the toilet, then flush the toilet. Then suck out the rest with a shop vacuum. It gets rid of all the crud that settles in there.

 

[Sparky617]

When ever I watch a TV home improvement show and I see them bailing out the tank and toilet bowl I'm always thinking, just use your shop vac. The water is "clean-ish" and it sure beats slopping water around as you haul the toilet out. If I need to pull a toilet I'll flush it, then quickly pour a bucket of water down the bowl to drain it out as much as possible and then bring out the shop vac and suck the rest out.

 

[havasu]

It is amazing how much water leaves the bowl with a quick dump of a gallon of water down the bowl.