Q: My toilet is causing me fits. The water from the tank is slowly leaking into the bowl, and I can’t figure out why. I have replaced the flapper, but the problem persists. What else should I do? A: ...
What’s that mysterious wet patch on the bathroom floor? At first a little dampness may be easy to dismiss as splashing from your shower or a toddler’s “accident,” but sooner or later, you have to ...
If your water bill recently spiked, the first place to look for answers is your toilet! On this Fix a Leak Week, Tammy Hernandez met up with Bonny Cushman, from Regional Water Providers Consortium, to ...
Q Our toilet has a noise like water running, but it doesn’t flush. It just kind of seeps and my water bill has gone up. Our plumber thought a new flapper valve was needed, so we installed one. It does ...
If you own your home, or even if you rent, chances are high that you’ll need to perform some basic toilet repair at some ...
If you have a heavy leak in your toilet, it's easy to diagnose—the faint sound of the toilet tank constantly replenishing is a dead give away. What about a slow leak? Diagnose it with food coloring.
Toilets designed to save water are actually wasting it at an alarming rate, says the U.K.'s largest water utility. Dual-flush toilets have separate buttons for heavy or light flushes with the goal of ...