Your toilet flushes just fine, but it doesn’t know when to quit. Perhaps it stops running and then starts up again suddenly or constantly leaks into the bowl. Either way,…
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Finishing a bathroom in a basement area adds value to the home. The value added can be significant. Doing the work yourself saves you money you would otherwise use to…
Emptying a chemical toilet of a caravan isn’t much fun at all! However, even if you choose to caravan far from a ‘proper’ loo, the days of strong-smelling, noxious chemical…
Replacing screws to bolt down a toilet helps to secure a toilet in place. After years of use, eventually the hold down bolts will become loose. When this happens your…
Soil pipes are a drain line that directs waste from a plumbed fixture to the sewer. Most commonly, soil pipes are associated with toilets. When too much paper or organic…
A constantly running toilet cistern could signal a number of different problems with your toilet. The cistern (as it is commonly called in the UK and parts of Europe) keeps…
Fix a running toilet! Mechanisms vary, but they all work on the same principles. Flush a couple of times while you watch in the tank with the tank lid off and…
Toilets are not difficult to fix, because there aren’t many parts that can go bad. Inside the tank is a float mechanism attached to a water intake valve for filling…
The conventional float ball, attached by a metal or plastic arm to a ballcock, was the standard fill valve in toilets for years. The position of the float ball determines…
A running toilet is music to the ears of the water company; but a solution is on the way, and it requires only a few simple steps. Julie Sussman and…