Do you have an older toilet that annoys you with the sound of water trickling after you flush, long after it should have shut off? Have you tried adjusting and bending that big, frustrating, slimy rod ...

Inside a standard toilet tank, there are three important parts: the flapper, the fill valve and the flush valve. The flapper is the rubber piece attached to the flush lever chain. It lifts up and down ...

A running toilet isn’t just a nuisance; it’s a major waste of water. That constant hissing noise you're hearing means that excess water is leaking from the toilet tank into the bowl, and your utility ...

If your bathroom toilet keeps randomly turning on and off at irregular intervals and you have a newer style valve without a float arm and ball, it is probably time to replace the fill valve seal ...

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A toilet flush valve controls the flow of water from the tank into the toilet bowl. It is made of a valve body, a flapper, and a chain. When you flush, the chain lifts the flapper and water flows from ...

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Q: When we flush the toilet and the water fills up the tank, it makes a hissing noise; it also takes a long time for the water to fill up the tank. This is totally different from our other bathroom's ...

While your first instinct might be to call a plumber any time you have a toilet problem, that may not always be necessary. Learn how simple it can be to tackle several common toilet problems on your ...

Dear Ken: We have a toilet problem. A few seconds after we flush it, it howls like a sick dog. It's so loud you can hear it downstairs. How can we fix it? Jim and Peg. Jim and Peg: You probably need ...