Toilets
A toilet that runs, rocks, weeps at the base or will not flush.
The parts inside the tank by name, what each failure sounds and looks like, and whether it is a small part or a call.
Toilet keeps running
: it is almost always a flapper or a fill valve, a small part and about half an hour; how to tell which one from the sound and the water line; when it is worth calling. No step-by-step.
The questions we answer about toilets
- 01
Toilet flapper
What the flapper is, the signs it has failed, sizes (2 in vs 3 in), and the price.
- 02
Toilet fill valve
What the fill valve is, the hiss and slow-fill signs, and the price.
- 03
Toilet tank not filling
Supply valve, fill valve or float: the signs of each and the part price.
- 04
Parts of a toilet tank
A labelled diagram of the tank: each part, what it does, what it costs. Recognition, not repair.
- 05
Toilet not flushing
The usual causes (chain, flapper, low water level, clog, vent) named with the honest call for each.
- 06
Clogged toilet
The right plunger (a flange plunger, a cheap part), the signs that a clog is really the main line, and what a plumber charges.
- 07
Why is my toilet bubbling?
Bubbling points to a vent or sewer-line problem; what to watch for and why this one is a call.
- 08
Toilet leaking at base
Usually the wax ring (a cheap part); the floor-rot risk; why waiting costs more.
- 09
Toilet replacement
When to replace (crack, age, constant repairs, wobble) and the installed price.