Diagnosing a toilet leak? There's a rubber gasket that sits between a toilet tank and the bowl called a spud gasket. It works with the flapper valve to control the flow of water between holding ...

All gravity-fed toilets are equipped with a fill valve. This is the mechanism that controls the refilling of the tank and bowl to the correct water level after each flush. In an older toilet, you ...

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 toilet gurgling tends to result from one of the following causes: 1. Mineral buildup Over time, hard water may lead to a visible buildup of calcium, iron and magnesium in your toilet tank. That ...

Remove the lid off of the toilet tank and look inside, typically on the left side. If you see the fill valve is not lined up right or is broken, it will need to be repaired. The fill valve is what ...

Before diagnosing and repairing your running toilet, you must understand how it works. First, a toilet has seven parts: the bowl, tank, handle, fill valve, overflow tube, flush valve and flapper.

“During National Toilet Tank Repair Month, we recognize the importance of pressure-assist systems when it comes to ease of maintenance,” said Bernard Peters, President, Flushmate. “A ...

The last time I bought one it was less than R 30.00. There is no need at at to try and wrap the leak with a piece of rubber, box tape, duct tape or live with an ice cream dish collecting the water.

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.

The leak was caused by poor contact between the wax ring and the horn (the bottom of the toilet). The reason for the poor contact was a rocking toilet, that is, a toilet that wasn’t properly ...

Q:We accidentally chipped the side of our porcelain toilet tank lid. The piece is about 2 inches by3/4 inch in the middle of the lid. Can you suggest an adhesive or glue that we can use to repair ...