Ever found yourself with a leaky toilet and wondered what to do next? Typically, fixing a leaky toilet is a job for a plumber, but if you’re handy-dandy or short on cash, you may be able to tackle the job DIY. The toilet’s wax ring is a prime suspect for a...
It sounds as though a jackhammer has entered your home. It shakes the walls and rattles the pipes. Welcome to the wonderful world of water hammer, a startling bang in your pipes when you turn a faucet on or off. It’s annoying and unpleasant, but is it dangerous?...
How frustrating. You hop into the shower, adjust the water temperature and pressure so they’re ju-u-ust right, and lather up — when the water pressure drops to zero. Or so it seems. If this were an occasional nuisance, you could live with it, but it seems to...
Parting is such sweet sorrow. You linger on the phone, not knowing how to end the conversation. You stay too long at the party and loiter over lunch as restaurant patrons pile up in the waiting area. It’s hard to say goodbye. But when it comes to water heaters,...
Does your toilet run constantly? Is your toilet tank slow to refill? The first place to check is the flapper, the toilet part that wears out most often. Next comes the toilet fill valve. If you’re lucky, it may require an adjustment. Otherwise, it will have to...
Low-flow toilets can save up to 2 gallons of water per flush or up to 20 gallons per day for a household of four. Advanced low-flow toilets use 1.28 gallons per flush or 77% less water than conventional toilets. Low flow is good. Slow flow or no flow is, well,...
