A running toilet isn't just noisy and annoying; it also means you're spending money on extra water, and your utility bills could go up. Luckily, there are a few simple solutions that can often fix the ...

A slow drip from the kitchen tap is easy to tune out. A toilet that hisses every so often is easy to ignore too. Most of us ...

That high pitched hissing noise coming from your bathroom is a running toilet. It may not seem like much, but depending on how often it’s running, it can be a significant drain on your wallet. A ...

If there's one skill that should be in everyone's home improvement arsenal, it's knowing how to fix a running toilet. Not only is it virtually guaranteed to crop up at some point in all of our lives, ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

We've all seen it, maybe even attempted to adjust it when the toilet is making an odd sound. But what does the flapper in the ...

Nothing gets under a parent’s skin like lights on in empty rooms, open doors and windows and running or gurgling toilets. Of course, we’ll probably never have children that stop doing the first two, ...

Look under the lid of a toilet tank and you will most likely see a chain that is attached to a rubber flapper. When you flush, the chain lifts the flapper up and the water in the tank runs down into ...

Do you often hear noises coming from your toilet? Do you see water rippling through the bowl long after you've flushed? That’s called a running toilet, and it’s a huge suck on your water bill. But don ...

Birmingham Water Works (BWWB) will be handing out free toilet flapper repair kits the week of Mar. 20 as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual Fix a Leak Week. BWWB spokesman Rick ...