Troubleshooting problems with the toilet installation

 Plumbing problems are stressful, especially when they are related to your toilet. After all, the toilet is perhaps the most important piece of plumbing in your entire home! There are a number of things that can go wrong with your toilet, and it's always the wrong time when one of these things happens. Here's how to solve the most common problems.

Blockages

Toilets are often clogged. It's quite stressful when the toilet overflows, not to mention disgusting. There are a number of drain cleaners on the market that advertise that you can easily clear blockages. You just pour the solution down the drain and let it do the work for you. However, drain cleaners are not a good choice. All plumbers advise you against chemical drain cleaners for good reason. Drain cleaners can eat through blockages, but they can also eat through your pipes. This can cause leaks and holes that lead to bigger problems.

The most useful tool you can have to hand is a plunger. This is often enough to clear blockages in the toilet, which are usually caused by too much paper. However, sometimes blockages are caused by children's toys and other foreign objects being flushed down the toilet.

This can cause extreme problems in the sewer system if the item is flushed into the rest of the system instead of staying in the toilet. If your plunger cannot clear the blockage in a toilet, you will need to call a plumber. The plumber has a special toilet snake that he can use to pull out the clog or push it down the drain.

Running toilet

If you hear your toilet running when it shouldn't, you have a very common plumbing problem. Your flapper is worn out, which happens all the time and is actually quite easy to fix. The flapper is a rubber plug inside the toilet tank. When you flush the toilet, the toilet handle is attached to a chain that lifts the flapper to drain the water from the tank when the water in the bowl is flushed.

When the flap is worn, the seal between the tank and the bowl becomes weaker, allowing water from the tank to enter the bowl. This is why you sometimes or constantly hear the sound of running water.

The flapper is one of the cheapest parts of a toilet and very easy to find. You can buy a baffle plate at any hardware store. Close the water supply to your toilet with the shut-off valve located on the pipes. Remove the flapper from the tank and take it with you when you buy a new one so you can be sure you get the right size. Just replace the old flap with a new one and you have solved this problem.

Leaky seal

It is also common for a toilet to leak at the bottom of the fixture where it connects to the floor. This happens when the wax seal between the toilet and the floor is damaged. To fix this problem, you may need a new wax seal.

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