As soon you notice the bowl is beginning to overfill, lift the tank lid and push the rubber ... as it may be hidden in the ...

The top of the pipe is open and sits just above the maximum water level, while its bottom connects to the toilet bowl. The overflow tube serves two purposes. Firstly, it prevents the toilet tank ...

When something’s wrong, toilet pipes can make a cacophony of sounds ... allowing water to slowly but surely leak into the bowl from the tank. This action switches the water back on causing ...

Cracked, broken or separated pipes can be another cause ... Try turning on the water and having your toilet tank fill. Then flush it, and see if the toilet bowl fills up. Avoid using Drano or ...

As the water moves from the tank to the toilet bowl, the flapper slowly sinks down ... top of the overflow tube (also called an overflow pipe), an open-ended tube centrally located in the tank.

Once a toilet or pipes are frozen, don’t try to flush. “If the water in the tank or bowl is frozen, the flushing mechanism won’t function properly,” says Fleming. Attempting to force a ...

you probably think of scrubbing the bowl, wiping down the exterior. But what about inside the toilet tank? Toilet tanks can be easy to overlook, because unless there's something wrong—like a ...

All bottom-discharging toilets have an internal portion called a trap, which is a curved pathway in the outlet pipe ... to the toilet itself to prevent a mess: Just lift the lid of the tank ...