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Toilet Repairs

Why My Toilet Flushes Slowly

When a toilet flushes slowly there are really on two possible causes. The water is either slow going out through the trapway of the toilet bowl drain or, the water is too slow going from the tank to the bowl and the siphon of the water out the drain never occurs. The siphon is [...]

How To Unclog A Toilet

When a toilet clogs there are a few things you can try to unclog the toilet, and a few things that people often try that you should never do. Most of the time a toilet can be unclogged with a few strokes of a plunger or, a quick trip of toilet auger through the [...]

Korky® Universal Flapper

The Korky Universal Flapper has been around since 1954. This toilet flapper will fit almost any toilet. The Korky Universal Flapper can be installed and will work with both plastic and brass toilet flush valves.
This Korky Flapper is molded with durable rubber. Installing the Korky Universal flapper also requires no tools. Before installing your [...]

Fluidmaster 400A

The Fluidmaster 400A is a replacement toilet fill valve that will quickly install into most toilets. The Fluidmaster can be installed into your toilet quickly using only a few basic hand tools. The price of the Fluidmaster is between $9.99 – $15.00 depending on where you buy it and sometimes your location. This toilet [...]

How Come My Toilet Always Clogs?

There are many reasons why your toilet bowl can clog up. The toilet bowl is designed to flush regular toilet paper and not designed to flush other items. There is a long history of people flushing everything from paper towels, maxi-pads, tampon applicators, cigarette butts, cat liter and of course kitchen grease. These [...]

How Do I Remove The Plastic Flapper From My Toilet Bowl?

The plastic toilet bowl flapper inside of your toilet tank can be easily removed with a few steps. Before you get started working on your toilet bowl you want to make sure to shut the water supply off. You can shut the water off to the toilet bowl by turning the handle on the [...]

How Do You Fix A Slow Filling Toilet?

When you flush your toilet bowl the toilet tank should refill within a short amount of time unless there is something wrong. If your toilet fills slowly, chances are you will need to replace the toilet fill valve. You also will want to make sure that the water supply valve to the toilet bowl [...]

Toilet Repair Kit Troubleshooting

Most Toilet Repair Kits will include the Toilet Fill Valve and the Toilet Flapper. These toilet rebuild kits will work in most toilets, fixing most toilet repair issues including slow filling toilets and leaking or running toilets. You will only need a few basic hand tools to install the toilet fill valve and [...]

How To Attach A Toilet Flapper Chain

The toilet flapper chain connects the toilet bowl handle to the toilet bowl flapper. When you push on the toilet bowl handle the chain then pulls the toilet flapper up and water will rush inside of the toilet bowl creating the toilet flush. If you are installing or replacing a toilet flapper you will [...]

How To Clear Toilet Stoppage

If you have flushed to much toilet paper down the toilet or if there is something else clogging up the toilet bowl then what you have is called a stoppage. Most toilet stoppages can be cleared with a hand snake or even a plunger. It all depends on how much of what was flushed [...]