Home Bathroom Toilet
Toilet Repairs
Section titled “Toilet Repairs”- Regular home maintenance recommend turn water valve at least once per year
Concepts
- Input: clean water
- Output: only toilet paper, dirty water, body fluids
- No wipes, solids
- With children, pets: keep lid down, protect against things falling, like toys
Troubleshooting problems
Section titled “Troubleshooting problems”- An approach: Observe a good working toilet in home and the one causing problem and look for differences
Plugged up
Section titled “Plugged up”Options:
- Plunging: prefer elongated toilet plunger, not traditional one
- Be aggressive with plunging like CPR
- Put plunger through a hole in garbage bag and put bag over toilet to make clean up easier
- Snake aka augur
- Needs to be specifically for use with a toilet
- Wrap snake with a pool noodle / cloth to avoid damaging toilet bowl
- Dawn dish soap
- Used to break down stuff
- Pour 1 cup and let sit 1 hour, pour warm water into toilet, Resume plunging if needed
- Check base of take, base of toilet overflow tank, water shut off valve
- Recommend: avoid caulk around toilet to see issues when they occur
Water Level Stains / Build up
Section titled “Water Level Stains / Build up”- Use paper nail file, emory board. Do not use pumice stone / hard material that can damage bowl
- If toilet is low flow, can be due to mineral deposits blocking holes, use vinegar or CLR to clean holes
- Recommend: no tank/bowl hangovers
Constantly Filling Tank
Section titled “Constantly Filling Tank”- Caused by water Leaking Tank to Bowl
- Check flapper in tank, if needing replacement:
- Stop water
- Flush
- Extract flapper and take to store to buy new one