(This Old House)-- Everything should be as reliable as a toilet. It's not unusual for one to last more than 40 years with only a minimal amount of care. But, occasionally, water will begin to leak out ...

Q: I recently had my bathroom floor tiled. Now the toilet wobbles when I sit down or get up. It doesn't leak. What can I do to stop this? Will a bead of caulk or plumber's putty do the job? Several ...

Most people are reluctant to take on any job that involves fiddling with water-supply pipes, and because toilets perform such unsavory work, people are doubly hesitant to risk trying to fix them. I ...

Q. I definitely have a leaking toilet. I have removed the ceiling beneath it and can see an occasional drip of water running down the actual main pipe beneath the toilet. When you go up to the ...

New toilet installed in modern, neutral bathroom - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock Whether you're installing a new toilet or replacing the wax ring on an old toilet, one thing is certain: getting a tight seal ...

Diagnosing a toilet leak? There's a rubber gasket that sits between a toilet tank and the bowl called a spud gasket. It works with the flapper valve to control the flow of water between holding tank ...

An average leaking toilet will waste up to 78,000 gallons of water per year. Think about it — that’s enough water to fill two average-sized backyard swimming pools. What follows are some common toilet ...

Toilets, although handy, do have some problems. One of the hardest things to deal with is a broken seal at the base. This allows leaking around the base from the bowl, and can even allow sewer gas to ...

Q:We have a toilet with an intermittent floor leak that a double wax ring and a new toilet could not correct. The toilet sits on a slightly uneven slab floor. There hasn't been a leak the 50 years we ...