A toilet that rocks when someone sits down, a faint stain appearing on the ceiling below, or a damp smell around the bathroom base often gets blamed on the wax ring. Sometimes that's the problem. Just as often, the failure is underneath it, where the toilet flange has cracked, corroded, loosened, or ended up too […]
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Aug
Aug
You wake up to the tank refilling on its own, or you hear that faint hiss after everyone's gone to bed. Most homeowners think the toilet is “just acting weird,” but a toilet tank leak into the bowl is usually water moving past a seal you can't see from the floor. That hidden seep can […]
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Aug
Aug
Monday morning in a Michigan home can make a toilet's cleaning routine feel overdue. The kids are rushing, someone gives the bowl a quick brush, cleaner goes under the rim, and the brush returns to its spot behind the toilet. That's when many homeowners start wondering whether a self-cleaning toilet can handle the chore without […]
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Aug
Aug
You hear the toilet running after everyone has gone to bed. A few minutes later, you find water around the base, or the tank level is creeping toward the overflow tube. In a Fraser, Warren, Sterling Heights, or other Macomb County home, that sound usually means a small tank component has stopped controlling the refill […]