Beneath the bathroom toilet, covered with a layer of wax, lies one of the more important pieces of the plumbing puzzle: the closet flange. This metal or plastic fitting attaches to the sewer drain ...

BURLINGTON, WISC. — The latest innovation from Korky raises the bar yet again with the development of a product selector tool, Korky Toilet Toolbox. The Toilet Toolbox is not only a selector tool to ...

When I spoke with the folks at Fluidmaster, maker of toilet repair parts, I shared with them that I’d recently finished rebuilding a couple of my own toilets at home using their products. I’d barely ...

Rachel Pizzolato takes apart a toilet during a repair project short.

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 allow sewer gas to get ...

Although a toilet can seem like a daunting household appliance to fix on your own, when you take a look at the parts that make the toilet work, you’ll see that they aren’t all that complex. One part ...

If you own your home, or even if you rent, chances are high that you’ll need to perform some basic toilet repair at some ...

The way a toilet works is a mystery to most people. But like many mysteries, a closer examination may reveal that the toilet isn’t really very mysterious at all. In fact, this device is ingeniously ...