Inside a standard toilet tank, there are three important parts: the flapper, the fill valve and the flush valve. The flapper is the rubber piece attached to the flush lever chain. It lifts up and down ...

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You walk into a calm home and suddenly hear a deafening bang from upstairs that almost floods the ceiling — you want to know what caused it and how to stop it from happening again. A failed fill valve ...

The float, the flapper, or the fill valve are the most likely causes of a toilet running continuously. You can perform easy tests like monitoring water movement to help identify the cause. Whichever ...