If your toilet starts acting up, you’re going to have a bad time.
Learning to spot the signs of trouble, how to take good care of your toilet, and what to do when things go wrong can help save you from a lot of headaches, and le
If you ever need help with toilet repair in the Castro Valley area, our plumbers are just around the corner.
You pop open your toilet lid and find a circular pink stain inside. What is it? If it is truly pink and not red, most likely it is a bacteria that creates a pink dye as it grows. This is most common in bowls that are not cleaned regularly or not used regularly, so the [...]
Hearing an unexpected dripping sound in your wall is both terrifying and frustrating. When this happens after flushing a toilet, you may frantically start searching for the cause of the sound. A pipe could have broken, there may be an issue with a joint, or there may be another cause for the sound. Once you [...]
Flushing waste down the toilet can be an easy way to eliminate small, biodegradable items in our homes. And recently, we’ve had a surge in companies claiming that their baby wipes are flushable. But, are they? The answer is no. Despite what these manufacturers advertise, flushable baby wipes are a primary cause of sewer line [...]
When you’re not a plumber, it can be hard to know if your plumbing problem merits an afterhours emergency call to the professionals. A running toilet might be one such point of confusion for you. Thankfully, a running toilet is not an emergency. Even if the toilet that is running is clogged, and so water [...]
You’ve started to notice that your toilet is wobbling a bit when you sit down or stand up. Is a wobbly toilet bad? It certainly isn’t good. A toilet is designed to sit flush on the floor with proper support. If it is moving around, that means it isn’t flush. If left alone, the movement [...]
You’re standing in the bathroom, you haven’t used the toilet, but it starts running for a second, and then stops. What is going on? This problem is calleda phantom flush. Your toilet is wasting water and driving up your utility bill. There are simple fixes to this problem, but first, you need to understand what [...]
