Toilet Repair Guides

Having Toilet Problems? You’re In The Right Place! These Toilet Repair Guides Will Help You Find The Cause of Your Problem and Show You How to Fix it With Step-by-Step Instructions 

Quick Diagnostic Guide

Not Sure What is Going On? Use This to Match Your Symptoms With the Right Guide

What you are seeing

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Toilet won't flush at all

Weak flush or needs multiple flushes

Toilet won't fill

Toilet fills slowly

Toilet keeps running

Toilet is clogged

Water leaking inside the tank

Water around the base

Want to install a new toilet

Watch what happens when you flush

Most toilet problems can be diagnosed by watching what happens when you flush and checking a few common parts inside the tank.

Use the guide to find which repair matches what you’re seeing.

Internal diagram of a classic toilet
Internal Diagram of a modern toilet

Common Toilet Parts

Understanding common toilet parts makes it much easier to diagnose and fix any issues you may have. Your toilet may not look exactly the same but the parts below are all found in almost every toilet.

Important Parts

What they do

Handle

Lifts the Handle arm and allows the toilet to be flushed

Handle Arm

Lifts the toilet chain

Fill Valve

Fills the toilet to a set water level in the tank

Overflow Tube

Fills the bowl and prevents the tank from overflowing

Flapper

Lets a rush of water into the toilet so it can flush

Chain

Lifts the flapper to flush te toilet

Fill Tube

Filles the toilet bowl in between flushes

Float

Opens and closes the fill valve based on the water level

Adjustment Screw

Is used to adjust the float and also the water level in the tank