The Most Common Things That Can Go Wrong With Your Toilet

We may not realize it, but our toilets are some of the most commonly used fixtures in our home, and you never really appreciate having a running toilet until your toilet decides it doesn’t want to run anymore. At Plumbing Emergency Rescue, our plumbing professionals have seen just about every toilet problem there is to encounter, and there are some problems that are more common with our Long Island area customers more than others. The 5 most common toilet problems that we encounter at Plumbing Emergency Rescue are:

1. Toilet clog – Clogged toilets are probably the single most common toilet problems we encounter at Plumbing Emergency Rescue, and a toilet clog can be caused by a plethora of different things. While clogged, the toilet cannot be used, and fixing the clog properly by a professional is the best way to ensure your toilet will be brought back to its original working condition.
2. Toilet overflow– Toilet clogs and toilet overflows are problems that often go hand-in-hand, as the use or flushing of a clogged toilet can cause the bowl to overflow with dirty and bacteria laden water. Toilet overflows can cause your bathroom area and other fixtures to become exposed to tainted toilet water, making for a difficult and sometimes costly cleanup process. At Plumbing Emergency Rescue, our professionals can fix your overflowing toilet quickly to ensure you experience a minimal level of damage.
3. Broken water supply valve – The water supply valve is the valve located in the tank of your toilet that allows water to make its way in, and a broken water supply valve can leave your toilet with not enough water being supplied. From hard water, grit or calcium can begin to build up on the valve causing it to malfunction, and this is typically an simple type of fix that we at Plumbing Emergency Rescue can easily handle.
4. Constant running – If your toilet sounds like it is constantly running, even when it hasn’t been in use in some time, it could signal a problem with your toilet’s flapper valve. Located in the tank, the flapper valve is in charge of refilling the bowl from the tank, but a leaky flapper valve unable to seal itself will allow water to continue to seep into the bowl ultimately resulting in a random or phantom flush.
5. Not enough power – If your toilet doesn’t have enough flushing power, and you find that you need to flush more than once on a regular basis, replacing the valves and parts located in the tank of the toilet can help to give your fixture a bit more power.

At Plumbing Emergency Rescue, we can help all of our Long Island area customers with their common, or uncommon, toilet problems. If your toilet is in need of repair, call us today to get it working once again!