Leaking Toilet
Posted on: October 20, 2023 - 3:07pm
Toilet leaks are one of the most common household water leaks and you may have one without even knowing. A leaking toilet can waste up tp 300 gallons of water per hour making bills extremely costly.
One not-so-obvious place where leaks may lurk is your toilet tank. Toilets with a bad flapper can be a silent leak and one of the biggest culprits of water loss.
It’s easy to test, though: Just put a few drops of dark food coloring — blue or green work best — in the tank (not the bowl!), then wait about 15-30 minutes without flushing.
If the dye appears in the bowl, you’ve got a leaky flapper that needs to be replaced. Just like belts and hoses for your automobiles, flappers can deteriorate over time and not seal well.