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Toilet: toilet bowl doesnt hold water

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 19:10:11 -0700

toilet bowl doesnt hold water, it flushes fine and wax ring doesnt leak. Tank fills and flushes but water doesnt stay in bowl

⟐ Commented August 07, 2025 at 19:10 MST

Faucet: How to stop a dripping faucet

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:36:34 -0700

How to stop the faucet from dribbling water?

Every sink in my house drip's water! Please inform me on how to fix my dribbling faucet's. Its wasting so much water especially since we ,Califotnian's are in a huge water drought. Thank you

⟐ Commented December 17, 2025 at 13:36 MST

Toilet: Why is it leaking

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 21:03:09 -0700

My toilet seems to be leaking leaking and is soaking the carpet in my apartments bathroom (carpet in the bathroom is foolish but so is my land lord) It is not overflowing and I dont see any leakage at all. It seems that the water is flowing from under the toilet what could possibly be a good fix for my lovely throne.

⟐ Answer edited June 25, 2019 at 21:03 MST

Rain Bird ESP-6TM: PR off not responding

Sat, 01 Jul 2023 09:23:17 -0700

Control not responding

⟐ Commented July 01, 2023 at 9:23 MST

Water Heater: no power in lower element?

Sat, 21 Sep 2024 10:33:43 -0700

I can't seem to get power to the lower element of my electric hot water heater the top one reads fine but the bottom one does not

⟐ Commented September 21, 2024 at 10:33 MST

Water Softener: How to repair a water softener?

Sun, 18 Dec 2022 21:20:54 -0700

Is there a repair manual for water softener? Our's is a PRO Series E E-70.

It just cycles won't turn on, release the water.

⟐ Answered December 18, 2022 at 21:20 MST

Toilet: How do I adjust my toilet refill?

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:14:19 -0700

Ok my toilet when you flush and it begins to refill, how come the water stops right at the part of the toilet bowl where it flushes? So in other words, bear with me, when you come to use my toilet there is practically no water. Can I adjust the refill after the flush?

⟐ Commented March 31, 2020 at 11:14 MST

Toilet: Mansfield 160 leaking around the 3 bolts that mount tank to

Thu, 30 May 2019 20:52:23 -0700

Replaced flush valve in my mansfield 160 tolet tank in now it leaks around the 3 bolts

⟐ Answered May 30, 2019 at 20:52 MST

Plumbing: Kitchen Plumbing Drainage Configuration

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:46:54 -0700

The piping under the kitchen sink seems to be less than effective. I’ve attached photos & would appreciate suggestions on how I can reconfigure. Thanks

⟐ Answer accepted January 06, 2026 at 19:46 MST

Toilet: How to fix english toilet on Indian one without disturbing allignment

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 21:03:06 -0700

Sir,

I have Indian style of toilet.

My nephew from Dubai insists on installing an English toilet. I want to fix my indian style toilet without damaging/changing alignment. I do not mind having separate flushing arrangement.

Send feed back

⟐ Answered September 22, 2025 at 21:03 MST

Plumbing: How do l cure water drumming noise?

Wed, 06 Jun 2018 05:47:35 -0700

Early in the morning when the cold water is turned a loud drumming noise develops through the house, how do l stop this?

⟐ Answer accepted June 06, 2018 at 5:47 MST

Toilet: How do I stop s running toilet

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 12:46:03 -0700

How do I stop the toilet from keep running slowly after flushing?

⟐ Commented September 14, 2024 at 12:46 MST

Plumbing: How do I remove the drain plug from the shower tub?

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 03:25:42 -0700

I feel silly asking this question. I feel like this should be common knowledge.

I was instructed by the plumber about six months ago on how to remove the plug when he installed it. Yet, despite my best efforts, I cannot unscrew this thing. And I need to gain access to the drain so I can perform some maintenance on it.

The plug is attached by a screw to the shower tub drain. Right now it spins in its place freely, allowing the plug to be either up (allow water to pass through) or down (plug drain to fill up the tub).

I tried:

Unscrewing in the up position, both counter-clockwise and clockwise; no dice.

Unscrewing in the down position, in both directions. Would not budge an inch, since there's a tab that inserts itself into the drain cross-hatch (looks like an "X" when viewed from above) that prevents the plug from turning.

Propping the drain plug upwards with my finger and turning it both directions (like you would do to a screw that spins in its place in a wall).

Placing the plug in a half-up, half-down position, and turning it at that position in both directions.

"Whipping" the plug in both directions (like you would a spinning top or dreidel) to see if it will unscrew.

All of my efforts proved fruitless. Am I doing something incorrectly? Is the plug just stuck in its threads?

⟐ Answered July 11, 2018 at 3:25 MST

Toilet: Consistent dripping sound coming from tank

Mon, 04 Jun 2018 07:29:43 -0700

There is a consistent dripping sound coming from the tank of my toilet. What could it be?

⟐ Answered June 04, 2018 at 7:29 MST

Water Heater: Water heater not heating - RESOLVED

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 07:34:55 -0700

We have a GSW 3000W water heater which is not heating the water at all.

I checked some answers here and went through some checks.

We get power to both screws on both upper & lower elements.

I checked both elements for resistance and got readings of 19.6 on both.

I checked the resistance of the upper element, screws to heater body and no indication of resistance.

I have replaced the upper thermostat.

What else could be the problem?

Thank you,

Dave

⟐ Commented December 26, 2025 at 7:34 MST

Plumbing: Why does toilet bowl keep losing water

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 21:42:01 -0700

Why would both of my toilet bowls keep losing water? They flush fine, empty out and fills back up fine but after a bit of time I'll go back in and the water in the bowls have gotten really low. I've checked for leaks nothing there & the wax rings are fine I'm just losing water out of the toilet bowls and I don't know how or where it's going. I always hear the bathtub drains clicking everytime I flush & my neighbors downstairs flush. I live in a condo on the second level, no condo above me but my neighbors below me are now saying that they have water leaking into their place that they think is coming from my condo above them. Could that be because of my toilets and is it possible for it to leak down to their apartment?

⟐ Answer edited August 07, 2025 at 21:42 MST

Toilet: Steps for replacing a wax bowl ring?

Fri, 22 Mar 2019 08:46:48 -0700

How do I replace the wax bowl ring?

⟐ Answer edited March 22, 2019 at 8:46 MST

water tap: Why got my previous Q (minutes ago) deleted within minutes?

Sun, 18 Jun 2023 13:30:57 -0700

Is it because it was in German? I've seen other questions and also answers in German already. And, in fact, in the past I gave a few of the latter myself. So, WTF?!?

⟐ Commented June 18, 2023 at 13:30 MST

Water Softener: Pipe draining so much water and water softener is making a noise.

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 02:34:51 -0700

I have a water softener Pro E Series E-70. It seems to be draining water to my laundy room. there is an extra white pipe . the pipe has been going for 1 hr and at the same time the water softener is making a loud noise. Is this normal?

⟐ Answer edited October 24, 2022 at 2:34 MST

Water Heater: Is the thermostat defective

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:36:10 -0700

My gas hot water heater is releasing water through the overflow value on a constant basis, which I think is a sign of the water is overheating. Do I need to replace the thermostat?

⟐ Answered February 17, 2014 at 20:36 MST