If your toilet is squealing or whistling after you flush, you’re probably facing a failing fill valve. The fill valve controls the amount of water that refills the tank, and it can wear out and ...

Flush the toilet repeatedly—two or three flushes should do it—until it drains completely. There may be about a half inch of ...

To reduce the noise, the researchers added additional piping to increase the distance between the toilet bowl and flush valve, and moved the pipe attachment at the bowl to a more gradual bend ...

The heart of your toilet’s functionality lies in the fill valve and the float. When either of these components isn’t doing its job, water may continuously flow. Here’s how to figure out ...

Your toilet is always there for you. Once you know how to fix the handle, the flush valve, and the fill valve, you'll be able to help in its time of need.

By simply adding more distance between the flush valve and the toilet bowl with extra pipe, the sound of the flush valve being opened and the suction starting dropped by 16-decibels, and a ...

If things go quiet, the valve is to blame—and we can help. Why is my toilet yelling at me? ... Use a pencil to mark the water level inside the full tank, then flush the toilet.

Models with a beefy 3-, 3½-, or even 4-inch-wide flush valve deliver more thrust in our tests than those with a 2- to 2½-inch valve. Ask to see the manufacturer’s specifications for the flush ...

Mineral buildup can adversely affect toilet's flush valve. ... (1 quart, minimum) and dump it in as I flush, it works perfectly. I've attached a drawing of the mechanism in the flush tank.