Find out the cause behind your slow-flushing toilet. Reviewed by Richard Epstein A slow-flushing toilet often results from ...

Key Points Avoid flushing hair down the toilet to prevent blockages.Use a drain snake if you suspect hair is the cause of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gloved hand plunging a clogged toilet - Wattanaphob/Getty Images If seeing the water level rise or drain slowly when you flush ...

Why won’t my toilet flush? A toilet that won’t flush is a problem, but it’s one you may be able to fix without spending a lot of money or time. The most common reason for a toilet that won’t flush is ...

Q. Mary asks: The toilets in my four-year-old house flush so slowly that sometimes only half of a lone piece of tissue makes it down the drain. Are my toilets bad or is it the pipes? A. Your toilets ...

Question: Ed, I enjoy reading your column and need advice on what to do with my present slow-flushing toilet. It was one of the early model water-conserving toilets from about 20 years ago and we have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Water running in the toilet bowl. - Vitalii Stock/Shutterstock If you're hearing a constant trickling or dripping sound coming ...

File this one under “Studies We Wish Had Let Us Remain Ignorant.” Scientists at the University of Arizona decided to investigate whether closing the toilet lid before flushing reduces ...

Just like the great debate over which way the toilet paper roll goes, there is a similar spat over flushing: lid open or closed? Scientists have weighed in with their own woeful conclusion: Neither is ...

The average household sees five toilet flushes per day. With older toilets using about six gallons per flush, a person could easily get through 11,000 gallons of water per year this way. Water is, of ...