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The Best Smart Toilets of 2023
When the smart-home invasion began some 10 to 15 years ago, who would’ve thought we’d start automating toilets? But t...
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How to Replace the Wax Ring on a Toilet
For something you can’t even see, a lot is riding on a toilet’s wax ring. These unsung heroes create a watertight gap...
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How to Replace a Toilet Flapper
One of the most important plumbing fixtures for any home is the toilet. It’s used frequently by residents of the home...
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How to Replace a Toilet Fill Valve
Typically, toilet fill valves last about 5 years without any issues, depending on the quality of the valve, hard wate...
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7 Clever Ways to Unclog a Toilet Without a Plunger
It’s never an ideal situation: A quick trip to the bathroom followed by a single flush and, boom, you’re dealing with...
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Types of Toilets to Know for Your Next Bathroom Renovation
While toilets aren’t the most popular topic of conversation, they’re something we all use on a daily basis. Some toil...
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The Best Kohler Toilets of 2023
Toilets are a plumbing necessity in every home, so if one fails, it can quickly become an emergency situation. Whethe...
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The Best American Standard Toilets of 2023
For more than 140 years, American Standard has been involved in the plumbing and fixtures industry. American Standard...
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The Best Raised Toilet Seats of 2023
A raised toilet seat is often recommended for people with mobility issues or those recovering from certain types of s...
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How Much Does It Cost to Replace a Toilet?
Typical Range: $224 to $532 National Average:$371If you have a toilet that leaks, wobbles, or has cracks, it’s tim...
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The Best Wax Rings for Toilets of 2023
Whether you’re putting in a new toilet, upgrading your porcelain throne, or fixing a leak, you’ll need the right wax ...
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Solved! What Is a Water Closet?
Q: I’ve been noticing that some real estate listings mention a “water closet” in the primary suite. What is a water c...
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The Best RV Sewer Hoses of 2023
RVing is a wonderful way to commune with the great outdoors without giving up many of the comforts of home, including...
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Solved! What Is a Composting Toilet?
Q: I’ve been hearing a lot about how composting toilets can save water, and can be used in places where maybe other t...
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How Much Does Toilet Installation Cost?
Typical Range: $224 to $532 National Average: $372If it’s time for a bathroom remodel, don’t overlook the toilet. ...
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Solved! What is a Bidet?
Q: I have heard that bidets can provide better hygiene, but I’m still not completely clear about what a bidet is and ...
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Solved! The Great Debate on Caulking Around the Toilet
Q: I am remodeling the bathrooms in my home and my understanding is that I should caulk around the toilet bases where...
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The Best Toto Toilets of 2023
Toto is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and developers of toilets and toilet technology. Established in 1917...
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The Best Toilets of 2023
Modern toilets come in different shapes, sizes, and levels of complexity with various seat shapes and height options ...
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The Best Heated Toilet Seats of 2023
Heated toilet seats look like standard toilet seats but include a heating element that warms the seat to the desired ...
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The Best Toilet Flapper Replacements for Running Toilets
That hissing noise coming from your toilet every few minutes may be the telltale sound of a bad toilet flapper. It’s ...
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The Best Composting Toilets of 2023
For folks with mobile homes or tiny houses that lack the plumbing to support a traditional flushing commode, a compos...
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The Best Toilet Flush Valves of 2023
A toilet flush valve—one of the two major components in the toilet tank—consists of an overflow tube, a toilet flappe...
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The Best Toilet Repair Kits of 2023
A single leaky toilet can waste thousands of gallons of water per month. That’s bad for the environment—and hard on t...
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How To: Replace a Toilet Shut-Off Valve
That inconspicuous toilet shut-off valve doesn’t see much action. In fact, that valve may sit for years without ever ...
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The Best Toilet Brushes for the Bathroom
Finding the best toilet brush can make cleaning a little easier. The best brushes also help make your bathroom a more...
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The Best Toilet Seats of 2023
An updated bathroom adds value to a home, matching design preferences and household needs. Toilets can play a signifi...
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The Best Toilet Fill Valves of 2023
Toilet fill valves last about 5 years and sometimes longer depending on the quality of the valve, how often the toile...
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The Best Bidets of 2023
Reduce your toilet paper consumption and feel clean and pristine with the humble bidet. This simple plumbing fixture ...
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The Best Toilet Plungers of 2023
Stuff happens—and so, alas, do stuffed-up toilets. Excessive amounts of toilet paper, waste, hygiene products, and ev...
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The Dos and Don’ts of Caulking the Bathroom
If you live in an older home or plan to stay in your house for longer than five years, it’s likely that you will end ...
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10 Things Never to Flush Down the Toilet
Save your plumbing and the sewer system by correctly disposing of these items in the trash—not your toilet.
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The Best Toilet Bowl Cleaners Tested in 2023
Upholding basic sanitary practices to ensure the health of your home calls for regular toilet bowl cleaning. While th...
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The Best Drain Snakes of 2023
Potato peels down the kitchen sink. Loose hair swirling through the tub drain. The little plastic soldier that a todd...
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The Best Plungers of 2023
It will probably happen to all of us at one point or another. A shower drain backs up during a shower, water refuses ...
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The Best Drain Cleaners of 2023
Nothing slows you down like a clogged sink, shower, tub, or toilet. The first step should always be to plunge the dra...
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5 Things to Know About Low-Flow Faucets and Fixtures
If you’ve checked out the faucet and fixture aisle at your home improvement center recently, you’ve undoubtedly seen ...
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Solved! What It Means When Your Toilet Hisses
Q: How’s this for a peculiar plumbing problem: After every flush, our toilet hisses, just like a loud snake. It start...
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How To: Paint Behind a Toilet
The cramped space behind the toilet is a difficult portion of the bathroom to maintain, posing a challenge when it co...
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The Best Tools for Tackling Every Clog
Whether it's water rising dangerously high in a toilet bowl or a child’s pronouncement that the bathtub water just wo...
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How To: Drain a Toilet
Whether fixing a toilet that’s running or leaking from the base, cleaning the tank, or replacing a unit that’s beyond...
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5 Plumbing Repairs Every Homeowner Should Know
While the pleasures of homeownership are great, there will invariably be repairs along the way, especially when it co...
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How To: Tighten a Toilet Seat
From the pressure of people sitting to the constant opening and closing of the lid and/or seat, your toilets probably...
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The Dos and Don’ts of Replacing a Toilet
Thanks to their solid construction and simple design, toilets often outlast other bathroom fixtures, but they don’t l...
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Solved! Why Is My Toilet Bubbling, and How Can I Fix It?
Q: Sometimes, my toilet makes a gurgling noise for no apparent reason—not when I flush it, but rather at random inter...
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DIY Toilet Repair: 5 Common Commode Problems and How to Fix Them
If there's one household fixture we really rely on and hate to have to fix, it's the toilet. But while these fixtures...
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Bob Vila Radio: Top Tips for a Leaking Toilet
Got a leaky toilet? Believe it or not, it's a common problem. Continue reading to find out the likeliest causes and t...
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How to Clean a Toilet Tank
You may think that your bathroom is sparkling clean: The faucets gleam, the room smells fresh, and you’ve diligently ...
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How to Replace a Toilet Flange
If you’ve got a pool of water around the base of your toilet, you may need to do a toilet flange replacement of a loo...
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Solved! What to Do When Your Toilet Starts Overflowing
Q: Help! Just as I was leaving the bathroom, I heard the unmistakable, undesirable sound of water hitting the floor. ...
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How To: Snake a Toilet
Let’s face it: Dealing with a clogged toilet is about as much fun—but, unfortunately, just as necessary—as a root can...
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How to Make a DIY Toilet Bowl Cleaner
Everyone loves a clean home, but our obsession with sanitation may come at a cost to our health. Some people, especia...
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Solved! What to Do About a Sewage Smell in the Bathroom
Q: I’ve noticed a rotten smell coming from my bathroom lately and can’t figure out the source. Do you have any idea w...
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Solved! What to Do When the Toilet Won’t Flush
Q: Help! My toilet won’t flush. The handle moves freely, but nothing happens when I press down. Can I fix it without ...
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Solved! What to Do About a Leaking Toilet Tank
Q: Help! My toilet is leaking all over the bathroom floor, and I haven’t yet located the source. How can I find and f...
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How To: Install a Toilet Seat
Sure, there are plenty of intimidatingly complex bathroom repairs for which you would be wise to hire a plumber. This...
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How to Use a Plunger the Right Way
If your toilet’s clogged or your sink is stopped up, it’s time to take the plunge! Nine times out of 10, a clog can b...
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Are You Still Cleaning Toilets the Old-Fashioned Way?
Of all the housekeeping chores that people tend to dread, there may be none more widely reviled than cleaning the toi...
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Bob Vila Radio: The Lowdown on Upflushing Toilets
Adding a toilet to your basement not only adds convenience, but it can also boost the value of your home. But before ...
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The Right Way to Clean a Toilet
A dreaded household chore, cleaning the toilet is the definition of dirty work. Mostly it's a matter of hygiene, but ...
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The Toilets of Tomorrow
High-tech appliances, gadgets, and gizmos are steadily marching into all corners of our lives. So it only makes sense that advanced technology would insinuate its...
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How to Plunge a Toilet
People go weeks, months, and even years without giving the toilet a second thought. The instant it clogs, however, th...
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Bob Vila Radio: Dual-Flush Toilets
Back in the 1980s, a bright Australian fellow came up with the idea for dual-flush toilets. They've been around for a...
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New & Notable: 12 Bathroom Products That Raise the Bar on Style and Innovation
Current trends in bathroom design reflect homeowners' propensities toward spa-like luxuries and smart innovation. Here are 12 new and notable products that stand ...
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How To: Install a Toilet
 If you're updating the bathroom, you'll need to know how to install a toilet. Apply a new wax seal over the waste fl...
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How To: Choose a Toilet
"With subtle style differences and various makes and models available, a toilet is a pretty simple machine designed t...
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How to Replace a Toilet Seat the Quick and Easy Way
Although a porcelain throne can last for at least 15 years, the seat attached to it typically does not. The average t...
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How to Replace a Toilet
Does your toilet waste water with every flush? Perhaps it is aesthetically outdated (hello, pastel pink bathroom)? Ma...
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Low-Flow Toilets 101: Here's Why a Toilet Upgrade is Worth the Upfront Expense
The Environmental Protection Agency says that an estimated 4. 8 billion gallons of water are flushed down the toilet ...
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How to Fix a Running Toilet
Nowadays, we don’t give much thought to our toilets, but there was a time when answering nature's call involved such ...
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Bob Vila Radio: Toilet Flappers
Are you tired of jiggling the handle to stop your toilet from running? The noise and inconvenience drives you crazy, ...
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Bob Vila Radio: Unclogging a Toilet
You’re in the middle of a party, enteraining a houseful of guests, and the toilet acts up. Are you ready to spring in...
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It's All in the Flush! The High Impact of Low-Flow Toilets
Average Americans are flushing money down the drain.  Oh, maybe not literally money—but most US homes still have one ...
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Bob Vila Radio: Low-Flush Toilets
Did you know that you could save 20% on your water bill just by replacing your toilet? Most conventional toilets hog ...
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Bob Vila Radio: Replacing a Toilet
If you’ve got an older toilet, you’re probably paying for twice the water you need for each flush. But never fear: to...
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Quick Tip: Replace a Toilet
The Case for New Toilets Because it’s one of the things we use the most, there are lots of reasons to replace an olde...
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Quick Tip: Unclog a Toilet
We all know that life would be very different without that wonder of modern science: the toilet. But when it acts up,...
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Master Bathroom Tub, Tile, and Low-Flow Toilet Installation
In the master bath, Bob reviews the appropriate design choices made by homeowner and contractor Nick Beasley for this period home. A new low-flush toilet is insta...
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Touring the Kohler Showroom and Factory in Kohler, WI
Bob tours the showroom with the founder’s great-granddaughter, and then visits the factory to see how the vitreous china is manufactured.
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Ultra Low-Flow Toilet Installed
Lenora Campos shows Bob a Toto energy-efficient toilet.
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Installing Bathroom Fixtures
Bob meets with Lenora Campos of Toto USA, the largest toilet manufacturer in the world. Campos introduces Toto's Mercer line of residential fixtures, giving speci...
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Toto Low-Flow Toilet
Bob meets with Lenora Campos from Toto USA, a leader in water technology and the largest toilet manufacturer in the world. Campos introduces Bob to the dual-flush...
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Installing a Toto One-Piece Toilet
Bob watches the installation of a low-flow Toto toilet with a sleek design. The installation is simple, thanks to a special flange that reconfigures the tradition...
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Bathroom Fixtures Installed
Dave Kohler installs a Kohler lavatory in the Habitat for Humanity Blitz Build project house.
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Marble Countertop Installation
Bob checks in with Greg Rockland, the plumber installing a marble countertop in the loft conversion unit.
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Wheelchair-Accessible Toilet Installation
Bob talks with Gerry Folan, the plumber who is installing a specially designed wheelchair-accessible toilet. Phil Boggs (from Kohler) discusses the unique feature...
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Bathroom Remodel
Pat and Roger Simons, the owners of the second house in the Elmwood project, review the goals of their bathroom remodel.
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Plumbing in the Bathroom and Wiring in the Kitchen
Plumber Kevin Hanley reviews the installation process for a pedestal sink and antique toilet in the new half-bath. And electrical wiring is pulled through the wal...
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Installing New Bathroom Fixtures
Since the bathroom has been gutted, plumbers begin to install new fixtures.
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Replacing the Toilet
Plumber Dan Macias replaces the old toilet with a new, high-efficiency model.
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