Plumber Fixes Common Toilet Problems

Don't ignore common plumbing problems until they become a plumbing emergency that requires an after hours emergency plumber house call to correct. The toilet is one of the most used and needed plumbing appliances in the house and for as simple as the device is, it is still the source of most after hour emergency plumbing calls.

Toilets have been around for a long time, in fact Queen Elizabeth the first, is credited with being the first proud owner of a flushing indoor toilet, invented by Sir John Harrington in 1596. The invention of toilet paper sadly did not follow the flushing toilet invention until 1857. The need for plumbers likely fell in this time frame and the need for their services has never waned.

The most common complaints about the toilet include running to long or being loud, clogging up or not flushing correctly. Most of these issues are fairly simple and can be addressed by a plumber without an emergency call if you are proactive.

A toilet that runs to long is often caused by a defective flapper. A defective flapper can allow your toilet to run through 200 grams of water in a twenty-four hour period. That can make a water bill go up in a short matter of time.

A toilet that is too loud and makes unusual sounds after flushing is usually caused by damaged fill valve. And while your water bill won't go through the roof, your patience might try to sleep with a loud toilet that wakes you up every time it is used at night.
Ask any plumber and they will probably tell you the most popular call they get is a clogged toilet that is overflowing and won't flush or if it will flush the water is not going down right and neither is anything else. The most common cause is too much toilet paper or something that shouldn't go down the toilet such as q-tips or a toy was flushed and managed to lodge itself in the drainage pipe.

Finally a toilet that doesn't flush properly can be caused by a lack of sufficient water in the tank. If the tank's float ball is set to high to too low the toilet won't program itself to run correctly and you will get a toilet that takes a few flushes to work right.

All of these problems are an easy fix by a professional plumber and unless you have some strong plumbing know how it is easier to let a professional do it. The worse case scenario with do-it-yourself plumbing jobs is you don't do it right and you end up with a water catastrophes or exploding toilet to deal with. That's often where the after hours plumbing emergency calls come from. So sometimes it's better to just let a professional do even the easy fixes and save yourself some stress by spending some money.