Something in your home is leaking. Thankfully it isn’t a leak in the pipes in your walls which means it may be easier to find. But the problem is that, while easy to find, a toilet leak is a major issue. We have good news though! The Sweetwater Plumbing team is here to help. Service provided by an emergency plumber in Anaheim, CA is just a call or click away!
While you wait for your emergency plumber to arrive and resolve your leaking toilet issue, let’s take a moment to talk. We really just want to make sure that there is as little negative impact from your leaking toilet as possible. With that in mind, here are some tips to help you handle this problem and keep damage to an absolute minimum.
Isn’t it so annoying when your toilet starts overflowing? Suddenly everything has to come to a halt until you can get this situation resolved (hopefully before there is water all over the floor too).
A bathroom toilet is designed for durability. In fact, people may think of a toilet as an appliance in their home that will never need a replacement. But this is not the case. If your home has a toilet that’s more than 20 years old, it’s time to put in a new one. Even putting in a similar model of toilet will use half the amount of water of a toilet that was made two decades ago.
After a bathroom toilet is flushed, it should make a sound of running water for about a minute and then go quiet. This is the toilet refilling both the bowl and the tank with water brought in through the feed line from the wall. However, if the sound of running water continues, it’s a problem known as a running toilet. People sometimes ignore this sound, or don’t actually pay attention to it in the first place, and let it continue on without taking any steps to correct it. 
This is a post for all our cat-loving clients out there. It’s one of the big misunderstandings about plumbing that doesn’t get enough attention. You’ve probably heard a list of various items that shouldn’t be disposed of down a toilet: paper products aside from toilet paper, sanitary wipes, dead goldfish, and any type of trash that normally goes into the trash can. (And don’t pour chemical “drain cleaner” into a toilet either. If you can’t unclog a toilet with a plunger, call a professional plumber for 
One of the most common plumbing troubles in the bathroom is when the toilet either won’t stop running or runs too long before it stops. You’ve probably encountered this before when you’ve flushed the toilet, walked off to do something else, and then noticed a few minutes later the sound of running water still coming from the toilet. You jiggled the handle, maybe flushed it a second time, and the sound stopped.