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running? gurgling noise from your toilet bowl? From water to noises, toilets can do all sorts of things.

, with a little troubleshooting, there are toilet you can . Here, the at Web Connect Demo will go over some of the most toilet problems, what they mean and whether it's you can fix yourself—or, if it is better to call in an expert.

1. Why ?

If your toilet , it is you should because it's also costing you money on your water bill.

A a running toilet is something with the overflow tube. in the tank in the back of your toilet, an overflow tube from the tank into your toilet bowl so the water level in your tank get too high and . , the is that the plastic tube connecting your fill valve to your overflow tube detached. If that's , you reach into the tank and reattach them. It also be your toilet is running the overflow tube is water level and needs to be replaced by one that is height.

Another a toilet to run could be the flapper--which as a plug in the bottom of your tank— and no longer forms the tight seal to hold water in the tank. out the bottom of your tank into your toilet bowl.

a running toilet is caused by something with your toilet float, which is a floating device that the water level in your tank. It this by shutting off your fill valve when the water level raises the float to height. If your float is set too high, this the water level to rise too high, and the water will your overflow tube and down into your toilet bowl.

2. Why ?

A gurgling toilet is caused by a partial in your toilet, drain lines, mainline or your sewage vent. If the is a clog in your toilet, you can this by using a plunger or drain snake to the clog. If this , you can where your sewage vent exits your home to it is not blocked by debris that would air flow.

If , a professional such an expert from Web Connect Demo to evaluate the problem. As the plumber in Des Moines, Web Connect Demo will a blockage in one of the drain lines toilet water out of your home or the mainline that waste water away from your home to the municipal water system.

4. Why ?

If , the problem the chain, flapper or the handle. That's because there's a chain toilet tank that is to the back side of the handle. The other end of the chain is to the flapper, which as a plug in the bottom of your toilet tank.

The way to why your toilet is to flush is to the lid, inside the tank and investigate.

Here's how the process work you flush a toilet: you push down the handle, which pulls up the chain, then the chain pulls the flapper up and that the water to out of your tank and into your toilet bowl.

Sometimes a toilet flush because the chain is on something the tank, which the chain from up the flapper to let out the water. Or, the chain is too long or from either the handle or the flapper. If this happens, the caught chain or reach in and it to the appropriate length.

flappers can get stuck or become worn out. be something with the handle.

5. ?

A toilet can be a costly , potentially water damage in and around your bathroom. , a leaky toilet is a cracked supply line or a crack in the toilet tank. If your toilet tank is overflowing, it the toilet float.

Cracked gaskets around the connections on the underside of the tank also can water to leak out of the toilet, as can a toilet flange or wax ring at the base of the toilet where it the floor. these issues are best fixed by plumber. 

6. Why ?

A toilet with water a problem with the fill valve, which . If the tube or is by rust, sediment or mineral buildup, it not be allowing water into the tank.

Another cause for your toilet not filling with water is something with the float, which is a device that the fill valve to stop water into the tank when the water has the correct level. The fill valve when the water level lifts the float to a height. It be that the float/float assembly needs adjustment so that the water the level. Or, a toilet not filling with water require adjusting or the fill valve.