Listen to your bathroom for a second. Hear a faint hiss or the toilet suddenly flushing itself when nobody touched it? That’s not a ghost. That’s money — running straight down the drain, all day, every day.
A running toilet is one of the most common problems in any home, and one of the easiest to fix yourself. You don’t need a plumber. You need about 10 bucks in parts and 15 minutes.
Here’s what’s at stake. The EPA says a worn-out flapper can silently leak thousands of gallons a year, and the average home’s leaks waste more than 9,300 gallons annually — enough to pad your water bill by around 10%.
A plumber will happily charge $100 to $150 to…
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