First, turn off the water to the toilet, then flush the toilet and hold down the tank lever to drain as much water as possible from the tank. Next, pour marine antifreeze into the bowl.

The manufacturer's level should be on the overflow valve or the inside of the tank, Siv says. If there isn't a line, in general it should be 1/2- to 1-inch from the top of the overflow tube.

You’re about to use the toilet but notice it has unusually low water. Or even worse, you just used and flushed your toilet only to find the water barely fills up the bowl. At this point, there ...

When a toilet like this acts up, remove the tank lid and watch the flush. You'll see the flush lever lift the flapper at the base of the tank and the clean water in the tank will empty into the ...

1. The flapper. The flapper, which creates a seal in the bottom of your toilet tank and then lets water flow into the bowl when you flush, is one common cause of running toilets.

Ideally, the water level in the toilet tank should be 1 to 1.5 inches below the top of the overflow tube (also called an overflow pipe), an open-ended tube centrally located in the tank.

A small pump, activated by a water level sensor in the toilet tank, transfers the grey water to the toilet and fills the reservoir alongside the toilet’s water supply, off-setting 65% of the ...