Diagnose Your Toilet

Inspect the toilet in your home and do a full diagnostic — even if it seems fine right now.

Lift the tank lid and observe the water level relative to the overflow tube

Do the food dye test (5 drops of food coloring in the tank, wait 10 minutes, check bowl)

Note the age and condition of the flapper

Jiggle the flush handle and observe the flapper behavior

Report what you found

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Tell us: what did the dye test show? What condition is the flapper in? Any adjustments you made?

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