November 5th, 2007
That hissing sound you hear may be your toilet leaking — literally flushing away your money and a whole lot of clean water.
As much as 80,000 gallons of water can be wasted each year by an undetected toilet tank leak, according to Ace Hardware. Leaking toilets cause more water waste than any other fixture in the home. You can usually identify a problem by the sound of running water or a faint hissing or trickling. But water also can flow through the tank silently, making it easy to overlook a toilet leak. The problem often originates with the flapper, where a light amount of scale or corrosion can cause leakage. If you need to repair a toilet, we found a great primer on the Ace Hardware site. An even better solution is to switch to a flapperless system such as the toilets sold by Niagra Flapperless. The patented system employs tip bucket technology to eliminate tank sweat and leaks.
– Tom Kessler
