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There are two things that most people don’t know about their toilet which can actually save you a little bit of trouble.  These two things have to do with the two screws on top of the ballcock.  The ballcock is the long tube that is to the left of the tube in the middle of the tank.

The first screw is usually metal and is located near the rod coming out of the ballcock.  This screw controls how quickly the tank fills up.  A clockwise twist slows down the water and counter clock-wise lets the water in faster.  You may ask, why do I care how fast the tank fills up?  Mainly this is to do with noise.  If the running water noise is too loud, then give the screw a twist and your toilet will be quieter.  Never deal with a loud noisy toilet again!

The second screw is generally a larger plastic screw.  This screw is located right in the center on top of the ballcock.  It controls the water level inside of the tank.  Most people resort to bending the float rod to adjust the water level often leading to inconsistent results or even a broken float rod.  A simple turn of this screw will adjust the float level.

A lot can go wrong with a toilet, and toilets are probably the last thing in your house that you want to deal with.  In this article we will discuss the various different places where your toilet can leak or run and give you some new vocabulary words so that you can solve the problem.

1.  Leaks around the base of the toilet.  

  Leaks around the base of the toilet on the floor are generally due to a bad seal of the wax ring on the closet ring.  The wax ring is a wax ring that seals the toilet to the closet ring.  The closet ring is the part of the piping that coming out of the floor that the toilet sits on.  A leak hear is not pleasant, especially since the leaking water is going to be dirty.

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Help! My ballcock is leaking!

Toilets can leak for a variety of reasons and nothing can be more annoying than a toilet that runs forever.  The first step to solving any problem is to determine what the problem really is.  In this case, your toilet is running, and it runs forever!  This much is obvious, but we need to know specifically what it is that is leaking.

In order to find out what the problem is we need to take off the top cover of the toilet’s tank.  Once removed we can start investigating.  

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When working on a job site there are several different ways to get your tools to the site.  Perhaps the most primitive of ways would be to carry each tool individually.  After doing this once or twice you will quickly realize that this is not the best way to transport your tools.  In come your options.  In this article we will be talking about tool bucket totes and tool carriers.

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