I now hold the proud title of knowing more about a toilet than I wanted to know. Since we’ve moved into our house, our toilets run for a few seconds several times a day. I don’t know how often it happens, but I do know that the leaky toilets are costing us money on our water bill; how much, I am uncertain of. The thing I am sure of though is that the cost to fix the leaky toilet is less than what it’s costing me on my water bill.
I wanted to know more about my running toilet. First and foremost I wanted to know what I needed to do to fix it, to stop the leak. Second, how much is my running toilet costing me? I found some useful information that surprised me. According to EBMUD, a running toilet can waste two gallons of water a minute, and a silent leak could waste up to 7000 gallons of water a month. The site contains great information on finding out if your home is silently wasting water, and some great tips on conserving water.
Fixing a leaky or running toilet is a simple fix. A replacement kit for the guts of your toilet can be found at any hardware store. Surprisingly, The Home Depot has a great page with a lot of good information on energy conservation, as well as recommendations of course on how to replace your old appliances and fixtures to conserve energy. We are able to be proactive with some of the fixes in our house, but sometimes we have to be reactive if a problem occurs and fix it in a timely manner to avoid wasting money.