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What starts out as a minor toilet problem can quickly turn into a plumbing emergency. Perhaps your toilet keeps running, won’t flush properly, leaks around the base or started overflowing.
While some toilet issues are limited to the toilet itself, others can indicate a bigger drain or sewer-line problem.
Sureflow Plumbing & Drain offers toilet repair services in Barrie for residential and commercial customers. Our technicians can inspect your toilet to see what may be wrong and help you determine if repair, drain cleaning or toilet replacement is required.
There are many parts that work together every time you flush the toilet. When one of them begins to fail, you may notice that your toilet doesn’t fill or flush properly.
Or it may drain slowly. Sureflow offers professional service for toilet problems including:
Identifying the correct problem will help determine what needs to be repaired.
If your toilet won’t flush like it used to, there can be a few different causes.
The toilet bowl may fill, but waste won’t clear all the way. Sometimes the flush is weak and may need multiple flushes to clear.
Some issues that can cause this include:
Sometimes plunging the toilet won’t fix the problem. If your toilet keeps clogging or isn’t flushing properly, it may need to be inspected.
Toilets can become clogged from time to time. At other times, they can appear to clog frequently.
The issue might be very close to the toilet or much farther down the drain line.
Here are some common causes of clogged toilets:
Keep from flushing the toilet if you encounter a clog and the water in the bowl begins to rise.
Another flush will most likely cause the toilet to overflow onto your floor.
When the same toilet continues to become clogged repeatedly, you know something isn’t right.
One clog could be caused by a variety of things. If you find that you are frequently plunging the toilet every few days or even weeks, something else might be wrong.
These issues can lead to toilets that constantly clog:
If other drains are slow to drain as well, the problem may be located elsewhere.
A toilet overflow can happen very quickly.
If the water in the toilet bowl is rising, do not attempt to flush it again.
If you are able to reach the shut-off valve on the toilet, turn the water off to the toilet.
Many different issues can cause an overflowing toilet.
Here are some possible causes:
If wastewater or sewage is backing up through other drains, you could have a larger drainage problem.
A toilet that constantly runs can lead to wasted water.
You may hear water moving around inside the toilet when no one has flushed.
Some reasons for a running toilet include:
Sometimes the repair is simple. However, if the toilet continues to run or starts running again shortly after being adjusted, parts may need to be replaced.
When working properly, the fill valve controls how water enters the tank after flushing.
If your fill valve is faulty, you may experience:
Problems with a fill valve can lead to excess water usage and poor flushing performance.
The flapper sits inside your toilet tank and helps regulate water going from the tank to the bowl.
Some problems that can occur with a flapper include:
When the flapper wears out or is damaged, it may no longer seal properly and may need replacing.
Any water accumulating around the bottom of your toilet should be looked at.
Possible causes include:
If the seal between your toilet and drain fails, wastewater can leak onto the floor. If the floor around your toilet becomes wet after flushing, stop using it until you identify the leak.
The wax ring seals the toilet to the drain opening in your floor.
If that seal fails, it can cause water to leak out from around the base of your toilet while it is flushed.
Some indications that your wax ring may have failed include:
Replacement of your wax ring will typically mean removing your toilet to access the seal.
Your toilet flange helps hold your toilet to the floor and connects the toilet to the drain.
If it becomes damaged, loose or deteriorated, your toilet may start to rock or move.
You may experience:
Damage to the flange may need to be repaired or replaced before your toilet can be put back down securely.
Ideally, your toilet shouldn’t move when you sit on it.
If your toilet rocks back and forth or moves when you push on it, something may not be secured properly or installed correctly.
Some causes can include:
If your toilet rocks, it can cause the seal underneath the toilet to fail and leak.
If your toilet makes a gurgling sound when another fixture in your home is being used, you may have a drainage issue.
The toilet can bubble when:
Gurgling toilets can be caused by air movement through your drainage pipes.
If your toilet gurgles along with slow drains or drain backups, your main sewer line may need to be inspected.
The water level inside your toilet bowl shouldn’t look unusually low. If it does, your toilet might not be filling properly or draining correctly.
It could be caused by:
The bowl water level can also affect flushing performance.
If your toilet bowl fills to a high level when you flush, there may be some sort of partial clog.
The water may drain slowly afterward, but the high level can indicate that your drain isn’t flowing as it should.
Don’t flush the toilet again if the water keeps rising.
You may have to have the clog cleared before the toilet overflows.
Your toilet tank should not take too long to refill after you flush. If it suddenly starts taking significantly longer than normal, you might have an issue with:
If your other fixtures are experiencing low water pressure too, the problem might not be with your toilet.
If your toilet doesn’t adequately flush waste away, it can leave you having to flush more than once.
The cause can be:
If your toilet flush used to work properly but now seems weak, something may have changed with the fixture or drain.
When the toilet tank does not shut off while filling up, either the fill valve or float may be malfunctioning.
The water may continue running into the overflow tube and down the drain.
It can slowly waste water over time.
If adjusting your toilet’s float does not correct the problem, the fill valve may need to be adjusted or replaced.
The noises that toilets make can vary based on the issue.
Sounds could include:
If you hear a noise coming from your toilet tank, there may be a problem with one of the internal components. If you hear gurgling coming from the toilet bowl, it could signify a drain or sewer problem.
Don’t just ignore a sewer smell coming from around your toilet.
Possible causes can include:
If the odour is present along with water leaking around the bottom of the toilet, the seal underneath may need to be checked.
What may appear to be a toilet issue can actually be a main sewer or drain problem.
If the problem is only occurring with one toilet, the issue may be close to that toilet.
However, if you experience:
you may have a main drain or sewer-line issue. If this is the case, fixing your toilet will probably not resolve the underlying problem.
Toilet repair and drain cleaning are two different services.
A toilet repair pertains to the toilet fixture itself or its internal components.
Drain cleaning involves clearing a clog that’s somewhere within the drain line.
In some cases, you may need both.
For instance, your toilet may be working fine but it won’t flush due to a clog farther down the drain.
Just because your toilet is broken doesn’t mean you should automatically replace it.
Consider a toilet replacement if:
If your toilet is still in good shape, a repair might do the trick.
When installing a new toilet, the plumbing and position need to be right.
To install your toilet, the process may include:
The installation should be checked before using the toilet normally.
Bathroom renovations are a great time to get a new toilet installed.
While renovating, it can also be a good time to look at:
It’s much easier to fix a plumbing issue before the renovation is complete.
Sometimes older toilets are replaced with toilets that use less water per flush.
Ideally, the toilet still provides enough flushing performance to work with your home’s plumbing.
Factors to consider when replacing toilets include:
Choosing a toilet comes down to the property and bathroom.
The toilet shut-off valve allows the water entering a toilet to be shut off.
This is useful if:
If the shut-off valve is not working, you may need to shut off water to more of your property.
A leaking or seized toilet shut-off valve may also need repair.
Supply lines that bring water to the toilet can leak as well.
You may find water around your toilet even when the base itself is dry.
Look for moisture around:
Have a leaking supply line repaired to help prevent damage to the flooring.
Not every toilet issue is an emergency.
A toilet that keeps running can often wait until regular service hours.
An overflowing toilet or sewage backup may need to be seen sooner.
Emergency service may be needed if:
Sureflow offers 24-hour emergency plumbing service in Barrie.
Sureflow offers residential toilet repair services throughout Barrie.
This includes:
If your toilet is clogged, leaking, running or not flushing properly, we can inspect the problem and determine what needs to be repaired.
Toilets in commercial settings often see heavier use than bathrooms in most homes.
If a toilet is broken, it can affect:
Sureflow offers commercial plumbing services and toilet repairs for businesses throughout Barrie.
Commercial service can include:
Don’t wait until a commercial washroom problem affects more of the building.
Restaurant operators can’t afford to have broken washrooms.
An overflowing toilet can quickly turn into a sanitation and operational issue.
Some common toilet problems in restaurants include:
If multiple fixtures in your restaurant washroom begin backing up, there may be an issue with the main drain line.
A toilet issue affecting a single unit can stay within that bathroom.
However, if more than one toilet or drain is experiencing problems at the same time, there could be an issue with the shared plumbing.
Property managers may need to establish whether the problem is with the:
Knowing where the problem started will help determine what service may be required.
Once you notice your toilet is overflowing:
If sewage is overflowing from multiple fixtures, you may have a main sewer issue.
It depends on what is wrong.
Repair might be the way to go if:
Replacement might make more sense if:
We can inspect your toilet and let you know what repair or replacement options may be needed.
When you give us a call about a toilet issue, we will first ask what is going on.
Some questions we may ask:
Figuring out these details gives us a better idea whether the issue may be with the toilet itself or farther along the drainage system.
Toilet issues can be messy, inconvenient and sometimes even an emergency.
If your toilet is clogged, leaking, overflowing, running all the time or not flushing right, Sureflow Plumbing & Drain provides toilet repair in Barrie for residential and commercial properties.
Need a toilet replaced or installed? We do that too. If your current toilet is requiring more repairs than it is worth, replacement may be worth considering.
We also offer 24-hour emergency plumbing service for problems that can’t wait.
Call Sureflow Plumbing & Drain at 705-503-7996 for toilet repair in Barrie.
The cause of a running toilet can be a worn flapper, fill-valve problem, float issue or another component inside the toilet.
If you’re repeatedly getting clogs in your toilet, it could be caused by something in the toilet trap, a partial drain blockage, weak flushing performance or a larger drain problem.
If your toilet is leaking around the base, it can be caused by a failed wax ring, flange issue, loose toilet or another problem around the toilet’s connection to the drain.
No. If the water is rising in the toilet bowl, do not flush it again. Turn the water off to the toilet if possible.
Yes, it could. If your toilet is gurgling and several drains throughout your home are draining slowly or backing up, you may have a restriction farther down the main drain or sewer line.
Yes. Sureflow offers toilet repair, replacement and new toilet installation.
Yes. Sureflow offers commercial plumbing and toilet repair for businesses and commercial properties.
Yes. Sureflow offers 24-hour emergency plumbing service for urgent problems such as overflowing toilets and sewage backups.
