Learn the basics so you can fix it yourself—and save! Possibly the most used household fixture, and one we usually take for granted, the toilet is a marvel of engineering simplicity. Even typical ...

There are really only two main toilet tank parts: The toilet flush valve, which lets water gush into the bowl during the flush, and the fill valve, which lets water refill the tank after the flush.

Cleaning your toilet correctly takes more care than you might think. Photo / Getty Images You probably know how to clean a toilet. It’s a chore most of us have done countless times. But knowing ...

Strang provided step-by-step instructions for cleaning a toilet from top to bottom. And don’t forget the area around the base of the toilet, he says, where a lot of nasty buildup lurks.