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How to Clean a Badly Stained Toilet

How to Dissolve Poop Stuck in the Toilet

If you’ve ever wondered how to clean a badly stained toilet and if that’s even possible, I can tell you that removing the stains can be quite of a challenge but if you follow the steps I’m about to share with you, the job will be a bit easier since there’s nothing worse than having a dirty and stained toilet bowl.

Other than bacteria that these stains contain, they also look very nasty, so you probably felt ashamed whenever you had guests.

Whether we talk about urine stain, faeces, limescale, mould etc., these stains can be really stubborn and difficult to remove no matter how strong of a solution you use.

However, if you follow these simple steps, you’ll learn how to clean a badly stained toilet in no time!

How to Remove Urine Stains from Toilet Seat

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Since all of our toilet seats are exposed to urine, we should all know how to clean them.

Let’s be honest here, these stains are formed all the time accidentally. The more traffic there is in the bathroom, meaning the more people use it, the bigger the chances for those people to stain the toilet seat with urine.

The longer that stain stays on the toilet seat, the more time it has to form itself into a smelly hard stain with bacteria.

Quickly cleaning up might help prevent staining and odor, but if you leave it sitting there, it can become quite uncomfortable to see and to smell.

Whether you are working as a toilet cleaner in a restaurant or a school, or you’re just looking for a piece of advice on how to do this in your own home – you will benefit from reading this article.

Toilet Bubbles When Flushed: How to Fix It?

A fully functioning toilet is definitely a top priority in any house. As we could all agree, toilets are basically the most-used appliance in any household. That’s why our toilets need to run smoothly and without any complications.

However, even the most energy-efficient and modern toilets suffer from basically the same problem as any other toilets – water leakage.

So, what exactly happens to the toilet bowl when you flush it and see toilet bubbles? Let’s find out.

How to Fix a Leaking Pipe Behind a Wall

For every homeowner, broken pipes are definitely bad news, especially if they are sitting behind the wall. Luckily, it’s not impossible to fix this kind of malfunctions when it comes to the pipes.

For a while, people were always calling a plumber for this kind of problems, but, with a little bit of knowledge and skills combined with some tools, you can easily fix this.

Anyhow, let’s not waste any more time and get right down to business. Let’s see how to fix a leaking pipe behind a wall.

How to Install a Shower Head in a Bathtub

Having a bathtub in your bathroom sure is convenient for taking long and relaxing baths.

But, sometimes, you are in need of a quick shower. And, that’s where a shower head comes quite useful and convenient.

Anyhow, in case you don’t have a shower head installed in your bathtub, it’s a good thing to get it done. In that light, we are here to show you how!

So, let’s see exactly what you need and how to install a shower head in a bathtub.

What to do When the Faucet Makes High-Pitched Whining Noise

When I moved into my first proper apartment with my friend, the biggest problem we faced was the “screaming” faucet in our bathroom.

We called it screaming because if one of us went to the bathroom in the middle of the night, the other one would, without fail, jump out of bed thinking someone was being murdered.

However, this seems to be more than a common problem in today’s houses. The faucets can make high-pitched sounds when turned on, and this problem is neither too complex nor too costly to fix.

You can even do it yourself and save yourself from a long process of moving out as we did. I know, it seems stupid, but the noise was unbearable and the building was quite old so we thought we might as well move out.

But guess what, this also can happen in newer buildings – usually for a different reason on which we will elaborate later.

Anyway, let’s see what the most common causes of “whining” faucets are and some possible solutions.

We should preface this by saying that if you decide to try to fix anything plumber-related in your house yourself, always turn off the water supply first, and then proceed.

How to Remove Limescale from Toilets

We can all agree that having limescale stains in our toilets is just nasty and awful to look at.

To make things even worse, it’s not that easy to clean these stains as well. However, every problem has its solution, right?

Yes, it does!

Therefore, we are going to discuss everything you need to know about limescale and how to get rid of it for good.

So, to start things of, first, we should know what we are up against. What exactly is limescale?

How to Change a Shower Head with a Ball

In case you didn’t know, ball shower heads come in two different varieties – The removable ones, and the fixed ones. Now, it is more common to face a removable ball shower head in today’s bathrooms since they are a bit better choice.

Fixed ball head joints are not bad as well. But, as we can conclude from the numbers, people tend to get removable ball head joints more.

With this being said, it’s quite understandable that changing a shower head with a ball is way easier when you have removable ball head joint. Anyhow, let’s see how to change a shower head with a ball in the most efficient way.

Cold Water Tap Makes Loud Noise: Causes and Fix

When problems with plumbing occur in our households we lose our minds.

As an individual living in the 21st century, you become very dependent on running water inside the house. You cannot imagine your life without it!

Even if your house is brand new, or you take good care of the pipes, faucets, and drains, you have professionals inspect them from time to time, a mishap can still happen.

Sometimes the problem is not with water supply or pressure; it’s with unusual and unexpected sounds that come out of your faucet.

No, your pipes are not haunted. You don’t need to call ghostbusters, but rather a plumber!

But firstly, you’ll need to establish whether the taps are maybe vibrating, producing a screeching high-pitched sound or banging or knocking sound. Perhaps only your cold water tap seems to make noise while the hot one is all fine.

Shower Diverter Problems: How to Fix a Shower Diverter Gate

In case you didn’t know, the shower diverter gate is a plumbing term that is describing the valve which you use when you want to change the water flow from the faucet to the shower.

Now, as we can see, the diverter gate is actually quite an important part of the bathtub faucet.

The shower diverter gate must work flawlessly or else you wouldn’t be able to use your shower head at all.

Anyhow, since the shower diverter is usually installed to the bathtub faucet, the whole repairing process will require you to work on the faucet as well. So, we will explain to you exactly how to fix a shower diverter gate.

Let’s begin.