I think my toilet is leaking. Is there a test I can do to confirm this?

November 16, 2017

Yes! All you have to do is put a few drops of food coloring into your toilet tank. Wait a few minutes and then look in the toilet bowl. If you see that your bowl has the same color, then you’ve got a leak! The scary part is you are probably wasting hundreds of gallons of water each month! Call Gary’s Plumbing and Heating. We can install a low-flow toilet that will not only save you water dollars but will flush better than anything you have ever had in the past!

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