There could be many reasons why your toilet may keep clogging — everything from mechanical malfunctions to external factors can cause your toilet to repeatedly back up and overflow. While several of ...

Flushing things down the toilet might seem like an easy way to get rid of waste, but it's not without consequences. Toilets are designed for human waste and toilet paper, but not much else.

Flushing something valuable is one of those moments that stops you cold—phone, ring, keys, even toys—down they go in a split second. But before calling a plumber or declaring it lost forever, you’ve ...

What not to flush down the toilet is a list that should contain more than just "things that are too big." In fact, your home plumbing system is much more sensitive than it looks. Flushing something ...

Life doesn’t always go the way we want it to, and chances are you will, eventually, end up accidentally flushing something down the toilet. Kids are fascinated with flushing anything from toys to keys ...

File this one under "Studies We Wish Had Let Us Remain Ignorant." Scientists at the University of Arizona decided to investigate whether closing the toilet lid before flushing reduces ...