So your water bill is up a few bucks and you suspect that one of your toilets may be leaking. Here is a simple home test that can help you find out which toilet is actually leaking.

Remove the lid to the toilet tank. You want to color the water in the tank to see if it shows up in the bowl. If the colored water shows up in the bowl, you have a leak. You can probably find some dye packs made for this at your local hardware store. If not, try some purple Kool-Aid mix or instant coffee. Put enough in the tank to color the water. Wait about 20 minutes. If the water in the bowl changes colors, you have a leak. A properly operating toilet will not allow the colored water from the tank to reach the bowl until it is flushed.

If you need help with your toilet repair call a professional plumber.

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The garbage disposal
is a great appliance if used properly. If used incorrectly it can be come costly. Home owners should know that their drain pipes
can handle only so much liquid and solids at one time. Here are a few tips to keep you from having to call a plumber
.

1. Always turn on the water first before using the disposal and leave the water running for a few seconds after turning of the disposer.
2. Never dump a pot or container of anything into the disposer at one time. Large amounts of food or waste will clog your disposer and or drain line. Large amounts of food should be dumped into the trash.
3. Vegetable peelings will pass by the blades of a disposer and get hung up in the trap. Vegetable peelings should go in the trash to prevent clogging.
4. Rice, pasta and celery are also best for the trash can.
disposers are best to use with smalls amounts of food while cleaning your plates off, not for cleaning out the refrigerator.

If your disposer jams or clogs call a professional plumber to help you with your problem.