The inside of your toilet tank is a maze of mechanisms. Follow this simple guide to figure out what kind of toilet flapper you have and how it works.

If you hear your toilet refilling too often, or if you hear the steady hiss of running water, the flapper may be leaking. The flapper (aka flush valve seal) is the plug that falls against the ...

Carefree, reckless, flappers seemed to enjoy living on the edge, like these atop Chicago’s Sherman Hotel. George Rinhart / Corbis via Getty Images She was the sexy ingénue, spending evenings in ...