I fixed my running toilet with a $3 flapper instead of calling the plumber my neighbor swore by
My neighbor kept pushing his plumber buddy who charges $95 just to walk in the door, but I watched a 4 minute video and swapped the flapper myself last Saturday. The old rubber was so worn it looked like a deflated balloon, and the new one shut the tank up in about 20 seconds flat. That one fix dropped my water bill from $68 to $41 the next month, which I confirmed when the bill hit my inbox. My neighbor's guy would have charged me $150 plus parts for the same job. Anyone else had their water bill jump and traced it to a $3 part?