Well, I have to be honest, I am not much of a plumber.  Until today, my biggest repair I ever did was changing the toilet seat - yeah, I know, I am not much of a home plumbing repair expert.

So, I ran into a plumbing problem today - my toilet was running continuously.  It all started when I tried to go to bed - all I could hear is the water running into the toilet tank - you know that sound - and it didn’t help that my bedroom is right beside the bathroom.

So, I just laid there, hoping that it would stop…. and I waited and waited.  Finally, after fifteen minutes or so, I couldn’t take it any longer: I had to stop it.  The thing is, I really didn’t know what was going on. 

I leaped on the Internet in attempts to find how to stop a toilet running continuously.  Thankfully, I did find an article on a plumbing website on how to fix it - I guess the common cause of my problem is the flapper valve being worn out.  I got in the car and took a quick trip to my local hardware store (Canadian Tire in my case).  Ten bucks, and about ten minutes was all it took me to fix my toilet.

Good.  Now I can go back to sleep…