Keeping the toilet seat lid down before flushing doesn't entirely prevent germ spread, as tiny airborne particles still escape. While it reduces visible splashes and can prevent items from falling in, ...

In this video, we cover essential DIY tips for toilet maintenance and repair. Learn how to install a new toilet, fix or replace a toilet handle, and tighten or replace a toilet seat quickly. Featured ...

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 ...

Just like the great debate over which way the toilet paper roll goes, there is a similar spat over flushing: lid open or closed? Scientists have weighed in with their own woeful conclusion: Neither is ...

For many of us, it’s a habit that has long since been drilled into our heads: close the toilet lid before you flush. Though it’s been said that closing the lid will stop tiny fecal particles from ...

Toilet flushes are known to produce aerosols, which could carry pathogenic viruses to various surfaces in the restroom. A new study in the American Journal of Infection Control examines the impact of ...