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Step 1
Repair your toilet. Your toilet is perhaps one of the most used parts of a bathroom and letting repairs go neglected can cost you serious money in replacing your toilet. In order to keep your toilet in working condition, you should check the water pipes above and below the home, check and repair the seal at the base of the toilet (usually concealed underneath the toilet) and check the basin and replace any worn out parts. It is recommended that you check and repair the above mentioned parts on your toilet to ensure you have a properly working toilet and thus a fully functional bathroom.
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Step 2
Repair your sink. Repairing your sink is hard but there are a lot less parts to worry about maintaining. The most commonly wear and tear on a sink occurs in the pipes and the seal that seals the sink to the wall of you have a wall model. The seal around a wall model sink can be purchased at any hardware store and should be check 1-2 times per year and repaired if needed. If your sink pipes are leaking, you should purchase rings, pipe fittings or any other materials you deem necessary for fixing the leak. If leaks go undetected, water damage could result.
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Step 3
Clean and fix water damage problems. Undetected water leaks from your sink, toilet or bathtub can cause water damage to your floor and other areas of your bathroom depending on where the leak is coming from and what kind of fixture are in your bathroom. Repairing your bathroom after water damage can be a tedious task. If the water damage is light and isolated you could clean it with perhaps an industrial non-abrasive cleaner and restore the area affected. Severe, undetected water damage can result in floor damage, odors, and severe mildew. Repairing severe water damage can cost hundreds because it is likely that you will have to tear out your bathroom tile and treat the under flooring in the bathroom.
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Step 4
Check tiling often. If you have bathroom tiles in your bathroom, you need to check them to make sure the grout is in tact and to make sure no water damage occurs underneath the tiles. Some bathroom tiles, however, require nothing more than just re-grouting. If you let your tiles go for long periods of time without maintenance, your floor will be less appealing and you could be faced with water damage problems )especially in areas where water traffic is more frequent such as in front of bath tubs and sinks). It is recommended that you check your tile grouting 1-2 times per year repairing where needed and replace broken tiles as needed.
