Am I responsible for supplying a new toilet?

[Robert Chiang]

I have a tenant that says the toilet keeps clogging. I sent a handyman out and he says the toilet works, it's just older so it can get clogged more easily. I'm not sure if the tenant throws too much toilet paper or not. Do I need to supply them with a new toilet or can I request the tenant to just be more careful and flush more frequently as needed?

[Bill B.]

New toilets TEND to clog more than older toilets. The only toilets that are known to clog are the first generation of low flow toilets. A plumber can probably log on here and tell us what year that was. Then you can check the year the toilet was made in the water tank. A GREAT toilet is $99 at Home Depot. It’s certainly nothing worth arguing about, it’s cheaper than one service call.