Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Overhead view of toilet flushing - Calvin Chan Wai Meng/Getty Images Some types of scratches are totally, tragically irreversible.

Few of us enjoy cleaning the bathroom – it’s the first thing I clean each week to get it out of the way! But when you realise your efforts have actually made things worse, that’s even more upsetting.

Dear James: My house has 2½ bathrooms and each of the toilets has problems such as inadequate flushing, noisy flushing and self-flushing. There are literally hundreds of replacements parts and repair ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Some types of scratches are totally, tragically irreversible. Luckily, toilet bowl scratches are not one of them. In most cases, you can make ...