Q. I have a question about my home plumbing. My home was built in 1975 and has PVC piping. Each time I use the bathroom sink or flush the toilet there is a loud snapping noise in the plumbing where ...

I recently had a plumbing emergency in my own home. The main drain pipe under the basement floor got clogged with toilet paper. The culprit is a newer low-flush toilet in a basement bathroom. I’ve ...

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The toilet in the house I just moved into is loose on the floor. How hard is this to fix? Also, there is a sewage odor in the bathroom whenever I take a shower or the wind blows, but only during those ...

You’re about to use the toilet but notice it has unusually low water. Or even worse, you just used and flushed your toilet only to find the water barely fills up the bowl. At this point, there’s no ...

Q: I’m a do-it-yourselfer, and I’m going to remodel a bathroom. I don’t like our current exhaust bath fan and am going to install a new one. I’ve done all sorts of online research, and the information ...

Have you heard the old saying, “You don’t know what you don’t know”? It’s an axiom homeowners should always keep in mind when thinking about the mechanical and structural systems hidden behind the ...