Plumbing vents help regulate air pressure to the plumbing fixtures in your home and help gases escape. The plumbing vent ...

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 ...

Q: We have a gurgling sound that erupts from our bathtub drain every time we flush the toilet. No water comes up from the drain and it drains well when we shower. Could something be wrong with the ...

Whenever you work on an old house, one thing is certain: there will be surprises. Some surprises are pleasant — like finding a perfect set of servants’ bells in a boarded-up stairwell, or finding good ...

Plumbing vents protect plumbing traps. They don't make fixtures drain faster; in fact, they do the opposite. When it comes to first time home buyers, one of the least understood components of a home ...

Plumbing vent pipes have to be sized correctly, they need to have a slope to them to drain any condensate back to the drain pipes, and they must be installed with great care. (iStock) Perspective by ...

I recently helped out a homeowner in Pittsburgh. His wife had decided it was time to tear out an outdated platform bathtub. She wanted to replace it with a new, sleek soaking tub shaped like an ...

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 ...