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The house that we're getting ready to move into has a working, brick veneered, freestanding fireplace in a room with a cathedral ceiling. There is a ceiling fan in the center of the room, and midway between the ceiling fan and the fireplace are three really ugly, 25-year-old white track lights...

What is the procedure for replacing a closet flange? The waste pipe is 3" pvc cast into a slab. I need to replace an offset with a straight.

Had a plumber come in and install the shower plumbing that dear hubby got wrong - twice. (I made him take out the compression fittings and Sharkbites did NOT hold pressure after my DH installed them. When I finally observed his technique, I could see why. Not that my dear hubby isn't absolutely...

Sorry for the hurry, and thanks all who helped with the compression fitting question. Has anyone had experience, good or bad, with Sharkbite fittings? They look almost foolproof. The salesman says they'll pass code within the walls, and we need to close up the walls tomorrow at the latest...

My husband prefers to use compression fittings because they are easier, but are they as durable as soldered connections? These connections are going behind a tiled wall. Thanks in advance, Sharon

We are rebuilding a bathroom from the studs. I prefer a handheld shower and would like to use a dechlorinator for health reasons. What kind of dechlorinator should I purchase? The salesman where I bought the Delta shower controller also sold me a 90 degree wall supply elbow to come out of the...

The shower in the house we just bought had a catastrophic failure of the custom shower. The drain it it seems to match Plastic Oddities p/n PBR400, the drawing of which can be viewed at: http://store.podirect.com/servlet/Detail?no=605 I got the replacement parts and a square ring with strainer...

Just bought a house that the custom shower failed. The drain collar was warped, but we didn't want to chip out and replace the drain base. After looking all over town, where everyone carries Oatey; we ordered the parts from Plastic Oddities because that's the only one that fit the part we don't...

I'm drawing plans for a remodel. How big should I make the rough-in for a 36" front door with either one or two 12" sidelight(s)? I have 8' ceilings. Thanks in advance, Sharon

My husband and I have a really small house, so every square foot matters. Would someone explain to me why we can't put the water heater about the ceiling like we installed the central heat unit? There is more than 8 foot clearance up there. I want a 50-gallon capacity unit. Is there a half...

My husband has a 8' by 30' pad which will need about 3.5 tons of concrete to pour. How much manpower should it take to get the concrete off the truck and smooth finished? We are wondering if we should hire a couple of extra guys to help. Thanks in advance, Sharon

Our garage is 25' x 30'; unknown age. The stemwall is 1 foot high and about 6 inches thick. It was placed on top of the ground when it was poured. The entire north end (25') blew out (tilted) about 4" when they poured 3 - 3 1/2" unreinforced concrete on 12" of fine sand. The northwest corner...

I'd never seen a non-removeable metal pop up drain plug in a lavatory until I moved into my current house. The sink is a wall mount, circa 1960's. Every house I'd lived in before had either no drain plug (used a rubber one) or a metal removeable drain plug which was part of the sink hardware...

Am working on the first of two bathroom remodels. So far, I bought a 36" marble topped, bow-front vanity with sink, but the faucet and hardware are not included. The sink is drilled on 8" or widespread three hole installation. I read in one book that you should use a name-brand in cast brass...

Previously working used toilet worked for 3 days after re-installation perfectly, then became sluggish and started requiring plunging and multiple flushes. The other day, it flushed perfectly for half a day, and now is back to poorly performing. My husband doesn't have a closet auger, and...

I appreciate the people who answered my $200 question, but after looking at everything, it looks like I might need a little more laser level. I need one that is self leveling, easy to use, creates a 360 degree line, and can be used to generate a horizontal or vertical line. Please render your...

Shortly before I moved and lost my workshop (several years ago), I purchased a Delta 36-235 12" compound miter saw. I've never had it out of the box. Now they have laser guided tools, which I think is a neat idea. A salesman at a local home improvement center told me that the old tools were...

What is the best laser level in the under $200 range? Thanks in advance, Sharon

My husband and I are planning a complete remodel of a 1939 house with a crawl space. We know that there is a severe sag in the middle two rooms of the house, and buckling in the floor in the latest addition (circa 1960). Before we start moving walls, we want to straighten the floors using...

I plan to remodel both bathrooms in the next year. One bathroom, probably built in the sixties, has a nice deep steel or cast iron bathtub (not sure) that I like, but I could buy a new bathtub for what it would cost to have it refinished. What I like about it is that it is very deep with fairly...