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I'd like to use stainless flex lines to supply a clawfoot tub. Can I use the 3/8 lines like for a sink, or do I need the 1/2 lines like for a hot water heater? Advantage of the 3/8 lines is ease of installing stops.

I'm cleaning up the tenants' bathroom after their departure. They seem to splash a lot of water on the walls around the clawfoot tub, even with the curtain deployed. So there are some peeling paint problems. I'm thinking of covering the walls with pieces of that material used for...

Any advice on how to facilitate draining the supply system (copper) in a seasonal house to avoid winter freeze? Every fall I drain the system (pump off, taps open). In about thirty years I've had a couple of burst pipe incidents, which is not a lot, but every season I cross my fingers as I...

I'm installing a shower (fibreglas enclosure) and I'm about to start on the rough plumbing. Copper, sweated fittings. Is there any way to test the plumbing for leaks before I install shower walls and the shower cartridge, etc.?

The Kohler/Sterling website keeps talking about "backer boards" for attaching grab bars to their Vikrell surrounds. It's a bit vague, but I once found a page on their site which "sort of" explained it. Now I can't find the page and the company doesn't seem to to understand my query. My memory...

Finally got the shower in after a two month horrific remodel. Final step was to caulk between the DW overlapping the nailing flange and the top of the enclosure wall. I left a 1/4 inch gap for caulking as specified in install directions. Used silicone caulk as specified. A horrible mess. I...

Sterling says there should be no more than a 1/32 inch gap between the walls and the receptor. But whatever gap there is seems to be determined by the contact between the receptor flange and the pin thingy on the back wall. They butt, are coplaner. The woman on the help line suggested that...

Sterling says there should be no more than a 1/32 inch gap between the walls and the receptor. But whatever gap there is seems to be determined by the contact between the receptor flange and the pin thingy on the back wall. They butt, are coplaner. The woman on the help line suggested that...

In a "thin wall" shower installation Moen says the plaster ground should be flush up against the surround and serves to help support the valve. However, following instructions, I first roughed in the copper supply lines including the valve body. Like they say. I centered the lines in the 2X4...

When a drain line (from a fixture) is connected to a branch line on its way to the stack, should the Y be oriented vertically or horizontally?

I just cut the last bit of CI out of my 4 inch stack, replacing it with PVC joined with Fernco sleeves. Now there is a bit of wobble that wasn't present when the CI was locked with riser clamps. I haven't yet connected branch lines to the stack and I expect that these will reduce the wobble...