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My wife bought a faucet and had it installed while I was away. No box to identify what it is. But after one year, the valve is way sticky and have to wrestle the handle to get the water to flow. Getting a smooth transition to the flow you want is way gone. I took off the handle and here are...

I've got this Phister valve handle and the brass sleeve that screws in is too far in and I don't know how to unscrew it. This is new stuff and I've had it for about a month. I did a dry fit when the shower plumbing was done to check out the valve. I accidently screwed the brass fitting all the...

There are a lot of rods out there, but most of them if not all of them are adjustable, and who lknows what they are made of. I found a stainless one a while back that costs about 80 bucks, but cannot find it again. What I want is a one piece stainless steel rod with mounts that will be for a...

I have 1 1/2" abs drain coming off a shower/bath. The drain is ABS and glued where there is no slip fit or compression fittings. I'm concerned that it may be too rigid and a good earthquake may cause a crack or failure. I was thinking of putting in a rubber 1 1/2" coupling on the horizontal...

The book says that the valve to be 30" up from the tub for a tub/shower install, and the valve should be up 48" for just a shower. In reality, the shower will be used 95% more than the tub. So I'd like to put the valve in between, like maybe 42". Is this a good idea?

I had a leak a few years back, it was soaking the kitchen hallway ceiling, and there was a lot of plumbing above, including 2 back to back bathrooms. The drywall was soaked pretty bad, so I punched a hole in it assuming that I would have to replace it anyways. Water was dripping down fairly...

When you install a drain in a sink or a tub, the fitting is usually smaller than the hole it is going to go through. In my case right now, I have a fitting that has 1.875 OD thread and goes into a tub that has a 2.25 dia. hole. That is a lot of clearance, especially when the upper seal is...

I'm remodeling a bathroom right now and am trying to figure out these mini water heaters and what to do. First off, the bathroom sink, it takes too long and we waste water waiting for the hot. I've installed the Armitron before with great results. They were like 4 gallon electric water heaters...

I have a Kohler tub (alcove with curve) standard 60" x 30" with a curve that makes it 36" wide at center. I'm installing this in a remodel and have no access to the underneath, but only access to check for leaks. I bought the drain/overflow kit that Kohler suggested, and it was way expensive...

I'm installing a new Kohler 60" x 36" (curved out 6") on a remodel of our guest bathroom. I picked the tub because it gives more room for showers. Also plan on a curved shower curtain rod. Terry, any recommendations on a curved shower rod that is stainless steel and is not a 2 piece...

I'm dealing with someone with round hard balls of poop due to their medications. I'm thinking that a good toilet with a smooth trap may work instead of getting a larger trap diameter. Most toilets I've used have a throat/trap that is not glazed and is somewhat rough. there has to be a better...

What is the protocal for dealing with this. There is no access to the underside unless I demo the upstairs floor. The metal part of the drain is partially rusted out....and there is no more hold-down for one side of the toilet. Forget to mention, there was Hardy board and tile that I removed...

I re-installed (orig toilet) a toilet in a remodel about 4 years ago.....floor is tile on concrete and don't remember any snafu's. Well the grout has slowly been getting wet around the base and done the grout line of a tile (grout is dark ...implying high moisture content). This has been going...

Seems like almost all new kitchen sink faucets are the single handle valve type these days, and I love 'em. But I'm curious to how people actually use them. If I want cold water, I will move the lever back and bias it to the right so as not to get any hot water mixed in. Some of these new...

I bought this sink and faucet from someone on craigslist. I was going to put it in a cabin. I bought it because I have been having trouble finding a cheap small kitchen sink...so when it came up, I jumped on it. Franke Arc Faucet, model #FF-700 (retail $425) Franke Cisterna Fireclay...

Here is what it looks like now. Split sink with smaller of the 2 on thr right. the left side goes straight down to a trap and exits to the back drain. The right side has the g-d and branches straight over to the left. Clean and simple. But what bugs me is the freaking dripping into the trap...

Well, while I'm trying to repair/fix my valve leaking problem, I thought I'd ask how a solenoid valve drop the pressure on one side of the diaphram valve so that the diaphram opens to let flow to the sprinklers. I am assuming that there is more pressure on the top of the diaphram when shut...

I'm trying to work on my sprinkler system to fix a leaky valve. I have to shut off at the stret because who ever put the system in did not put in a shutoff valve. Who or what would I use to try to trace where the piping runs for the sprinkler system? It is a straight line from the street to...

Is there a special tool to cut plastic piping in tight spaces? I have a shower drain that split and have to get in there and splice some new piping.