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Replacing an old toilet with a 14 inch rough-in in a small powder room. The original toilet I chose, the Toto Nexus, did not fit because of the old cast iron baseboard heat, which sticks out 1.25 inches. Plumber recommended a non-skirted design to ensure it fits. Carlyle II seems like a good...

Bathroom faucet developed a slow drip recently, and I found that the cold side would not shut off and also had extremely low flow. No idea how long ago, if ever, the cartridge was replaced, but it seems like the culprit. This is an American Standard faucet. I am having no luck removing the...

I have an old utility sink faucet that I'd like to attach a garden hose adapter to - the only problem is that the faucet has no male or female threads. Is there an adapter of some kind that could slide over or inside the faucet? Or am I stuck replacing the whole thing? It's an old house, and...

In the process of installing the bathroom sink drain and p-trap I posted about earlier, and ran into an issue with a slow drip that occurs between the silicone washer and brass nut underneath the sink drain. I have tightened the heck out of it, to the point where I'm concerned that I could...

So while reinstalling an old toilet, I screwed up bolting the tank to the bowl, so when I tried a trial flush...water went everywhere. I've figured out the proper way to put the bolts on, fortunately, but my concern is that I had not yet caulked around the toilet bowl on the floor, so water...

So I'm replacing an old vanity with a new one, and I'm a bit perplexed by the P trap that comes with the vanity sink - see pages 5-6 here: I'm not sure this will even line up with my existing waste pipe, but more importantly, this doesn't look like any of the P traps I've seen online. Is...

I'm in the process of replacing a bathroom vanity, and in order to get it flush against the wall I need to trim back one of the water supply pipes which sticks out too far (pic attached). Plan to replace the shut off valve in the process. As my handle indicates, I'm a newbie at this stuff, but...