Find out the cause behind your slow-flushing toilet. Reviewed by Richard Epstein A slow-flushing toilet often results from ...

Everybody knows that plumbing can be a messy, smelly and altogether nasty job. Nobody wants to do it except plumbers, who make good money doing the work nobody else wants to undertake. The best way to ...

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 ...

Q: Last year I finished college and moved into my first apartment. After reading your column for years, I feel like I have a special Ph.D. (Plumbing & heating Degree!). I know that I’m limited as to ...

Drains that do not work properly cause a household to grind to a halt. Keeping drains clean may not be your favourite pastime, but it it a lot more pleasant than having to deal with them once they are ...

Q. Hey, Tim, I had the opportunity to tour a house under construction. All the plumbing drain lines were in, but I also saw all sorts of other extra pipes that connected to the drain pipes and ...

Mike Spain returns the Nerf softball to his son Jamie, who accidentally tossed the ball into a roof drain vent more than 35 years ago. Plumber Richard Fazio decends from the roof after retrieving a ...