Follow these household cleaning tips for unclogging drains in your bathrooms and preventing smells. Here's how to use plungers, drain snakes, and more.
Using screws, fasten the drain cap onto the shower floor. Some drains have retention tabs. If this is the case, press these retention tabs down. The silicone is supposed to prevent any leaks. All the water should pass through the pipe. Any water that leaks could cause damage to the floor...
A shower drain is a perfect place for mold to grow because the moisture it needs to thrive is guaranteed. Mold also needs organic matter on which to feed, so the more hair and soap scum there is in the drain, the happier it is and the larger the colony will grow, which increases the...
Whether it's slimy black spots on your shower curtain, fuzzy white patches on your basement floor, or slick orange film on your kitchen drain, household mold can be more than unsightly. In some cases, mold in your home can make you sick, especially if you have allergies or asthma. Wheth...
Joe and the plumber have made some important preparations. You can see a curb has been installed by stacking three 2×4’s and blocking has been added between the wall framing. Also, the subfloor has been brought up to the necessary level for the drain. The guys used concrete board becau...
How Can You Prevent Your Shower Drain From Clogging? There are several steps that you can take to prevent your shower drain from clogging. While these solutions can keep the problem at bay in the short term, a plumbing professional may be required for more serious blockages. One of the mos...
How do I disconnect my shower drain?6 nov 2016 Post originale di: L Pfaff Testo: Luke cut the old trap out as close to the trap as possible (leave pipe as long as possible sticking out of stack) so you can use a rubber joiner with gear clamps to reattach new trap. If need be ...
If you swap to a no-rinse conditioner and shave at the sink, rather than in the shower, that can also help. “Try turning off the tap while shaving and using a small mug of water to rinse your blades,” Quinn says. You should make it a point to keep showers short and skip the...
The first step to fixing a running toilet is to learn how a toilet operates. Most people know that water fills thetoilet tank, and when the toilet is flushed, this water gets emptied into the toilet bowl to force waste and wastewater into the drain line. However, the exact details of ho...
I have mentioned it before but a pet peeve of mine is when you get a round shower drain right in the middle of the shower. That’s because this is generally the spot where I find myself standing and I don’t like standing on the drain – it doesn’t feel right. With just the li...