Flushing "Flushable" Wipes Is a Plumbing Nightmare Flushable wipes do not dissolve as fast as toilet paper. Toilet paper is ...

When the power goes out in a cold snap, the real emergency often starts inside your walls. A burst pipe can turn a routine ...

As someone who spends 90 percent of his work day staring at a computer screen, I don’t pretend to be mechanically handy. Still, I’m hesitant to admit defeat in tasks around the house I consider within ...

Drying surfaces and using squeegees or fans right after showers keeps moisture from lingering. Leaving the door open or using moisture absorbers helps if ventilation is limited. Exhaust fans or ...

Side view of an excess body weight Asian man in black t-shirt trying hard to use and adjust the monkey wrench to repair leaking water from the shower by himself in his bathroom with water falling from ...

A standard kitchen faucet is surprisingly complex, and the OP tackles it one step at a time, removing the faucet lever, adjustment ring, and spout assembly with simple tools. The OP makes sure the ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning that several models of Chinese-made faucets sold on Amazon can leach lead into water. The CPSC issued several warnings on Wednesday, May 14, ...

Seven Northwest suburbs will rely on backup water supplies for about five days but should experience no disruption of service as repairs are made to a leak in water main. Residents of Elk Grove ...

WHEN it comes to interior design, it’s so easy to get your bathroom wrong. Your bathroom should be a relaxing, spa-like retreat. But if it’s giving more ‘budget B&B’ than ‘boutique hotel,’ the experts ...

Maybe you’ve finally had it with that drippy faucet. Or slow-running drain. Or balky toilet. Or maybe it’s more urgent: Your dishwasher flooded the kitchen, or there’s an ominous water stain on the ...

A 16-year-old school girl died of asphyxiation while bathing following a geyser gas leak in the bathroom at her house here, police said on Saturday. The incident happened in Kuldeep Vihar colony on ...