The plumping system in your home needs a few things to work properly, namely water and air. While the first one is obviously, the second one might not be. In order for water to flow down a drain, the ...

Over the weekend, I got Steve out of a big jam. He lives near Pittsburgh, and his wife decided it was time to tear out an outdated platform bathtub. She wanted a new sleek soaking tub shaped like an ...

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 ...

A new, larger capacity storm sewer constructed on Lakeshore Boulevard might have helped, said Doug Lopata, a design program manager with the sewer district. But the antiquated drainage system in the ...

The radiators at the back of my house refuse to warm as quickly as those at the front. I was going to buy all new vents for them, but I thought that the problem might be the main line vent in the ...

Q. There is a horrible sewer odor coming from the bathtub drain in the 20-year-old house we bought last year. This bath is in an addition that was put on about 15 years ago. The odor is intermittent, ...