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It looks like mastic (a glue) and I cannot tell what the substrate that it is mounted on. Take something like an awl and poke at the board behind - if it is soft, it may just be drywall, and the...

That kind of a fitting is just like a hose on an outside hose bib...the thing that seals is the gasket, not the threads which are only there to allow you to tighten it down enough to make the seal on...

Not necessarily...the diameter and shape of the grate adapter part could easily be 4", but it would taper down to a standard 2" drain line when you take all of the parts(while they do make 3" and 4"...

Not all brands are created equal, so some 1.28g toilets do not work great, just like some 1.6g ones don't, and the 3.5g ones didn't. Toto has generally done quite well with theirs. Going from a...

I've only needed to call them once, but the tech line at Grohe was both helpful and accurate...I'd go to the source.

The lake effect from Erie peters out about 20-miles away, and with the prevailing winds, about 5-miles north of the house (it's about 10-miles due south of the lake), doesn't get much from Ontario. ...

It's a raised Cape, the front roof is steep, and the back has a low pitch (don't know how much really until I get there). There are no soffit vents, two gable end vents and a full ridge vent. There...

You'll have to wait for a pro to get a more detailed description of what to expect. When new, that upper part of the drain would just screw in/out to adjust the height to accommodate various heights...

Without knowing the flow rate of the devices you want to run...there's no way to tell if that valve you have will work well at all. A showerhead is typically 2.5gpm, a body spray can be anywhere...

Had you considered something like this: http://www.schluter.com/11_1_rema.aspx

This is a guess...the top part of the shower drain may unscrew. Then, you'd have access to the clamping ring to take it off. Then, you'd have room to see what's left and deal with it. The squared...

First thing is to add up the volume from the flows of each thing that will be running at the same time and determine if the 1/2" version of the valve can handle it at all. I do not think 1/2" pex...

If, and I'm not saying it does, that price includes the pan, installation, and actually running a drain line somewhere, that's a decent price. If it's just the pan cost, it's not.

FWIW, BW doesn't like to sell to a homeowner, they much prefer to sell to the installer, which is the reason you're having problems finding them online. By only selling to a pro, they have a better...

I'm going to be doing some work at my mother's house and was thinking about adding some blown-in insulation in her attic. But, the back half of the roof only has a very shallow slope, so any depth...

If each fixture is properly vented, it really doesn't matter. A bathroom group is allowed to 'wet vent' bits, then the order really matters (in a wet vented bathroom group, the only group that can...

IF you haven't installed the flange yet, please do not use the all plastic one- pick one that has a SS metal ring. You'll want to anchor it with some lead anchors or maybe some Tapcons. The all...

The toilets in the flats I lived in when I was in Germany were like that...I could find no compelling reasons to want one! At least for the ones I had, they needed a quite large water supply line,...

I'm pretty sure that shower kits are measured the same way tubs are...from the rough-opening. You sure it's 46"? That being said, you can make or have made a tiled shower in any size as you wish...

At 30-years old, it's iffy if you have a pressure balanced valve. But, if you do, it is entirely normal to have it shut off when the pressure from both hot AND cold supplies are not present. Under...

FWIW, a typical propane fired WH is probably in the 55-60% efficiency range. A good, properly sized boiler running on propane would be in the order of 90-95% efficient, or close to a 50% improvement...

WIth the internal pump, the WM can move a LOT of water quickly...it just makes sense that it needs a proper vent to keep from either pressurizing the line or creating enough velocity to suck some...

Some of the valves have filter screens on their inlets. Other than that, there could be rust particles IN the cartridge, and it may need to be replaced as they generally aren't repairable. It's...

While Kohler makes some stuff in the USA, the fact that they do have a factory here is no guarantee of where their branded stuff is actually made.

SOmetimes, you can figure out who made it by looking at the cartridge which requires taking the trim off first and maybe removing it.