Plumbing vents protect plumbing traps. They don't make fixtures drain faster; in fact, they do the opposite. When it comes to first time home buyers, one of the least understood components of a home ...

If a bathroom sink slowly loses its water or drains while it is being used, the cause is often a maladjusted pop-up drain. This mechanism, a part of virtually all modern lavatory faucets, can also be ...

A clogged or sluggish drain is not a major catastrophe, but it can be a real nuisance. Luckily, correcting a troublesome drain is a simple matter, requiring only the most basic of household tools. As ...

If your drain is completely stopped up and water is not moving through it at all, do not use a drain cleaner. It will not help the problem, and some types will actually harden if they cannot get ...

QuickPlumb Pro 2.1 by Epiphany Software, www.quickplumb.com, is a stand-alone Windows CAD program that enables users to draw drainage waste and vent piping in correct locations with walls and fixtures ...

When Congress passed the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct) regulating water-flow rates for plumbing fixtures, engineers and building teams were left to determine how to meet the new water-conservation ...