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Showing posts with label Home Tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home Tips. Show all posts
How to Install a Water Softener
Hard water is more than an unpleasant nuisance; it can stain sinks, reduce the cleaning power of detergent, cause buildup in faucets and pip...
How to Choose a Water Softener Location
If your home has an older water softener that you wish to replace with a new one, plan to put the new unit in the exact same location, since...
Salt-Free Water Softeners
Some people are concerned about the health effects of the sodium that softeners put in water. Be aware that most health concerns are over in...
Floor Structure
There are two main types of floors: raised floors that are wood framed, and floors built on concrete slabs. Beneath a raised, finished flo...
Childproofing Home Electrical Devices
Since 1984, the Uniform Building Code has required ground fault circuit interrupters in bathrooms; more recently, they've been required ...
GFCI Receptacles
A special type of receptacle called a GFCI (or GFI), short for ground-fault circuit interrupter, is required in kitchens, bathrooms, and oth...
Childproofing Stairs & Staircases
For adults, halls, stairs, and landings are a home’s traffic routes, but for kids they become raceways, play areas, and places to build fort...
How Bathroom Sinks Work
Most bath sinks are smaller than kitchen sinks and made in a much wider variety of shapes and styles, including ovals, rounds, modern angula...
How Pop-up Drain Stoppers Work
Pop-up drain stoppers move up and down to open or close drains in sinks and tubs. Although the stoppers in sinks and baths look similar fr...
How to Locate Drain Clogs
Every plumbing fixture in your home carries waste to the sewer or septic tank via a system of drainpipes. Also connected to this system are ...
How to Clear a Sink or Tub Drain
A slow-draining tub or sink usually means the drain is clogged. On a sink, first try using a plunger, and, if that doesn't work, clean o...
How to Water-Blast a Clogged Drain
There is a tool that’s easier and less messy to use than a snake for breaking loose clogs: a “blow bag” or “hydraulic ram,” which is essenti...
How to Clear a Clogged Drain
Following are the steps to take when trying to solve various types of drain problems. You’ll find more about each in the other Repair & ...
Toilet Problems & Repairs
Expert do-it-yourself advice and techniques for fixing the most common toilet problems Toilet repair is a job that homeowners often end up...
Sink or Tub Doesn’t Drain or Drains Slowly
A slow-draining tub or sink usually means the drain is clogged. With a sink, first try using a plunger. If that doesn’t work, clean out th...
Sink and Bathtub Stopper Repairs
The most common problems with pop-up stoppers are that they don't close fully, fit the drain flange tightly, or open easily when the lev...
How to Snake a Drain Clog
Here’s how to use a drain auger: 1. Wearing rubber gloves, push the cable into the drain while turning the auger’s handle clockwise. Keep ...
How to Plunge a Drain Clog
When a drain is clogged—whether it’s a sink, toilet, or tub—the first thing to do is try breaking up the clog by plunging the drain with a p...
How to Clear a Sink Drain
Here are the most commonly recommended methods for clearing a clogged sink drain: Plunger. Be sure the plunger’s suction cup is large eno...
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