Q. I have a question about my home plumbing. My home was built in 1975 and has PVC piping. Each time I use the bathroom sink or flush the toilet there is a loud snapping noise in the plumbing where ...

Every house has plumbing, and if you want to understand yours, you've got to know the lingo. You'll have more interesting conversations with plumbers.

Q: I’m a do-it-yourselfer, and I’m going to remodel a bathroom. I don’t like our current exhaust bath fan and am going to install a new one. I’ve done all sorts of online research, and the information ...

Q.My old bathroom vent fan sounds like a low-flying jet and it does not seem to draw very well. I need a new quiet one which is also efficient. How should I go about selecting a new bathroom vent fan?

Most of us have a pretty well-established cleaning routine; a check-list of everything we need to get done on, say, weekend mornings to give the house a refresh before going into the week ahead. But ...