If you've toured older properties during the home buying process or watched HGTV's "Ugliest House in America," you've ...

If your basement floor is below your sewer line (and most are), a gravity toilet won't work down there. You need what's known as an upflush toilet that uses a pump to flush everything into the sewer.

“One item I would never install in a bathroom is an adjustable P-trap. P-traps are often advertised as a convenient plumbing solution for DIY homeowners, but they can cause more problems than they ...

Installing a bathroom in the basement is one way of utilising this often underutilised space. It is also a good idea for homeowners who want to save their guests from climbing stairs to use the ...

If you’re planning a plumbing project, make sure you know how to shut off your toilet water supply before getting started.

A macerating plumbing system can add a bathroom to a basement, closet, small spare room, attic, garage, laundry room, or outdoor building.

With a few tools, precise measurements and some reading, you might be able to complete your bathroom's plumbing yourself.

Above-floor plumbing permits the creation of a full bathroom — tub and/or shower, sink and toilet — where none previously existed. The macerating unit, seen here behind the toilet, can also be ...

She says basement toilets are very common, especially around Cincinnati. The city got indoor plumbing with the purchase of what we now call Greater Cincinnati Water Works in 1839.

Another benefit of the basement toilet is that it helped prevent sewage backup into the rest of the home, which was a very real issue in the early days of plumbing.

Want to add a bathroom to your garage? How about in the basement? A bathroom addition means you need proper plumbing, and often in these types of spaces none exists.

I had a guy from The Deal Contractor Corp. come to my house and assess my basement bathroom because it smells. He told me he needs to break the wall down to see if the toilet/shower has a vent. If ...