For questions regarding the room where one bathes or uses the toilet.
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Could my wall have been damaged while the painters were painting?
I recently had my bathroom renovated. Before the renovation I had noticed some minor cracks in the ceiling. The building is 1962 and the walls are plaster. I had semi gloss paint used which I know can ...
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how can i fix my bath tub
When I turn the water on to take a bath the water don't run it just drips and takes hours to fill the tub or I have to add pots of water is there a way for this to be fixed or do I have to call a ...
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Can I ask my contractor to redo a tile job I'm not happy with?
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I had my bathroom renovated while I was away last week. I'm not happy with how the floor tile came out. I assumed the contractor would lay the tile out in a uniform way ...
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How can I identify my bathroom tub faucet pressure valve?
I am looking for a replacement trim valve kit and I am having trouble finding the right one that will fit my current pressure valve. It appears to me to be a model from American Standard.
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How can I wire an exhaust fan to turn on from multiple locations?
I just bought a Panasonic FV-20NLF1 inline bath exhaust fan that I planned to used to exhaust 2 different bathrooms. I want each bathroom light switch to control the fan, so when the lighting turns ...
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How can I stop exhaust fan vent condensation problems?
So, our bathroom fan leaks when it is cold. In the attic, the PVC pipe connected to the exhaust is uninsulated, and frosted -- shock!
So, my question is, what is the best way to fix this? Do I cut ...
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Should light bulbs above showers be “steam proof”?
In replacing the lighting in my apartment with LED bulbs, I noticed that the recessed can lighting above the shower (to be fair, the light is centered on the shower curtain) does not appear to be ...
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What new technology replacements are available for incandescent globe light bulbs for the bathroom vanity light?
I have a bathroom vanity light fixture with a row of exposed globe light bulbs. They had been burning up recently, and I was wondering if there are reliable CFL or LED globe bulbs available as a ...
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Should I remove nailed-down plywood before laying tile?
In my bathroom there is vinyl on top of plywood, which is nailed to the sub floor. Should I pry up the plywood before putting down cement backer board for tile, or can I go over the plywood?
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How much vent fan throughput do I need for my bathroom?
What minimum size (CFM) vent fan do I need per cubic foot of bathroom?
Consider a bathroom that is 10ft. X 4ft. X 6ft(height). What is the minimum throughput rating for a vent fan? I want a vent fan ...
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How do I stop grout in the corner of a shower from cracking?
I moved into a newly remodeled home. The walk-in shower walls are grouted. Now the corners have started to crack.
How do I slow down the cracking? Should it be caulked, or would that be a bad idea?
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Is it dangerous to run electrical cords through heating vents?
I'm living in old apartment and my roommate has fed electric cords through heating vent from living room into bathroom. I see this as a double hazard and illegal. The heating vent exits on wall behind ...
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How do I replace a broken halogen bulb in the recessed light in my bathroom?
First, some pictures:
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I can replace the bulbs in the rest of my apartment just fine but the ones in the bathroom have a special enclosure around them that I don't know how to open. The only ...
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How can I repair a split bath tap pipe?
I've removed the tap and tried to reseat the pipe. I look in to see a large crack/split on end of the pipe.
Is there anyway I can fix this/reseal it with out ripping the house!
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How do I to choose a new light fixture for the bathroom?
I've got a bathroom that has a single 75 watt bulb light fixture. It's wall mounted. Unfortunately, it's old and there isn't enough light. I'd like to replace it with a sconce that has 2 or 3 bulbs. ...
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How can I remove the tile from this wall?
Doing a tile removal on our master tub/shower. I'm pretty sure the tile is original to the house, which is 34 years old (1978). It's a 4 1/4 inch tile, that has been backed by dry wall. When I was ...
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Are these walls prepared properly for tile?
My sister and I are doing our bathrooms in our condos. I am seeing her job and am concerned they aren't doing right.
They used the concrete sheetrock for her shower but it didn't go to the top. So ...
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How do I install a bathroom exhaust fan?
I need to know how to wire a bathroom fan with a light and night light. The wiring has a black/white red/white blue/white and green. The bathroom has a light switch for the light fixture over the ...
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How to fix broken toilet flange from over tightened bolt?
I broke my PVC toilet flange when I over-tightened the bolt used to secure the toilet to the flange. How do I fix this without replacing the entire the PVC fitting? This PVC flange is glued to the ...
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can i paint my bathtub wall?
One of our bath walls is green Sheetrock with a white semi gloss paint finish.
As you can see on the pictures attached, the paint has started to bubble and strip.
What can we do now?
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How to determine if a faucet is plastic or metal?
On the first picture below I am pretty sure the grip is made of plastic because it feels very light, when I lift it.
On the second I have no idea.
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How do I tell if the grip of a faucet is ...
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How can I repair a flexible hot water supply hose that is leaking at the nut?
The hot water supply hose under my sink started leaking after I replaced the popup drain on the sink. Apparently I disturbed the hose in some way. It is leaking from just above the nut where it ...
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How do I seal the sink basin opening?
I purchased a new bathroom sink and faucet and set everything up according to instructions. The faucet instructions told me to use silicone for the drain lip (the border thing around the stopper in ...
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How can I locate and repair a leak?
We recently bought a 100 year old house that stood uninhabited for 18 months prior to our move. Everything had been properly winterized for the cold winter months (Temperatures can reach -40 C) and ...
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Can I get a smaller toilet installed? (picture included)
At the bottom is a picture of my toilet, where you can see the toilet pipe that enters the floor and that there is ~7 cm of space between the water container and the wall.
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Does there exist ...
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How can I remove hair dye stains from a porcelain sink?
Anyone have any suggestions about how to do this? I've tried Comet, bleach and windex, all applied with plenty of elbow grease, but the stains aren't budging.
Any other ideas?
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Under bathroom sink piping (exposed)
We are looking at setting up the piping for under our wall mounted sink (no vanity, ie, piping will be exposed). And after our contractor finished putting the wall we noticed that the hole from the ...
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What paint do I use to paint wood in a bathroom?
I have a lot of wood in my bathroom, some in worse wear than others, its really ugly.
So I want to paint it. My question is what paint do I use, do I need primer/ undercoat/ special bathroom paint?
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What length of finishing nail should I use?
I just re-tiled my master bathroom and plan to put wood trim back up around the perimeter soon. How do I know what length of finishing nails to use?
I see 2" and 1.5" nails - does it really matter?
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Is it safe to use Greenboard drywall in a shower?
I've seem a lot of people telling that greenboard drywall SHOULD NOT be used in bathroom and wet areas. However, in Brazil (where drywall is kind of a novelty yet) the manufactures recommend ...
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How can I repair the carpet around a new shower?
I just had a new shower put in, and the existing carpet doesn't quite go close enough to the bottom of the shower. It looks uneven. Is there something I can buy to make it flush?
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Exhaust fixture for venting bathroom fan through roof
I'm planning to install a roof vent for a bathroom exhaust fan I'm putting in. I'm thinking about using one of these:
but I was wondering if I need to worry about it getting blocked by ice or snow? ...
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Should I tie into the ERV or just vent outside to increase bathroom ventilation?
Our bathroom currently only has an intake connected to the Energy recovery ventilation (ERV) to remove humidity, and it's completely inadequate even for a quick shower. Should I install an exhaust fan ...
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Can a bathroom fan be vented just outside the bathroom?
I belong to a housing cooperative in the arctic and the temperature drops below -40 C. We are having problems with mold on the ceilings in the bathroom. The buildings were built in 1984 with an air ...
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How can I repair peeling finish on a faucet handle?
I've got a faucet in my bathroom that has a bit of the finish peeling off after what appears to be some kind of oxidation has built up underneath it. I'd like some suggestions as to how to repair this ...
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What are the standard sizes/clearances for bathroom elements?
I expect to be asking several more questions about this project; but I'm starting with a general one, and will get more refined as things develop.
We are working on finishing our basement, which ...
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Why would a bathroom emit an odor if pipes aren't clogged?
House has crawl space and the pipes aren't clogged, yet bathroom has stench that wasn't there yesterday. Only thing different today than yesterday is that it's raining today. Why would stench all of a ...
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How can I replace a non-standard (20cm) bathroom faucet?
The bathroom sink has a separate cold and hot tap, their centres are 20cm apart. I want to replace them with a mixer tap. However, the mixer taps I see have 18cm distance.
What are the options for ...
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How can I protect bathroom wood from mold?
I have bought bamboo fittings in the bathroom (towel holders, dishes etc). I see that as a result of hanging damp towels on the towel holders, a black mold is accumulating on the bottom of the holder ...
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What power and type of in-line bathroom extractor fans should I be looking for?
We had some mould appear in our bathroom and I suspected that our inline extractor fan was underpowered. As it happens the extractor just stopped working, so I'm in the market for a replacement.
I ...
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What could cause water hammer after changing a valve cartridge?
I fixed my delta 1400 series shower faucet the other day by replacing the valve cartridge with a non-delta brand.
Everything went well, until I turned it on, now the shower pipe is hammering. The ...
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How can I remove stuck anti-vandal rings in tap head?
Most of the taps in my new house are fitted with so-called "anti-vandal" screws in the tap heads, as shown in the image. These screw into the tap head to tighten them onto the stem.
I can't remove ...
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How do I install a bathroom wall light?
I live in a small, newly built flat in London. The walls are plasterboard. In our bathroom, the only lights are two halogen down lighters on the ceiling. I would like to install two new lights on the ...
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How to best keep floor vent by shower dry/mold free?
We just moved into a rental home. It turned out after living there for a few weeks that we discovered the vents were innudated with mold. They were so bad the landlord had to replace all the vents in ...
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Are “Waterproofing Primer” and “Grout Sealer” the same?
As I'm getting close to end of bathroom renovation, hardware store recommends me to purchase 'grout sealer' to finish off new layered grout. When I test it out, I found out it is very similar to ...
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Can we install an above-counter sink (large, about 31“ x 18” x5") on a bottom-mount countertop?
Currently, we have a small oval undermount sink in our bathroom that is roughly 16 by 19.5. We are thinking bout changing it to a large, rectangular, above-counter sink (13 x 18 x 5) but we obviously ...
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What information do I need to give a general contractor to get a good quote?
I'm looking to do some major renovations:
removing an interior wall
removing popcorn ceilings
new kitchen (layout, appliances, counters, cabinets, etc)
new master bath
new flooring throughout
new ...
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Should I seal around the base of a bath/shower?
I was planning on putting caulk around the base of my bath/shower, but I have been told by someone that it is preferable not to seal the bottom of a bath as it "prevents it from being able to breath" ...
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How do I install this wall mount bathroom sink?
I'm replacing a sink that was on a vanity cabinet and hoping to do as little busting through the perfectly good tile as possible. I heard a rumor that I need to make very sure that the sink is ...
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What should I be aware of as I prepare to replace my bathroom vanity with a wall mount sink?
We have a super tiny master bath, and the sink, which is a vanity type is pretty destroyed. I think someone used some caustic cleanser on it or something. I'm thinking of replacing it with a wall ...
