Do you have a toilet that is constantly cycling (filling with water), but you are not flushing it. I made a quick video just for this purpose…Here are the two ‘main’ problems toilets have when they get older (even some newer).
1. The float is mis-adjusted and the water is just allowed to run [...]

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Ever been out shopping for a item for your bathroom and thought “Holey moley that’s expensive!” This was our problem when we were building our master bath on the house. We were able to find all kinds of things at the Habitat for Humanity Restore, but bathroom vanities where not one of those [...]

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Just an easy fix for today’s post. I had someone ask me the other day how I would go about tightening a loose toilet seat and thought why not put it on the web…If you toilet seat is loose here is what you do. First you need to identify your toilet seat hinges [...]

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One of the least fun tasks when you own a home is getting the toilet unclogged after untimely log jam or other ill happening in the house throne. Usually when this sort of thing happens we immediately run to the utility closet to get the plunger. This is the most used of the [...]

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Cleaning tile grout can be an especially irritating job when sealer has not been applied. Grout is a substance that is naturally porous, so when you spill something on it, or if something decides to grow on it, the grout naturally takes some of the color from the spill or growth. Bleach will [...]

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Hey everyone!…most of you have seen this one on my site before (it was actually a paper I wrote for Tech Writing in school). I am scrapping the bath page and just posting this with everything else. It seems to be easier to find that way. Installing a toilet is one of [...]

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I had someone ask me to post something about the pink stain on their tile grout the other day. I have done a little internet research on the mysterious pink stain and found that it is a bacteria that likes wet areas (like your shower). The name of this bacteria is Serratia marcescens, it [...]

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Ever reached break time with no good light to read your book? When I designed this bathroom I did not envision that it would need as much light as it does. I put the toilet in and thought a hanging light would make this area seem a little warmer…hopefully the light would make [...]

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Do you have a bathroom sink without a plug?  This can be a pain if you would like to fill your sink with water or if you tend to drop things in the sink.  There is a specific part made for this problem in the bathroom.  Its called a pop-up assembly.  You can purchase one [...]

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