How to Choose the Right Claw Foot Tub Drain
The plumber’s van smelled of copper flux and wet cardboard when I climbed in to grab the replacement drain. He tossed me a blister-packed Dearborn 1½” face…
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Clawfoot Tub Drain Pipe Installation: A Step-by-Step Guide
I once heard the sound of a bathtub crying—soft, wet, and persistent—while sipping tea in a 1927 brownstone in Brooklyn. It wasn’t the faucet. Not the over…
The Benefits of Cast Iron Tub Drains for Clawfoot Tubs
Complete guide to cast iron tub drain with expert advice, practical tips, and step-by-step instructions.
Stand Up Shower Drain: Benefits and Installation Tips
“Your drain’s talking,” I told the couple while crouched on their new porcelain tray. A thin, metallic tink-tink-tink echoed up every time water hit the st…
Offset Shower Drain Flange: What You Need to Know
I once watched a shower drain gurgle like a teakettle after a 30-second rinse. Not because of clogs. Not because of slope. But because the flange sat crook…
Silicone for Shower Drain: Benefits and Application Tips
The smell hit me before I saw the problem—wet plaster mixed with something metallic and wrong. I’d popped the inspection panel on a wet-room refurb in Putn…
Shower Drain Cover Installation: A Step-by-Step Guide
Complete guide to shower drain cover installation with expert advice, practical tips, and step-by-step instructions.
The Benefits of Using a Universal Tub Drain Kit
The smell hit me first—stale water mixed with that unmistakable whiff of PVC cement—before I even saw the chaos in Mrs. Patel’s upstairs bathroom. Her gran…
Tub Drain Cover Plate: What You Need to Know
The creak of a loosened screw under a bare foot. That’s the sound most people ignore—until the cover plate wobbles, the drain gurgles louder, or worse, a s…
The Ultimate Guide to Tub Drain Kits: Everything You Need to Know
The gurgle wasn’t loud—more of a wet sigh rising from the tub’s throat after every bath. Not a clog, not exactly. More like the drain was breathing wrong. …