Bathroom Repair

Repair a shower faucet that won't shut off. Most single-handle, cartridge-style faucets can be repaired in an hour or less with basic tools.

We'll show you how to replace your old-style bathtub drain with a low maintenance lift-and-turn drain. Once you remove the old stopper,…

You can fix chipped enamel on cast iron and steel sinks, and you can make the repair almost invisible with a special enamel repair kit. We show…

Renew your bathroom vanity. Make a scratched, dull-looking cultured marble top look shiny again with an auto polisher and special cleaners and…

We show simple ways to find and stop common water leaks before they cause rot and other expensive damage. You'll find most of them around…

Clogged toilet? No problem. With a little practice, even a home repair rookie can get most clogged toilets back up and running in minutes,…

Don't panic if you get a little leak when opening or closing a water shutoff valve under a sink or toilet or in your basement. You can usually…

If your toilet doesn't flush as well as it used to, there's a good chance that lime deposits are building up in the rinse holes and…

Replace a shower drain without tearing open the ceiling below. Use a special drain assembly and install it from the top.

Make your tile look new again. We show you the best ways to scrape out crumbling, stained grout with simple tools and without damaging the old…

Fix a clogged tub drain quickly and easily by removing the stopper and fishing out the hair and gunk that causes the problem 80 percent of the…

Learn the best techniques for clearing clogged sink drains using a plunger and a snake. Avoid emergency visits from the plumber and save…

Control bathroom humidity more efficiently with a new type of humidistat switch that turns an exhaust fan on and off in response to changing…

Use a special cover plate to replace a leaky, old two-handle shower valve with a new scald-proof one-handle valve without tearing out tile or…

Stop the high-pitched squeal from water pipes by replacing the shower head or adding a flow control valve. Or simply replace faucet parts with a…

Fix the 4 most common causes of leaks under the toilet. With the right parts it's easier (and cheaper) than you think.

You can replace a leaky or stuck shutoff valve in an hour, so replace the bad one under the sink or behind the toilet before it gets worse.…

Shutoff valve leaks are usually caused by loose packing nuts. A slight turn of a wrench often stops the leak.

A dragging shower or bathtub door can permanently damage both the door and the track if ignored for too long. Learn the steps needed to fix it…

Repair loose laminate on a countertop quickly and easily with contact cement. It takes only 15 minutes.