If you poke a drinking straw into your soft drink and place a finger over the opening, you can lift the straw out and the liquid in the straw will stay. Remove your finger and the liquid runs out.

I recently had a plumbing emergency in my own home. The main drain pipe under the basement floor got clogged with toilet paper. The culprit is a newer low-flush toilet in a basement bathroom. I’ve ...

The plumbing system in your home needs two things to work properly: water and air. While the first one is obvious, the second one might not be, so let us explain: In order for water to flow down a ...

Q: My washing machine is in the basement in a room directly beneath the kitchen. When water drains from the washer, it’s going into a hole in the basement floor. The sump pump kicks on, but the water ...

A clothes dryer should quietly handle laundry duty without drama. Yet inside many homes, a simple dryer vent quietly builds up lint, dust, and debris until it becomes a serious fire hazard. The ...

We Canadians deal with extreme winter challenges each year, and one of the most annoying (and mysterious) happens when rooftop plumbing vent pipes get plugged with frost. This is called “ice capping” ...