Placing toilets, showers, and sinks too far away from the main drain stack causes clogs in the future. The drain stack is the main vertical pipe, and water should reach it quickly and drain downward.

The inspiration for this column came from two different friends of mine who live in Los Angeles and who, coincidentally, both had drains on their minds. One friend told me he had received a mailer ...

Avoiding common toilet clogs takes more than meeting basic code requirements. Here's what to know to set your bathroom ...

Everybody knows that plumbing can be a messy, smelly and altogether nasty job. Nobody wants to do it except plumbers, who make good money doing the work nobody else wants to undertake. The best way to ...