Recent content by davefoc

Over the years I have renovated several bathrooms in an old apartment building I own. I have replaced the existing Price Pfister compression type faucets with similar washerless styles. The shower sets cost about $65.00 and they have been perfectly reliable (meaning that in the five years or...

Interesting. I bought that thing and thought it was useless. I couldn't force it into the drain before it just bent up and wouldn't go down. I wonder now if I was doing something wrong. I have a power snake but I'd rather not use it if something like the zip could retrieve hair balls...

We recently needed to replace one of the toilets in the apartment building we own. Previously we had just bought whatever the home center associate recommended. This time we did a bit of research as to which brand would best fit our needs. We ended up picking the American Standard Cadet 3...

I like this solution. A professional plumber might not do it because it might be difficult to guarantee the work, but my gut feel is that a pipe patched like this would be better than the original. I might have tried tape, maybe the kind of thick black tape that seals to itself or the tape...