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Home Improvement How to Install and Tile a Shower: A Practical Bathroom Guide

The shower is a bare rectangle of plywood subfloor and open stud walls. The drain pipe is sticking up through a hole…

Home Improvement How to Fix a Toilet Running: A Practical Bathroom Guide

The toilet has been running for three days. Not constantly. Intermittently. It will be silent for an hour, then the water will…

Home Improvement How to Frame a Basement Wall: A Practical Basement Guide

The basement walls are bare concrete from floor to joists. The space is dry, the moisture test passed, and the rigid foam…

Home Improvement How to Frame a Basement Window: A Practical Basement Guide

The basement window is a rectangular hole in the concrete foundation wall. It has been there since the house was built. A…

Home Improvement How to Grout Shower Tile: A Practical Bathroom Guide

The tile is on the wall. The thinset has cured for 24 hours. The spacers are still in place, little plastic crosses…

Home Improvement How to Replace a Flapper on a Toilet: A Practical Bathroom Guide

The toilet has been running intermittently for weeks. It stops when you jiggle the handle. It starts again at random intervals, usually…

Home Improvement How to Unclog a Drain Vent: A Practical Homeowner Guide

Your kitchen sink gurgles every time the dishwasher drains. The toilet bubbles when you run the bathroom sink. The shower drains slow,…

Home and Garden How to Unclog a Washing Machine Drain Hose: A Practical Homeowner Guide

A washing machine that stops mid-cycle with water still in the drum, or that drains slowly and leaves the clothes soaking wet,…

Home Improvement Smart Ways to Reduce Water Usage Around Your Home

Water bills keep climbing, and the pressure to use less of it grows heavier with every passing season. Homeowners in Collier County,…

Home Improvement How to Put Tile in a Shower: A Practical Bathroom Guide

The shower is down to the studs. The old tile, the old drywall, and the old waterproofing that was not really waterproofing…