Questions tagged [bathroom]
For questions regarding the room where one bathes or uses the toilet.
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Removing metal bathroom niche
There is an old metal niche in my 1937 home right by the sink. I’d like to remove it, but I cannot figure out how to unhook it from the wall.
It was painted and I removed the layers of paint and there’...
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Waterproof bathroom appliances
I would like to ask for help in my situation in Hungary:
Sometimes when we bath some water splashes to some electrical parts, and it is a problem i would like to fix.
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I am not interested in a ...
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Is it possible to grind down the ceramic tile around my shower drain [closed]
When the tiler built my shower, the corner of two of the tiles around the drain are sticking up a little bit. Is there a way to fix this without having to pull up the tiles?
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How should I install the T&G plywood subfloor for this bathroom layout?
Here is the overall layout of the bathroom, the grey rectangle at the bottom are closets (one for the bathroom the other for the adjacent room).
There will be a manufactured stone shower base to the ...
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How can I reinstall a Merlyn Series 6 bi-folding shower door?
I have a Merlyn series 6 bi-folding shower door. Been working fine all this time but today when opening it just fell off the hinge. I can see the shower door slots into the gap but no idea how the ...
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How flat does subfloor need to be under a manufactured stone shower base?
I am installing a very heavy (manufactured stone) shower base on 1/2" plywood screwed to old 3/4" slat boards. How flat should they be? They are diagonal and slightly warped (some of them). ...
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Can you identify this shower faucet manufacturer and what is the next step in taking out the cartridge?
Have a shower where no hot water is coming out and when turning the handle to all the way hot, the water sputters and never get hot water. Seems like a cartridge issue... Took the cover and the ...
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Flies that I am seeing in bathroom towels
We’ve been seeing this flies for quite some time and I’m looking for some help you try to understand why it keeps coming around my house and what I can do to get them away
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How should a shower enclosure be mounted to walls with plaster removed?
I thought all the glue-on shower surrounds were flimsy/cheap. So, I wanted a traditional Alcove Kohler direct-to-stud-stud enclosure.
Old surround was just screwed (mostly stripped out) to the plaster ...
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Is this toilet flange broken?
Preparing our upstairs full bathroom to be ready to lay flooring, I pulled the toilet out. When I did so, I noticed a plastic ring in the middle of the flange hole. I pulled on it thinking it was left ...
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Basement Bathroom Venting Solution
I have started to add a bathroom to my basement and have hit a roadblock for the venting of the toilet. The basement was stubbed with a toilet flange, toilet vent pipe, and shower drain when built in ...
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How is my plan for removing a shower wall? [closed]
We’ve decided to remove one of our shower walls. I am looking for input on our current plan.
The wall is not load bearing and it doesn’t have any electrical or plumbing in it. The shower surround is ...
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Electricity source for bathroom mirror
(the bathroom still needs a lot of work, there are no tiles, no electricity at all, and it is therefore not yet used)
I have the simple situation, where I want to prepare the area around the bathroom ...
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What's the best way to put tile over plywood subflooring?
I have a subfloor of new 3/4" plywood over 3/4" planks. Would this be at all suitable for putting bathroom tile over? I haven't detected any flex or give in the floor while walking on it, ...
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How can I install a drain vent for new shower and new toilet through existing 2 inch roof vent pipes?
Our townhouse has one main bathroom on our second floor that we share with kids and we want to add a second small bathroom on the same floor for the kids' room. The plan is to add a new shower and a ...
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