I am in the process of doing some remodeling in my walkout basement and would love to put in a bathroom -- just a sink and stool. Where the sewer line drops down from the house is right by the furnace and there just isn't room there -- do you have any suggestions?
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which is the better product ,or which one would you reccomend for the shower walls .cement board or tile backe ... |
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i have some caulking around my bath tub, but if you look at it looks mouldy what to i do. ... |
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Hi,
Our bathroom fixture for hanging towels broke in half after the kids hung from it. The builder installe ... |
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Hi Bob,
At the present time, I have a bar light over an approximately 24" x 36" mirror over my vanity. ... |
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Hello, since your company installs bathrooms - I am having a problem with getting soap scum off my glass showe ... |
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Hi,
We've recently (last week) finished a small bootroom with a powder room that was built into an ... |
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We are building a home and are down to choosing either solid surface (ie corian) or cultured marble for the va ... |
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Hi Bob-
What can I do about mold stains on my bathroom walls and ceiling. We do have a window in this b ... |
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Hello Mr. Steele, I just wanted your opinion on a scale of 1 to 10 how hard would you say it is to replace a b ... |
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frame = 2 * 4
question: is it ok to use drywall to enclose the tub if Im going to use ceramic tile on the ... |
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I want to install a walk-in shower at my cottage. What are the standard sizes available? Can you buy the parts ... |
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we recently purchased a home and the grout in the bathroom has mildew. I heard on the radio that I could find ... |
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Hi I have mold growing on the bathroom window how do i get rid of it ... |
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I have always used latex paint indoors. I want a more durable finish in my main bathroom. if i use an "ename ... |
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hi bob
the fan in the bathroom is not working could you tell me how can I fix it thanks ... |
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We are renovating a 15-20 year old bathroom which has a grey "soaker" tub that is flaking in several spots. I ... |
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Hi Bob - I recently found that the sub-floor in my main bath has some water damage from the tub. I would like ... |
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Hi Bob
I am replacing a toilet and where the bolt goes thru the flange and attaches to the toilet bowl ... |
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we have a problem with our toilet leaking thru the floor into the basement.
but it only leaks when we flush ... |
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Hi,
We have an acrylic tub enclosure and there are two spots on the bottom of the tub (not near the dra ... |
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i have been told to lay 2 pices of plywood for my sub floor and not the sub boards that are sturdy . i ahve ha ... |
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For some time we have been experiencing occassional bad odours from our ensuite toilet. I am assuming it has s ... |
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We would like to replace a showerhead. However the old one seems to be extremely tight and does not budge. Wh ... |
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Hi Bob!
I am installing a new bathtub and need to repair the wall. The wall has a 45 degree slope on the ba ... |
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Hi, can you paint the tiles on the wall in the bathtub/shower area and if so what kind of paint is used? Than ... |
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Hi Bob,
I have a problem with mildew in the bathroom ceiling area, and I can't seem to get it off. Not ... |
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Hi Bob,
We have re-grouted all the tiles on the wall above and around our bathtub and unfortunately bou ... |
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You have probably been asked this a million times, but how does one keep mold from developing on the grout aro ... |
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Bob,I have purchased a new home and had a whirlpool tub and separate shower installed in the ensuite. The show ... |
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We live in a Minto home that is soon to be four years old. Three out of our four toilets "run" frequently for ... |
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i recently purchased a 96 year old home and i have been noticing a loud squeal (sounds like a old kettle whist ... |
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We have a window above the bathtub that has caused us nothing but problems. The water sits on the sill and run ... |
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I have a cracked tile in my shower stall and I would like to know how to replace it without damaging the surro ... |
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Living in a side-by-side with bath connected--toilet continues to flush unannounced and does it every hour or ... |
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We have recently bought a rather old home (50+ years) that we were told has undergone some renovations. Howev ... |
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Hi
I live in a 2 story home with a bathroom up and down stairs.Both have there own vent stack to the outdoo ... |
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I am in the process of doing some remodeling in my walkout basement and would love to put in a bathroom -- jus ... |
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Can you help us out regarding the wearing down of porceline around the drains of our both bathroom sinks and t ... |
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Good afternoon,
Is it better to re-glaze, paint or get a fiberglass insert tub.
Knowing the cost wou ... |
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I'd like to know what is the best thing to clean a Marble tub surround? I read that a cleaning agent with ... |
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I have a light fixture which is square and has 5 round light bulbs to it..very 70's...but it's still ... |
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Hi Bob,
We just moved into our house and
I noticed that when we turn the
water on in the tub, the flo ... |
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Hello,
Recently purchased a 1960's home with plaster walls. I would like to remove the "sunken" t ... |
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What causes hammering in water pipes and how is it fixed?. ... |
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Our brand new house came with an acrylic tub enclosure that had graffeti scratched into the wall. They have t ... |
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We are building a home and are contemplating installing our own ceramic tile on the floor and shower walls. H ... |
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My wife and I are moving to aylmer, we are going to add a second bathroom, with a shower stall, no tub, sink, ... |
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I have just bought a corner jacuzzi tub for an onsuite. The new walls were roughed in and regular drywall adde ... |
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the previous tenant left the shower mat in the tub. the underside markings can be seen but not removable. Is ... |
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Hi Bob,
We are about to redo our shower in the ensuite bathroom (25 yrs old) and we live in an apartment co ... |
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I have to replace the grout around my bathtub again because it is all mouldy. What can I do to prevent it from ... |
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I have a used fiberglass jet type bathtub. The previous owner tried to seal the jets with silicon sealant. I h ... |
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I have a vinyl surround around my bathtub in my bathroom, however the seam around it is sealed with something ... |
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Bob,
I am living in a fairly new (2 year old) home with an ensuite that is driving me nuts. We have a sepa ... |
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After painting my washroom walls,little bubbles started appearing on the walls.First i sahed the walls with TS ... |
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New installation of a skylight in my bathroom.
Small 4 pc ensuite bathroom
8'x 7' with a small window, and n ... |
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WD forty ... |
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The grout in the shower in my bathroom is discolored. I have tried cleaning it but it won't whiten. Is it sa ... |
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Hi Mr. Steele. I am in the process of renovating my bathroom and are currently looking into purchasing a two ... |
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I am renovating my bathroom and would like to change the colour of my bathtub from bone to white. Is it better ... |
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Could you please give me some advice on replacing our existing molded shower stall with tile. Is there anythin ... |
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Our home is 32 years old. Unfortunately the bathtub was placed below a window on an exterior wall and there i ... |
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I want to finish a ground floor bathroom for our future, the room was plumbed when we built the house 17 years ... |
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oUR TOILET WILL FLUSH OR MAKE A NOISE LIKE A SMALL FLUSH ,WITHOUT ANYONE TOUCHING IT.cANNOT SEE ANY LEAKS IN T ... |
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Hi,
I have two toilet problems:
1. one of the toilets runs all of the time. The float seems to be as hi ... |
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Hi, First of all, thank you for your expertise. Question, when I run my shower, and I turn the nozzle closer t ... |
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Bob I would like to install a tub surround, can I install this over existing 4" ceramic tile or will I have to ... |
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We have two kohler toilets with flappers [red] that will not seal causing the toilets to run intermittently. w ... |
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we are presently planning on putting ceramic tile around the tub and was wondering of the water resistant dry ... |
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Recently our 20 yr old water softener seems to have given up the ghost. Some of our rural neoghbours have sof ... |
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Hey bob, is there a way to stop the toilet from continually running other than lifting the lid and pulling up ... |
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In my shower the groute on the tiles are worn a little bit as well as dirty from soap probably. Also at the bo ... |
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Hi:
We have a cottage in which I've recently put a brand new bathroom. It is a nice place (2000 sq. ft.) a ... |
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hello,I have 2 toilets in my house,one of which seems to flush so slow that I dont think the toilet paper woul ... |
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The grout between the tile in my shower is starting to crack.
We take frequent showers and I am worried about ... |
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Hi Bob,
The existing tile surrounding the bathtub is coming away from the wall. I'm unable to tell if the wa ... |
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bob: good day from dartmouth,nova scotia. we listen to ren on cjch radio,and really enjoy the show and the hum ... |
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bob: thanks for the response to my question on bathroom humidity. i guess you could have something there when ... |
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Have a 25 year old two story townhome with a mildrew problem in the kids bathroom. Bathroom receives no light ... |
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I am installing a toilet in my cottage and I want to know if the top of the flange can be at the same level as ... |
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Hi Sam,
We purchased a home in Maple a couple of years ago and we are now thinking of renovating our basement ... |
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Hello Bob, I moved into a house in the winter and renovated the powder room. Once spring arrived, a urine-lik ... |
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Our indoor cottage toilet fill right to the top of the tube in the tank but there is handly any water sitting ... |
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This may or may not be your area of expertise but I would like to find, if such a thing exists, a positive "wa ... |
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Hi,
I am presently in the middle of building a home and am at the pouring of the foundation phase. Lighting ... |
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Hi,
My show/tub faucet started to making banging noise in the middle of night last Friday.
It sounds lik ... |
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We just moved into a home that has a one-piece tub enclosure. I believe it's acrylic but can't be sure. There ... |
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Hi Bob: I too have a humidity problem in my bathroom. I need to replace the fan as it is not sufficient, how ... |
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Our bathroom vent is no longer working. I need to know how difficult it is to replace it. I checked it out a ... |
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Does the city of Ottawa regulate the size of Toilet that can be installed in a new addition to a 50 year old h ... |
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How do you attach PVC to Cast these are the pipes from the toilet,it is at the elbow the elbow is cast the PV ... |
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Hello,
I just purchased a nice condo, but the bathroom has ugly brown and peach tiles on its walls, in add ... |
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Bob,
I bought a house in Aylmer. It`s quite big but has only one full bathroom. There is a bathroom (toil ... |
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Could you tell me, please, how to remove artifical nail glue from the top of a bathroom counter? It is in the ... |
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am having problems with the flushing of my new toilets with water saving features. We are aware that if you ... |
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A friend of mine has black spots on the bathroom wall and ceilling. There is no ceiling fan in the bathroom.w ... |
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Our bathroom has ceramic tiles on the floor and around the shower. We live in the country therefore have hard ... |
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why when we flush the toilet, does it take so long fill back up. it always used to fill up quickly ... |
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Hi, in the summer my toilet tank tend to sweat and dripped water all over the floor. What can I do to stop th ... |
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Hi Bob, I'm looking at changing one of the bedrooms at my dads cottage into a bathroom. This bedroom has the e ... |
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Hi... I don't know if you can help me. But, we are moving into a new house, that has horrible countertops. My ... |
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My mother put appliques on the bottom of her tub several years ago to help prevent slipping. Now the have par ... |
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I am replacing a standard 1960's tub with a new deeper and wider one. 60x32x22. Do i need to worry about und ... |
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I am helping a friend renovate a bathroom. the house was built in 1972 and the bathroom is in a semi-basement. ... |
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My husband and I just bought a new house that's about two years old. Anyway, we have been having problems wit ... |
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Hi,
I would like to redo my shower stall. It has a nice cement base with overlaid tiles on it. I like the f ... |
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Hi Bob:
I moved into an old house (80 y/o) but the toilet isn't that old. Its an American Standard, and if ... |
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I require a quote on the above mentiones" My powder room is 84 by 39 inches and I intend to bring up the wall ... |
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I am having a problem with mildew around the tub where the tub surround and tub meet. The surround is only a c ... |
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I just bought a house and the previous owners pot up a solid bath wall over the existing ceramic tile, is it p ... |
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Hi:
I am having problems with my toilet and I emailed you a few weeks, and you gave me a list of ratings on ... |
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we are building an addition to out house. It will include a bathroom - how can we minimize the chance of the p ... |
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The drywall in my bathroom has cracks running down where the seams are on one wall (the wall between our house ... |
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When flushing the toilet, (not always, but mostly) the water swirls around and around but doesn't seem to have ... |
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When remodelling a bathroom should i remove all the drywall to top of the ceiling or leave a bit for featherin ... |
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When installing a pedestal sink, how do you secure the sink to the pedestal? ... |
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Hi:
I bought a 15 year old house with an acrylic or fiber-glass (not sure of type) 1 piece tub enclosure,that ... |
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The lever that gets pulled up to activate water from the showerhead in our bathroom has been squealing/screech ... |
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Hi Bob
The bathtub drain in our 3-year-old house is really slow. It is on the main florr of a raised-ranch ... |
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I am planning to lay ceramic tile in my bathrooms. The existing subfloor is 1-1/8 plywood and vinyl with a new ... |
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We are completely gutting our bathroom(s) and installing new tubs, toilets, vanities, etc.Is it a good idea to ... |
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I have marble tile, white with black/grey markings on my bathroom floor & around my jacuzzi tub. It seems to b ... |
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What can I expect to pay for a full bath re-fit, including new ceramic and vanity, new tub, toilet sink, new t ... |
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HELP SHOULD I ATEMPT TO REMOVE MOLD OR IS THIS INDICATION THAT THE WALL ITSELF BEHIND TILES NEEDS REMOVAL?
... |
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Are there any circumstances where the new waxless gaskets are clearly superior/inferior to the traditional wax ... |
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Hi Bob<
I'm in the process of renovatiing my bathroom. I want to build a tile shower with glass door. Quest ... |
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I am renovating a bathroom ,that has lino on the floor. Can I apply tile directly over the lino? ... |
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Hi,
I'm interested in installing an electric floor heating system under a new ceramic floor. Do you have any ... |
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Our harvest gold tub is really worn out! It extends the full width of the bathroom. How much renovation is abs ... |
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What is the proper way to insulation the duct work from a bathroom fan that goes throught the roof.The duct is ... |
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Grout has fallen off the walls aroung the shower in my 30+ year old bathroomm The tiles are still solid on the ... |
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We have discovered a huge mildew problem in our upper bathroom, After ripping out the old lino the subfloor w ... |
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How does one install a toilet in the basement which is below the level of the plumbing to the sewer? I have n ... |
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Please respond as quickly as you can as I have no shower!!
Okay so my question here for you is this:
I g ... |
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Hi Bob,
My husband and I recently bought a home that was built in the 60's and our first priority is to renov ... |
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Hi...I have a standard shower stall in our basement that was here when we bought the house..I think it might b ... |
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I wish to regrout our old tile. The space between the tiles is very, very narrow. Do I have to get all the ol ... |
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Hello Mr. Steele,
I am going for my pre delivery inspection on Monday March the 21st. Could you please let ... |
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I can't seem to find a company in Ottawa that will paint a fibeglass tub. I have seen a product in the stores ... |
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Hi,
I wish to intall a shower bar in the shower tub, MAAX brand but I am afraid that if I don't do it prope ... |
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Hi Bob:
I have a huge problem. Recently, I had some minor plumbing leakage in my bathroom and kitchen. Unfo ... |
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The hot water faucet in my bathroom constantly runs. It isn't just a drip. I turn the hot water off when I'm ... |
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iwish to install grab bar
in the bath tub & shower area
are there any spesificatiions re dementions ie hei ... |
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What the best way to remove old ceramic that are all ready coming up and how do you refinish your bathtub ... |
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I have a compression valve that i need to replace, the valves are old and it's just that time. The only probl ... |
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Hello,
The hot water faucet in my shower "squeals". The pitch of the squeal changes if I push up, down or s ... |
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Hello,
PLEASE help me on what is the real procedure to built a damn shower pan floor. I've been surfing the ... |
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I am building a shower. I floated a motor bed over a hot mopped pan. I didn't slope the floor correctly - the ... |
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Hi: I had my bathroom remodel about 5 years ago, not it seem that when they did the remodel the put a seam in ... |
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Hi Bob,
I have a problem with a finish of a tup we installed 4 years ago. It's a half round shape with an ext ... |
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Hi Bob:
I have just one question to ask of you. I have acquired a house with a fiberglass shower stall in i ... |
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Hello,
My problem is a high pitched
humming sound that starts as
soon a the washing machine
finishes fi ... |
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Hi Bob, the bathroom at our cottage has a window above the tub but no surround yet. First, do we need to repla ... |
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Hi Bob
I want to paint my bathroom ceiling with Kitchen & Bath Paint but there is stucco on the ceiling. H ... |
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Hi Bob, I noticed that my bathroom fan was just vented to my attic(bungalow) and went to vent it through the s ... |
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We live in the country and have a well with very cold water. There are always people coming and going in our ... |
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Is there an easy method to remove cushion flooring from a plywood sub floor? ... |
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Hi,
We are remodeling a basement bathroom. It is approx. 10'x10'.
I think I would like to put down tile flo ... |
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Hi Bob, my father purchased two sets of gold taps and faucets much to my mom's unhappiness. She had wanted a ... |
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Around our toliet on the floor seems to be mold. Small area I have used bleach to clean does not seem to help ... |
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I have a neo-angle shower with only one wall. Where can I get a custom shower rod made that hangs from the cei ... |
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hi bob,
my existing bath faucet has a knob I pull to divert the water to the shower head.
I have a new one ... |
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Hi Bob,
I have a bathroom in my basement, which I'm renovating by replacing and moving the fixtures ( Sink, S ... |
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Our second floor toilet makes a loud noise when we flush it. It moans until the tank is full again. What can ... |
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Hi Bob,
I live in Ottawa, and lately there are noises coming from my master bedroom bathroom. I assume it ... |
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I am installing a shower enclosure in the basement. The plumbing rough-in is already installed under the concr ... |
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I have a newer bathroom faucet about 4 years old. I like the faucet but the water spigot is developing small p ... |
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Hi Bob,
We are re-doing our downstairs bathroom and found a nice brushed aluminum tap set,problem is it looks ... |
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my mother is thinking of renovating the bathroom and would like your opinion on whether she should re-tile the ... |
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My circa 1941 home has original? plaster walls. Those in downstairs bathroom are crumbling (in places) beneat ... |
