Q. My new kitchen is going to have a large island with my double-bowl sink in it. The young plumber and my contractor want to use some newfangled thing that just fits under the cabinet. They call it ...

Q. My husband and I have had a serious rotten-egg smell in our kitchen on and off for the past five years and our home is fairly new. We know the problem is not in our fixtures since we have recently ...

Q: We have had a serious rotten-egg smell in our kitchen on and off for the last five years and our home is fairly new. We know the problem is not in our fixtures since we have recently installed a ...

Some bathroom and kitchen sinks have “S” traps like this one that drain into the floor. It’s important that sewer gas doesn’t get trapped in them. Proper venting of drain lines ensures that a small ...

Q. I'm interested in buying a two story house built in 1927. The current owners have lived there since 1946 and have done very little updating. One potential problem: there is a one inch diameter pipe ...