The white pipe sticking up out of the roof is a plumbing vent. The rubber boot at the base of the plumbing vent is part of the flashing kit for this vent, and the boot has dried out and split. Here's ...

Plumbing vents help regulate air pressure to the plumbing fixtures in your home and help gases escape. The plumbing vent ...

I recently had a plumbing emergency in my own home. The main drain pipe under the basement floor got clogged with toilet paper. The culprit is a newer low-flush toilet in a basement bathroom. I’ve ...

Q: We have a gurgling sound that erupts from our bathtub drain every time we flush the toilet. No water comes up from the drain and it drains well when we shower. Could something be wrong with the ...

Q. Hey, Tim, I had the opportunity to tour a house under construction. All the plumbing drain lines were in, but I also saw all sorts of other extra pipes that connected to the drain pipes and ...

Whenever you work on an old house, one thing is certain: there will be surprises. Some surprises are pleasant — like finding a perfect set of servants’ bells in a boarded-up stairwell, or finding good ...

Q. Tim, I need you to weigh in on a remodeling conundrum. Two plumbers and one handyman say that two plumbing vent pipes can’t be relocated to an exterior wall. I took the drywall off the back of a ...

Plumbing vent pipes have to be sized correctly, they need to have a slope to them to drain any condensate back to the drain pipes, and they must be installed with great care. (iStock) Perspective by ...