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Hi and thanks for the reply. I’m going to go with caulk. Can you recommend what I should use? Preferably something I can get at Lowe’s or Home Depot.

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Hi all, I’m in the process of cleaning up some mildew in my shower. The shower was redone 10 years ago. Currently there is grout between the mosaic tile floor and the tile walls. Over time this...

Thanks for the replies.
@Milo can you please explain what you mean by install a regular flapper?

Hi all, I have 2 kohler toilets: memoirs and San Raphael models that constantly clog up. They're both about 10 years old and in good condition. Is there anything I can do to give a more powerful...

Thanks for the quick response but what I'm really asking is how do I replace all the outside fittings? The escutcheon, the other metal piece and the knobs? I'm looking for a cosmetic update with the...

Thx. I don't know the brand. There are no markings anywhere that I can see. I personally think that outer metal piece in the pic needs to come off too.

Anyone?

OK but can I replace just the knobs if that outer piece is still attached? It kind of looks like that piece came with the original knobs.

Hey there, well I've decided to try and breathe new life into this neglected bathroom so I'm going to replace a few things while I'm replacing the toilet. Would anyone know if/how I can remove that...

Hi again and thanks. It looks like most of it is coming off with a spackle knife.

Hmmm, when you say "…with a fingernail". I'm talking about globs of glue. The mirror is about 3ft x 3ft. I can see using some kind of heat source to soften it I guess. Thanks.

Would like to know...

Hi all, I have a mirror that was glued to sheetrock in a bathroom. I was able to save the mirror without breaking it when I removed it from the wall. Now that I've made the repairs to the wall and...

Thanks Massp! I'll probably get to this in the next few days and report back.

Thanks, I'll see if I can get one of those. I have kind of a stupid question/situation... since I've opened up the wall behind the toilet, I'm not sure if I should repair the wall first, set the...

I bought one of these... Is this OK?

Thing is what have I really proved? That's what's got me perplexed. If I put on another wax ring who's to say this all won't happen again? Should I be doing anything special?

Hi again, I saw your reply this morning so I didn't shut off the water overnight but the leak has stopped. I haven't seen any drips for about the last 12 hours. So it seems my problem was a leaking...

I agree with you but I don't see anywhere that it would be coming from the supply line that feeds the toilet as all of that is dry above the finished floor. I think and hope it was from a leaking...

Hello again, well i took some more steps:

1. Removed toilet from 2nd floor bathroom.

2. opened up wall behind toilet.

3. opened up ceiling below where toilet is.

Here is a video showing...

Thx Mark. I think the only choice I have is to shut off the main to the house (condo). I already have the ceiling open below and I do see the drip along that pipe but I'm just not 100% sure where its...

There is no wetness above ground. And from where the supply line comes out of the wall is totally dry. So I'm pretty sure the leak is in the copper pipe in the wall that feeds the supply line to the...

Yes I believe it's inside the wall/floor BC from below I can see water dripping along the copper pipe but I want to be 100% so is there a way to further isolate it?

Hi all, I have a leak that I'm pretty sure is coming from the supply line that is feeding an 2nd floor toilet. I shut off the valve at the toilet but it's still leaking below. I realize there's...

Mark, thanks so much for the reply. I did do that test last night and I continued to have drips. The weird thing is that I haven't used the shower for 24 hours (except to fill the pan with water last...

Hello out there and thanks for reading this... I remodeled a bathroom in 2009 and I've developed 2 leaks unfortunately. The bathroom is on the second floor of a 2 floor condo and the leaks showed up...

Hi, the wall isn't soft but its hard to tell because its tile. The shower/tub is never used (guest bathroom and I have no guests ;) Here are a couple of pictures:
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Hello all, I recently noticed brownish black mold growing in my bathroom where the bathtub meets the wall. I cleaned the area once with tilex and its grown back with a small mushroom added in for...

Hello, I have 2 fluorescent light fixtures in my garage, both controlled by the same switch. Each fixture has 2 x 8ft bulbs in them. One full fixture works fine when I turn the switch on. Up until...

Jaz, can you recommend by name exactly what to use please? Also I'm assuming I'm troweling that on and creating pitch, let dry and then thinset/tile over that? Is this what you mean?

Thanks.

Well fortunately or unfortunately he's out of the picture. This is the second time he screwed it up. At this point I'm on my own. So if I can get the tiles off cleanly how would you raise the level...

I recently had a contractor install a mosaic tile floor in a shower. Unfortunately the floor was not pitched correctly and is level. So water puddles instead of flowing towards the drain. The shower...

Ok all, I think I figured it out using the shims. Seems to be pretty tight and not moving even with my ample girth applied to it. Next step is applying the Dap. I couldn't find Tub and tile...

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm wondering if maybe I screwed the flange down too far, making the top of the flange even with the tiles as opposed to just above the tile. The tiles were cut around the...

Hello out there. Im attempting to set a new toilet to an old flange (bathroom reno). The problem is the wax ring seems to compress too much. I can't seem to get the toilet to sit w/o feeling wobbly....

Excellent calculation!! :D

3 walls are 3 flat planes. Square feet is measured length times width. I'll break it down for you to make it simple:

wall #1: (3ft by 8ft) so...

3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3=24

wall #2: (3ft by 8ft)...

Great, thanks for the input again. I'll let you know how it goes.

Bljack, these forums are so great! I've gotten excellent help from so many qualified people. There are actually one or 2 other forums that I've been using for tile info that are excellent. If you...

I'm glad you guys can have a laugh at my expense ;) BUT if you take a look at what I wrote you'll see I was right in my estimate. Its 3' x 3' x 4' x 8' which =80 sf. At least it did when I got done...

I'm not sure what you mean. My walls are just Wonderboard screwed into wall studs. I haven't taped any seams yet and I haven't done my final mudbed for the floor yet.

Wow, that's a serious amt of cash for such a small area or am I figuring something wrong? 3 x 3 x 4 x 8 ft high shower stall = 80sq ft right? Approx 2 gallons? Seems like pulling off the wonderboard...

Thanks very much for this explanation. I like the whole idea about using the sides of the curb tiles to get that slight pitch back to the shower.

One other question... I haven't done a vapor...

Hello, I'm in the process of renovating a master bath. I'm at the point of setting tile for the walls and floor in both the stall shower and the rest of the bathroom. I'm wondering what order should...

Milo, I can glue it right onto the pvc liner material? This doesn't make sense to me. Wouldn't it move somewhat and not be stable? Right now the liner is wrapped over the curb. Can you please explain...

Well, I made my patches and water-tested over night and all seems fine. I just got done with wonderboarding the walls.

I am considering wonderboarding the curb/threshold and then putting one...

Tom, I ended up making my own patch. The problem is that there's just too much material left over due to the pig ear and the curb and there's really no full corner. Ive seen all the videos and...

Guys, thanks for sending the links BUT unfortunately I'm still not getting a good idea of how to do this. The very end of the video clip falls short of explaining what I need to do. There's all this...

Well since I already ruined 2 corners I guess I don't have much in the common sense area :) Can anyone else perhaps send me some good diagrams on how this is done please? Or maybe a how to article on...

Hello out there and thanks for looking. I've been scouring the net looking for how to fold or cut corners for my membrane pan liner. I've already ruined 2 corners! My shower is an alcove style: 3...

Thanks for the info. Probably won't get to this until the weekend but I'll let u know how it goes.

Thanks again.