We have 3 bathrooms in our house and a continuous problem with clogged toilets. Do the toilets need to be replaced (as suggested by our plumber) or is there a less severe route we can take. All toilets are fourteen years old.

This is my first question, just discovered your wonderful website~ Let me preface this with my husband is working out of town and I though a capable woman I am not real repair oriented, so some advice would be very much appreciated! We have a septic system, and we have two tanks, a gray water...

Hello I had a backwater valve recently installed in my basement. The top of it rests about a foot below the basement floor. Is there some kind of cover that is manufactured that could be put over the hole? Angelo

Tom, I currently finishing my basement and have heard/read that if the flood rim level of any fixtures is below the next upstream sewer manhole cover that a backwater valve should be installed to prevent sewage backup into the finished basement in the event there was a main sewer line block or...

My mother who is in her 80's lives by herself in another city where I can't monitor her dealings with tradesmen. I fear she has gotten a plumber who takes advantage of old ladies. She has had a little trouble with a clogging toilet and he is telling her that she needs a new commode because old...