Polybutylene pipe or, tubing was used extensively in new homes built between 1978 and 1995, the tubing and fittings were made from plastic resin made by Dupont, Hoechst Celanese and Shell Oil was rapidly hailed as a miracle tubing for water supply piping in homes. Polybutylene was easy to install, low cost, wouldn’t corrode, and [...]

Troubleshooting and Repairing American Standard Single Handle Kitchen Faucets is no different from any other kitchen faucet. You have to inspect the faucet and determine which portions of the faucet are leaking and or, not working properly. Once you know what is wrong with your American Standard Kitchen Faucet you can then replace the parts [...]

Troubleshooting & Repairing Kohler One Piece Toilets is not the easiest task to do. Kohler has utilized so many proprietary parts that just getting parts can be a huge headache. Even Kohler distributors will not have many of the parts in stock and ordering direct from Kohler is often the best option with a 3-week [...]

Troubleshooting & Repairing an American Standard Vent Away Toilet can be a real headache they utilized special components and a design where odors in the bowl could be pumped into the drainage and venting system of the house. They were first made back in the 60’s and into the 70’s before they were discontinued, fortunately [...]

This Kohler Forte Faucet Troubleshooting & Repair Guide will give you easy to follow steps for troubleshooting and repairing Kohler Forte kitchen and lavatory faucets. If you are having problems with a Kohler Forte in most cases following these easy steps and replacing a few inexpensive parts can restore the faucet to operating like new [...]

Toilet tank levers often break and people find themselves needing to replace the broken tank lever. Replacing a toilet tank lever is an easy task that most people can do themselves with a minimal amount of talent and tools required. One of the most important things for people to realize when they go to replace [...]

How To Repair A Leaking Mansfield Toilet is a simple task that many people will not undertake because the design of the Mansfield flush valve is so different than many other toilets. In reality it is no more difficult than changing a flapper in a conventional toilet. Most of the Mansfield toilets in service today [...]

While Kohler Ingenium may sound fancy it really is nothing special, in fact it is one of the few regular toilets Kohler made. Replacing the flapper is an easy task that you can do in just minutes. A toilet with a bad flapper can often leak 200 gallons of water down the drain without any [...]

Is my water heater frozen? It’s a cold winter morning, and you have woken up to discover no hot water coming from any faucets in your home. You can’t be blamed in most cases for thinking the water heater has frozen but it probably hasn’t. In most cases just a pipe leading in or out [...]

The Question: Hi Redwood, I have a Sears Bathtub Faucet and I need to repair it. It’s been in there since 1967 and Sears told me they no longer make anything I have in the plumbing of this house. I have attached a picture and the parts diagram. I can’t get the valve unit assembly out to [...]