Placing toilets, showers, and sinks too far away from the main drain stack causes clogs in the future. The drain stack is the main vertical pipe, and water should reach it quickly and drain downward.

Avoiding common toilet clogs takes more than meeting basic code requirements. Here's what to know to set your bathroom ...

The inspiration for this column came from two different friends of mine who live in Los Angeles and who, coincidentally, both had drains on their minds. One friend told me he had received a mailer ...

The inspiration for this column came from two friends who live in Los Angeles but who don’t know each other. Yet they do know I’m a master plumber, and so each got in touch with an interesting tidbit ...

If your drain is completely stopped up and water is not moving through it at all, do not use a drain cleaner. It will not help the problem, and some types will actually harden if they cannot get ...