Dear Sonia: A shower stall with a tile floor is very attractive, but it can be a complicated home improvement project. Before you tackle a job of this magnitude, do some research to be sure you will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shower curtain rod anchored to bathroom tile wall - Andriy Blokhin/Shutterstock Installing a shower curtain rod might seem like a ...

My wife and I decided to replace our existing bathroom floor with ceramic tile in order to have an updated appearance plus something more child proof. Let’s face it; kids can be rough on a house. The ...

My last house had a basement that leaked water. I’m building a new home and want my basement as dry as the Atacama Desert. I’m confident that my drain tile was not put in correctly at my last house.

Q. A corner of my garden has poor drainage and I have lost a lot of plants there over the years. A friend told me to put in a dry well. What is a dry well and will that help? A. A dry well is unlikely ...

Q: I’m remodeling a large bathroom in my home. The large shower stall is going to be tile as well as the floors in the room. I cut out pieces of scrap cardboard to resemble large-format tile, and it’s ...