Home remodeling ideas – simple ways to transform your home
That damp spot on the bathroom floor, right at the base of your toilet, is not your imagination. And no, it’s not “just condensation,” no matter how badly you want it to be. If your toilet rocks a little when you sit down, or you catch a whiff of something sour every time you walk … Read more
You flip on your bathroom fan expecting a nice quiet hum, and instead you get a rattle that sounds like a dying moth trapped in a coffee can. Or worse, nothing happens at all except a puff of gray dust falling onto your shoulder. If that sounds familiar, your vent is begging for help. I’ve … Read more
That drip. Drip. Drip. It’s 2 a.m., you’re staring at the ceiling, and your brain has decided the bathroom faucet down the hall is the most fascinating sound in the world. I get it. A leaky faucet is one of those problems that seems small until it’s costing you real money on your water bill … Read more
Water dripping behind your shower wall at 2 a.m. is one of the worst sounds in homeownership. You can’t see it, you can’t always hear it during the day over the kids or the TV, and by the time you notice a soft spot in the drywall, you’re not looking at a $12 washer anymore. … Read more
That phantom “hissssss” at 2 a.m. Your toilet, running again, for no reason anyone in the house will admit to causing. You jiggle the handle, it stops for an hour, then it’s back at it like a leaky faucet with a grudge. I get calls about this one more than almost anything else. A running … Read more
Water pooling on your bathroom floor every single morning is not a “quirky old house” problem. It’s a broken shower door problem, and it’s fixable in an afternoon for less than the cost of a decent dinner out. I’ve replaced more shower door rollers, gaskets, and hinges than I can count, mostly because my own … Read more
That black, fuzzy line creeping along your tub isn’t mold you can scrub away. I know because I spent an entire Saturday morning attacking mine with bleach spray and a toothbrush before I finally accepted the truth: caulk has a shelf life, and mine was long past its expiration date. If you’re staring at cracked, … Read more
Steam fogging up your mirror for twenty minutes after every shower. A weird rattle that sounds like a marble rolling around in your ceiling. Or worse, a fan that just clicks and does nothing at all. If any of that sounds familiar, you’re not alone, and you don’t need to call an electrician for most … Read more
Steam fogs up your mirror every morning. Water beads on the tile and drips down onto your baseboards. And somewhere on your bathroom wall, right behind where the shower door swings open, there’s a patch of paint that’s starting to bubble like old wallpaper paste. If that sounds familiar, you picked the wrong finish. I … Read more
Your bathroom sink either won’t hold water at all, or it won’t drain no matter how hard you jiggle that little lever. Both problems usually trace back to the same cheap little part: the sink stopper. And both are fixable in about twenty minutes, with tools you probably already own. I’ve swapped out more sink … Read more