If you're doing a bathroom renovation or just want to understand your plumbing better, you should know how to tell which kind ...

Dear Melissa: This is a very common problem when your bathtub has the old two-handle (hot and cold) shower valve. When a toilet ... Remove the knobs and pry off the cover plates in the shower.

First up on the list: changing out an old two-handle faucet and replacing ... experience may vary. First, shut off your water. You likely have two shut-off valves under your sink, one each ...

To shut the water off, give the handle a one-quarter turn so that it is no longer in line with the pipe. In older homes, you may have what's called a gate valve instead of the yellow ball valve.

Screws in the stops shut off hot and cold lines at the shower for work on the valve cartridge ... 3 Cartridge Pulling the shower handle slides the cartridge forward, opening two inlets to let ...