Bathrooms
7 episodes
1Replacing a Toilet Flange
Richard helps a homeowner with a wobbly toilet. With the toilet removed, he determines that it rocked back and forth because the cast-iron toilet fl nge sat up too high.
2Fixing a Bathtub Stopper
Richard helps a homeowner with a bathtub that wouldn’t hold water.
3Installing a Single-handle Shower Valve
Richard helps a homeowner replace an existing three valve shower control with a single-handled mixing valve. In a three-valve control, one handle controls hot water, one handle controls cold, and the third handle diverts water from the spout up to the showerhead. The new single-handle valve prevents scalding, should there be a sudden drop in cold water pressure.
4Installing a Water-saving Toilet
Richard replaces an old 3.5 gallons per flush (GPF) toilet with a new, state-of-the-art dual-flushing unit that uses 0.9 GPF for liquids and 1.6 GPF for solids.
5Regrouting Bathroom Tile
Tom helps a homeowner re-grout a small tile floor in her master bathroom. The white-colored grout had become dirty and discolored and some of it had broken loose.
6Installing a Bathroom Fan
Kevin and electrician Brian Bergeron help a homeowner install a new fan in her bathroom. The fan exhausts the humid air created by the shower to the outside of the house.
7Replacing a Bathroom Vanity and Sink
Richard helps a homeowner replace an old, outdated looking vanity in her master bathroom.