Archive for the 'bathroom fixture' Category

Why does my shower head leak when the bath faucet is running?

When the faucet in the tub is on, up above the shower head leaks a little bit, its more of running water than a drip, what do i need to do to fix it? thanks!! Also, where the head screws into the shower head faucet it leaks out of the threads as well, however [...]

Where to buy a good 48 Bathroom Vanity unit?

Doing some bathroom remodeling and am looking to get a 48 inch vanity. Where are the best places to buy ? Online or in the high street ?
Thankyou
I got mine online via a website that provided info and reviews and then had access to some great suppliers.
Ther are loads of different styles out there. I [...]

I am going crazy trying to find a decent, reasonably priced 42" wide bathroom vanity… Any suggestions?

I’ve been looking to remodel my bathroom soon and the current vanity measures 41 1/2". The current one is garbage so any ideas of repainting or reusing anything is out. I have a 42" space that I need to fill. Please give me some ideas or links. Also I can’t be spending $1000 bucks on [...]

I have little black specks in my shower and faucet water?

I live in an upstairs apartment and on occasion I see little black specs in both my shower and faucet. The leave a black stain. What could they be?
ok she said its in the water. so i doubt its mold spores. i think its a rubber washer going bad.

Ideas to refinish a bathroom vanity?

I have a bathroom vanity that I want to update without painting. It is an inexpensive pine stained dark cherry. I cant replace it because all the tile work is very nice and expensive. I have no clue why the former owners didnt replace this vanity at the time that they updated the rest of [...]

How do I change the shower stems on my shower faucet? They’re stripped. Do I need a shower vlve socket wrench?

Do I need to get a shower valve socket wrench? Is it a pretty easy job? I’m tired of using pliers to turn my bathtub/shower faucets on and off…
Also, do I need to turn off the water to my house before I change the shower stems?
The valve stems usually need the wrench set. Around $15.00 [...]

bathroom vanity has an empty socket which lit up with sparks/smoke – could this be dangerous?

the bathroom vanity has a light bulb which blew out. never got around to replacing it. turned the light on the other day and sparks rained down from the empty socket. I could smell smoke and there are actually 2 burn marks on the light fixture. what happened? how deep [...]

Shower Faucet’s screw heads groove is thin and almost stripped?

I have a Moen shower faucet and it is starting to leak from in the handle out. I want to change the carterage or assembley. But when i went to take the handle off, the screw head was almost stripped. Is there any tool or any way to take the screw off so i [...]

Can I paint a cheap white bathroom vanity?

The previous owners "remodeled" the bathroom to sell the house. Very badly. The vanity is one of those cheap white ones they sell at Home Depot or Lowes. Is it possible to paint those or will whatever it is that covers the particle board bubble or not hold paint?
if the particle board [...]

I just installed a Price Pfister shower faucet and the water doesn’t seem to get very hot.?

Is there some kind of internal adjustment to prevent a good solid flow of hot water? Perhaps some kind of anti-scold mechanism? I know that my shower was hotter before installing this new faucet. In addition, I have a dual shower, I installed the same exact model in both locations and both of them only [...]