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when installing a new toilet, should I caulk it around the bottom?

when installing a new toilet should I caulk around the bottom or not?

I’m getting ready to tile my shower walls. Should I use the regular thinset or the fortified thinset?

I’m rebuilding my shower stall. I was going to put 40 lb felt on the wall then Hardiboard on top of that and seal it with “redguard”. Well I got a little carried away. I put up the Hardiboard ,but forgot to put my 40 lb felt behind it. Now I’m wondering if I should remove the Hardiboard and...

I just had my shower stall “hot moped”. Just wondering how well thinset sticks to the vertical tarred areas. I have a built in seat in the shower that has been also hot moped and wondering if I need to attach hardiboard to it or can I thinset over the tar and attach my tile. I’ve hardiboarded...

I’m getting ready to tile my shower. The hot mop guy is coming Monday, after that I need to put down a Mortar mix for my pre-slop. Do I use any type of mortar that you would use for Bricks or a type I saw a guy using on you tube? It was called Type “S”

What is the difference between a ceramic shower faucet and a washer less faucet? Home depot sells one they call contractors and it’s ceramic which sounds more expensive to me. Because it’s going to be in the wall behind tile, grout, hardiboard, etc. I want something that will last, but I don’t...

can this ABS drain be used with a hot moped shower pan installation?

I am starting to install a new shower in my bathroom. I was going to call a “hot mop” company to hot mop the shower pan, but talking to my neighbor’s contractor doing a new patio for him we got on the subject of my remodel and he said that he prefers to do a shower pan liner instead of hot mop...

I'm planning on running a 3/4" copper pipe under ground. I understand that I should use type "L" (no problem), but I can't seam to find type "L" elbows, do they make them or only "M"?

I'm relocating my toilet about 18" in a slab floor (I've already jack hammered out the floor). my question is how high do I set the new ABS toilet flange and its the type that has a stainless slip ring with holes in it. are the holes supposed to be screwed to the floor? seeing mine is a slab...

I’m replacing me existing shower faucet with a new one. It’s a ½” copper pipe, I removed the 90 degree elbow and want to replace it with a coupler in the exact same place. I need to solder it where the old elbow was due to lack of access and there’s still a thin film of solder left on the pipe...

I’m replacing my fiberglass surround above the bath tub with hardie board and ceramic tile. My question is, due I really need to apply a sealer such as Redgard to the hardie backer cement board? I thought that the grout would keep the water from getting behind the tiles and it’s not...