Whether it’s caused by a buildup of moisturizing shower oil, hair conditioner, a clump of hair —or a combination of all three, it’s never fun to take a shower and find yourself standing in several ...

Nothing interferes with a refreshing shower like a slow-draining bathtub. And that inch or two of water that sneaks up on you is also likely to leave a ring of soap scum and dirt that’s tough to clean ...

One of the first and easiest things you can do is simply flush your drain with a pot of boiling water. It’s not guaranteed to unclog physical or grease blockages, but if you have a slow drain that you ...

We have a slow bathroom drain (I squarely blame the sissy bodywashes and scrubs), and now the bathroom sink water has also started to flow into the tub instead of down the drain. I have emptied a few ...

We've shown you how to unclog a stopped drain, but why solve the problem when you can stop it before it starts? Keeping water flowing through your drain is actually pretty easy with a tiny bit of ...

Sluggish or blocked sink and tub drains are usually easy to clear if you attend to them promptly, but the best strategy is prevention. Use strainers or baskets (the kind that also function as stoppers ...

My bathtub drain is severely clogged…again. I don’t want to waste the landlord’s money by asking him to have a plumber come out and snake it. In the past, I had noticed that by dumping several pots of ...

We don’t always have the answers, but we have some people on speed dial who do — which is why we present to you our series FYI where we have experts explain if lip balm is actually bad, how often you ...

I knew we needed to do something about our bathtub drain when I still felt dirty after taking a shower one day last week. The drain had been moving very slowly, so the dirt, hair and other grime from ...