bathrooms
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You Should Clean Your Sink’s Overflow Hole
As its name suggests, a sink’s overflow hole gives water a place to go in the event that the drain is closed or blocked, and the faucet is left on. While the sink’s drain is located at the bottom of the basin, the overflow hole can be found along one of the sides, towards the…
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How to Get Rid of the Sewage Smell Coming From Your Shower Drain
You’re in the shower shampooing your hair, and suddenly you catch a whiff of something unpleasant. Something that smells like sewage. Your first instinct is that it’s coming from the toilet. That might be true, but it could also be coming from your shower drain. Here are a few examples of what could be behind…
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This Week Online: Why Is Everyone Beezin’?
It’s a grab-bag of vaguely related trendlets highlighting the divided attention span of young people this week, as we whipsaw from Hogwarts Legacy fallout to a Big Lie told by Mexican restaurant chains, and end at the incredibly weird habit of eating oranges in the shower. Plus, people are out here beezin’. (I didn’t know…
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You Might Be Using the Wrong Plunger
Whether you rent or own your home, a good plunger is essential: You don’t want to be stuck in the middle of the night waiting for a plumber to fix an overflowing toilet or unclog a drain, whether you’re responsible for the repair or not. But you can’t just grab any old plunger off the…