Bath

Plumbing

  • Fire Drill

    The debate over mandating sprinkler installation in new homes heats up.

  • Waste-Pipe Trade-offs

    My town has recently started allowing plastic waste-pipe instead of cast iron in residential construction, and a lot of my competitors are...

  • Plug and Play

    PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AND MECHANICAL systems are among the most expensive and labor-intensive parts of a house.

 

Toilets

  • Water Misers

    High-efficiency toilets step up water conservation.

  • A Dry Season

    A 2003 United Nation report made a grim prediction: More than half of humanity will be living with water shortages within 50 years. That...

  • Top Shelf: April 2007

    This month's top shelf products include Fatmax Xtreme Quickspike from the Stanley Works, shower column brackets from California Faucets...

Shower

  • SoundTile Shower Speakers

    Your buyers could use an unbecoming waterproof radio in the shower, or you could install these ultra-cool SoundTile speakers instead. The...

  • Old Dominion Showhouse

    IS IT RETRO? IS IT CONTEMPORARY? This heavenly, 340-square-foot master bath defies any one label, proving that eclecticism can be stunning...

  • K/Bis Day Two: Trend Spotting

    The kitchen and bath are radically different spaces than they were 20 years ago, says Suzie Williford, the 2007 vice president of the...