Plumbing
Tankless Water Heaters: What You Need to Know Before You Buy
Tired of running out of hot water? That’s not a problem with one of these compact, ultra-efficient units that heat water as you need it. Here’s what you need to know about choosing, installing, and living with a tankless water heater.
How to Install an Electric Heat Pump Water Heater
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey travels to Celebration, Florida to help a homeowner select and install the right electric water heater
How to Connect an Ice Maker
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey walks host Kevin O'Connor through the "dos and don'ts" of hooking up an ice maker to a refrigerator
How to Install an Industrial Kitchen Faucet
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner add an industrial looking faucet to his kitchen sink
How to Snake a Clogged Drain
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows how to clear a stopped bathtub or shower drain
Plumbing Tool Essentials for Beginners
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows the basic tools required for most plumbing projects
Take the edge off your energy bills – meet the heat pump water heater
Your home’s most forgettable appliance could be wasting hundreds of dollars per year
How to Drain and Vent a Bathroom Sink
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps add ventilation to a bathroom sink that is unvented.
How to Rotate a Toilet
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner rotate a toilet to a more sensible orientation.
How to Bring Hot Water Outside
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner add an outdoor faucet with both hot and cold water
Wrenches that Make Plumbing Easier
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey demonstrates the uses of less common wrenches
How to Rebuild a Shutoff Valve
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner replace the shutoff valve underneath her kitchen sink
How to Replace a Kitchen Faucet
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner replace her kitchen faucet.
How To Solder A Plumbing Pipe
Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey offers landscape contractor Jenn Nawada a crash course on soldering a pipe.
Is Your Sump Pump Ready for Spring?
April showers bring May flowers—and up the risk of basement flooding. Follow these steps to ensure your sump pump is primed to keep your lowest level high and dry
How to Connect an Ice Maker Like a Pro
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps a special homeowner hook up her refrigerator with an ice maker
Are Plastic Water Heaters Worthwhile?
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey weighs the pros and cons of a plastic tank water heater
How to Repair a 3 Handle Shower Faucet
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey repairs and replaces a leaky shower valve.
How to Repair a Damaged Main Shutoff Valve
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey demonstrates solutions for replacing a water main shutoff
How to Select the Correct Water Filter
Not all water filters are alike. Richard Trethewey explains which filter does what
How to Choose Water Saving Plumbing Fixtures
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey and host Kevin O’Connor discuss the different ways to identify water-saving plumbing fixtures
How to Install a Water Saving Toilet
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey replaces an old toilet with a "Water Sense" solution.
How to Connect Copper Pipes Without Soldering
The tried and true method for connecting copper pipes has always been soldering, but it’s a difficult skill to master. Richard Trethewey shows another effective way to connect these pipes without pulling out the blow torch.
Solving a Spitting Faucet Mystery
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey diagnoses and repairs a water system with air in it.
The Anatomy of a Kitchen Faucet
Get to know one of the most-used pieces of your kitchen
How to Diagnose a Gurgling Sink
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows host Kevin O’Connor the proper way to ventilate a sink
How to Install a Tankless Water Heater
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey heads to Milwaukee to install an instantaneous water heater.
How to Fix a Wobbly Toilet
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey helps a homeowner diagnose and repair a wobbly toilet
How to Change a Toilet
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey gives some DIY Smarts and shows the basics of changing a toilet.
How to Prevent Plumbing Leaks Automatically
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey demonstrates a wireless detector that can shut off the water in case of a flood.
How to Diagnose and Repair a Leaking Water Heater
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey finds a solution for a water heater that recently started leaking.
How to Install a Water Conditioner
Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey installs a water conditioner to combat hard water