I’ve been a master plumber for over four decades in addition to building and remodeling homes. I was attracted to plumbing because it’s a fascinating three-dimensional puzzle of interconnected drain, ...

We tend to take our plumbing systems for granted. Turn on a faucet, we have water. The water runs down a drain and disappears. Out of sight, out of mind. What a luxury. It wasn’t so long ago many ...

We Canadians deal with extreme winter challenges each year, and one of the most annoying (and mysterious) happens when rooftop plumbing vent pipes get plugged with frost. This is called “ice capping” ...