Have your holiday guests left you with a clogged bathroom sink? Follow these instructions for clearing out the P-trap under your sink. Every plumbing fixture in your home should have a P-trap. Some ...

For years, researchers have tracked the source of hospital outbreaks back to superbug-splashing sinks. For instance, researchers found that an outbreak in a Canadian hospital that spanned the years ...

There are plenty of simple steps you can take to prevent clogs — or clear them when they happen — without calling a plumber: ...

The first time you empty the P-trap on your bathroom sink, you’re likely to gag. A few times more, and you get tougher. It’s a lot like getting used to changing baby diapers. The P-trap is that curved ...

'Patients in a Canadian hospital have been caught stealing P-traps from the sinks and melting them down to sell them as scrap copper. Experts recommend inoculating the P-traps with glow-in-the-dark ...

Sinks and P-traps are home to a surprising number of fungal organisms, according to research from the University of Reading. Five University of Reading undergraduate students, and a Ph.D. student, ...