Sink traps are one of the most common points of plumbing failure in homes, sometimes developing leaks or becoming clogged. Changing or repairing a leaking trap, or removing and cleaning a plugged one, ...

During a nationwide outbreak of healthcare-associated infections of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria, an Israeli hospital traced repeated infections of patients in its intensive care unit (ICU) to an ...

Some bathroom and kitchen sinks have “S” traps like this one that drain into the floor. It’s important that sewer gas doesn’t get trapped in them. Proper venting of drain lines ensures that a small ...

The best industrial design is rare but always, in retrospect, head-slappingly obvious. Take this sink trap, which just took home a Platinum Award for Design Excellence. It’s clear, so that you can see ...

Detect an awful odor coming from your sink? All plumbing fixtures in the home are connected to the same waste system. Sewer gases are prevented from backing up into the house by p-traps. A p-trap, the ...

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 ...