Question: We rent a home with a fiberglass bathtub. The shower portion or the wall above the bath is thicker than the rim of the tub and creates an inverted shelf that the water runs into. The ...

There’s nothing quite like a steamy shower to rejuvenate your mind, body, and spirit after a good night’s sleep or a long, hard day. But when the caulk around your enclosure begins to crack and ...

Q: My landlord’s novice repair person caulked around the bathtub — twice. Both times, the caulk pulled away from the wall. Why? And what’s the right way to do it? A: New caulk doesn’t stick well to ...

Application can be blobby and sometimes gets away from them, leaving strands of loose hanging caulk to attend to or blobs of excess that then need removed. Carter suggests applying caulk to only about ...

Time to seal those gaps around windows, doors and other places to reduce the amount of cold air seeping into your house, which contributes to higher energy bills. Need to know: The right caulk for the ...

If you’re tired of looking at the same grimy caulk on some of the fixtures in your home but aren’t sure how to 1) remove the caulk and 2) how to apply it, we’re here to help. The first thing you ...