Bath Shower Home Design

For many of us, winter brings cold dry air that is made worse by the effects of central heating, especially if you have a forced-air furnace. The end result can be dry skin -- sometimes dry to the point of scaly. The clinical name for the condition is xerosis, and while most of us muddle through the winter months with a heavy reliance on skin cream, there are instances when you should seek medical attention for dry skin. According to the NIH Medline Plus online health information site , if you have itching without a visible rash, dryness and itching are preventing you from sleeping, you have open cuts from scratching and/or your home measures aren 't helping, see your doctor. For the rest of us, there are very simple steps we can take to reduce the itchiness and flaking we might be facing. Your best defense against dry skin starts in the morning, as soon as you step into the shower. As much as possible, keep bathing to a minimum, using as little soap as possible. Limit the use o...

Q. Our basement bathroom looks like a crime scene. The bathmat and tile have been stained by rusty water dripping from the pipes above. Those pipes are for the first floor bathroom. It happens every time someone takes a shower and doesn't use the fan, or when it's summer and humid indoors. There are also infrequent drips that happen at any time. There are smaller brown pipes and larger pipes that have been painted years ago . The large pipes are causing the problem. The paint on the pipes has mostly worn off and rusty metal remains . Plus, there are some rusty galls that seem to ooze water from time to time. Is there something we can patch the oozing portions with? And what can we do about the dripping pipes ? Maybe paint them so they don't drip rusty water ? A.M. Ann Arbor. A. The large pipes in the ceiling of your basement bathroom are drain pipes from the bathroom above. Some may be cast iron; others might be galvanized steel. Either way, holes are starting to develop ...