How to Keep Mice Out of Your House This Winter
Each year, as the temperatures drop in the fall, mice are on the hunt for an all-inclusive winter resort where they can find food, warmth, and shelter until the spring.…
The Routine Home Maintenance Tasks You Should Never Let Slide
If you think buying a home is exorbitantly expensive these days, try owning a home. While the price tag attached to even modest homes might make your eyes bug out,…
Five Cheaper Ways to Add Square Footage to Your House
When you first bought your first house, it probably seemed enormous, especially if you were moving from a tiny apartment. But inevitably, the longer you own it (and start filling…
How to Turn Any Room in Your House Into a Panic Room
Photo: myboys.me (Shutterstock) It’s well-established that the best way to survive disasters and emergencies is to have a plan for dealing with them—yet most of us don’t. Mitigating the harm…
9 Weird Noises Your Houses Is Making and What They Mean
Most of us like our houses to be quiet, peaceful places, but we also accept that no house is perfectly silent. While a creaking floor or a noisy radiator might…
Your Basement Laundry Room Can Be Better
After years of being relegated to the basement, laundry rooms have largely moved above ground in homes built over the last 25 or so years. But if your home was…
Cheap and Easy Ways to Keep Water Away From Your Foundation
We can all appreciate that April showers bring May flowers; but when those showers also bring dampness to your basement and water damage to your foundation, that appreciation wears thin.…
How to Clean Unsealed Concrete Floors in Your Basement or Garage
Photo: Phillip Foster (Shutterstock) Out of all the usual household tasks, washing the floors is one of the easiest to put off (repeatedly). It’s a lot of hassle to go…
How to Fix a Sump Pump That Never Stops Running
Photo: Lost_in_the_Midwest (Shutterstock) A sump pump is an incredibly useful item to have in your basement: Unsophisticated but essential. It’s basically motorized pump in a bucket, buried below the floor…
Is That Crack in Your Foundation Worth Worrying About?
Photo: froghugger (Shutterstock) Foundation cracks can be the stuff of nightmares for homeowners. They conjure visions of excessive repair bills or worse–turning a once-functional structure into a teardown. But not…