I found patches of black mold on our bathroom vanity, wall, and subfloor due to several micro leaks and needed to replace everything in the ...

The CPVC water shutoff valves that came with my house are prone to leaking. I always give them an extra tight twist with my wrench whic...

The shower in our guest bathroom runs cold and takes forever to heat up. It can be sign your water heater is ready to heave its last breat...

The top rack of the dishwasher was a little wonky.   Scratch that. A lot wonky. The top rack wouldn’t slide in and out of the dishwas...

Water in the guest bathroom toilet kept running after every flush. I removed the lid to the toilet tank to investigate. Pin this post ...

After nine days of consecutive rain my yard is waterlogged. A bunch of ants decided to seek higher ground and wanted to use my kitchen as a ...

I have a decent collection of tools and know how to use them but there a number of things I’d like to try but would feel more confident if s...

This was supposed to be a post about how I fixed the leaking faucet I found during my grout the bathroom tile project. Instead it turned i...

I think the best gift you can give someone lacking self confidence is a hammer. No. Not to make themselves feel better by hitting other pe...

Do you have a winter thermostat war in your home? I recently read a BlogHer post about a woman asking for advice on what to do because her...

I dreamed Husband and I won the lottery. Then strangers and scammers swarmed our house asking for money for shady reasons. We had to to move...

We have a little Water War waging in our otherwise happy family. I bring up switching to a more water efficient toilet and Husband shoots me...