home repair

Damaged walls are an eyesore but thankfully, repairing them yourself is easy.

The days are getting shorter and the squirrels have stockpiled acorns, so it's time to get the house ...

It’s time to brace the home for cold weather, winter storms, and more.

You have a county coroner who conducts autopsies on those who have been sent back to Heaven. I ...

Our homes are well-accessorized with glass from windowpanes to shower doors to tabletops to lovely glassware. While glass ...

Maybe it was a flyaway baseball that sailed through a window, who knows or will admit to it? ...

Dear James: I have an old house with plaster walls and many cracks that need to be repaired. ...

You might think that everything is rainbows and unicorns at my house. After all, I'm a home improvement ...

By Hunter Boyce From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution From scuffs to scrapes to gaping holes, drywall damage happens. It’s ...

Plaster walls and ceilings are found in many older homes; and all too often, they’re marred with holes ...

Last week, I fielded no fewer than five phone calls from homeowner with the same grim news. They ...

By Paul F. P. Pogue From Ask Angi Lots of household problems and accidents happen due to plain ...

Dear James: My house was built decades ago and there are some electrical issues I want to improve. ...

If you’re a homeowner and haven’t faced a big repair bill yet, just wait. Even in the best-maintained ...

We have the uncanny ability to find our bathtub drain clogged before we have a busy day and ...

Goodbye, rainy spring; the long, sunny days of summer are here and it’s time to move things outdoors. ...

Dear James: Our 5-year-old room addition to our house has a flat roof that has started to leak. ...

By Paul F. P. Pogue From Ask Angi Here’s a couple of words you never want to hear ...

By Cathy Hobbs From Tribune News Service Now that summer is approaching, for many, it signals lazy days ...

Leaky pipes increase your water bill, may cause structural damage, and can lead to mold and its ensuing ...

The Romans are often credited with inventing plumbing, but it was the Minoans, Mesopotamians, and Indus Valley civilizations ...

Getting your home ready for summer is about much more than reinstalling the window screens and putting out ...

Homeownership gives us a great sense of pride, joy, satisfaction—and stress. The right tools will help lower your ...

By Lori Borgman From Tribune News Service Tom Hanks made a movie titled "The Terminal" about a man ...

Dear James: Whenever we have anything more than a moderate rain, the gutters overflow. When we build our ...

A flooded basement or crawl space because of a power failure is something homeowners dread, but an ounce ...

Dear James: I just got out my power saws for a remodeling project and the blades are shot. ...