Tape for Area Rugs
What type of tape should I use to secure my area and throw rugs? I don’t want to damage my freshly-redone hardwoods. I …
Crawlspace Gets Wet
I live in Tennessee and we are on a hill. One side of my house gets water in the crawl space. I sealed the walls with Dry Lock. …
Trane Electronic Air Filters
What is the recommendation for cleaning electronic air filters? I am being advised by one dealer that the electronic air filter …
Waterproofing An Outside Door Frame
I have a metal door frame surrounded by concrete/cinder block. What can I use to around the frame to seal out the water?
Best Choice for Kitchen Flooring
i want to remodel my kitchen. my washing machine and dryer are also located in the kitchen. what flooring would i be better off …
Best Way to Clean Laminate Floors
After I clean the floor it always looks smeared unless I buff it. Is there a special cleaner for laminate floors?
How Many Downspouts Needed?
The article says you should have 1 downspout for every 600-800 sf of roof. What determines the proper size of the gutters & …
Leak from Refrigerator
Where could water be coming from under refrigerator on only freezer side and it does not leak every day
Uneven Laminate Floors
My kitchen floor is uneven. It’s carpeted now; will a laminate floor adjust so it does not break? Cathy
Best Insulation for Cold Bathroom45
I have a master bathroom area (5×11) that I am looking to remodel — new floor tile, shower tile, rebuild the shower, …
Water in My Basement
We’ve recently purchased a home and noticed a musty smell in our basement. We initially thought it was because it sat …
Blown in Insulation – DIY?
We now have winter in Iowa and this week when the wind was blowing a lot, my living area was 58 degrees. It’s an old house …
Attic Insulation Degrading
My wood frame house is approximately 21 years old. The insulation in the attic is the ‘roll’ type as is the same …
Furnace Has Gas Odors9
Home is over 160+ years old. I have had a problem with the furnace from the begining. I had put in I …
Under the Sink Water Heater Problems
We have a 2.5 gallon water heater under our kitchen sink that my wife had put in about 10 years ago. It’s now leaking. We …
Dishwasher Not Cleaning Well
We have a Maytag dishwasher that we’ve had for 8-10 years. Over the past 6-10 months it’s stopped cleaning as well. …
How to Clean a Dishwasher
I have a newer model dishwasher and now it does not get grease off of plates. It leaves white splotches where the grease was. I …
Home Updating/Repair
Hi – My dad recently passed away and now we are trying to figure out what needs to e done to his house to get it …
Vinyl vs Aluminium Siding
i have aluminum siding on my house which is over 40 years old. i want to get new siding for my home. i am hearing a lot of …
Repairing Concrete Expansion Joints in a Office/Warehouse Parking Lot
I own a office/warehouse complex with metal expansion material instead of the redwood or ceder expansion joints. The complex is …
Bathroom Plumbing Lacks Hot Water5
I have an interesting problem. I can get hot water out of bathtub/shower faucet if taking a bath, have water pressure out of …
Kitchen Sink Garbage Disposer
What are the limits of the garbage disposer in my kitchen sink? When I was growing up, I got used to cleaning plates (throwing …
Shower Leaking on to Downstairs Ceiling772
We have a 1975 home. We noticed a water stain on our ceiling in our kitchen. It is about the size of a silver dollar. The …
Tile Shower Leaking
I have a tile shower built in the 60’s. I see the grout is gone between tiles & the drain & shower basin are also …