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QuickTip: Make shorter showers more fun

Shorter showers save money, but really how much? It makes perfect sense that when you use less water, you’ll save on water and energy bills….

QuickTip: Don’t do it by hand.

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t wash your dishes by hand or pre-scrub them like my hard-core cleaning friend. The dishwasher isn’t just saving you…

Snow Removal After a Blizzard

After being buried in the blizzard of 2010, residents of the Northeast are once again preparing to dig themselves out of as much as 1-2…

Tile Saw QuickTip: Drip Loop

Here’s a Quick Tip for operating your tile saw safely that BATH-Tastic Bath Crasher Matt Muenster would like: add a drip-loop to the cord so…

QuickTip: Shut Off Garden Hose

Sun-Tzu, legendary author of the classic military guide—something that over the centuries has also become a model for business and in some regards, life—The Art…

Quick Tip: Cleaning a Paintbrush

Clean paintbrushes are happy paintbrushes. Sure, you can use the “wrap-in-foil-and-stick-in-the-fridge” trick if you get in a jam, but the real key to getting a…

QuickTip: The So-Called Moly Bolt

I don’t know why some people call hollow wall anchors “moly bolts”—maybe its some reference to them being made of plastic—but they do. I know…

Quick Tip: Kitchen Remodeling

If you are replacing a stove—or an entire kitchen, including the stove—there are two important details to remember, and they are two things the inspector…

How to DIY With a Contractor And Save Money

Some of the best home improvement experiences I’ve had are when the DIY homeowner works with me. They’re folks who are interested in their houses…

Fall Lawn Repair

Summer does a number on your lawn. Anything from removing a shrub to parking a car to letting Sparky go for a run to leaving…

Dirt Therapy and the Cycle of Life

When I was a kid, I watched my mother weeding various garden beds around our house. I had no idea that she was having a…

QuickTip: Unsticking Stuck Sockets

So if you watch our play-set videos or check out any of our articles, you might notice that cordless impact drivers are a go-to tool…