Winter

The Purpose of Snow Guards

Question: Hey MyFixitUpLife, I have an old house question. I feel like I should know the answer to this, but I don’t. On the roofs…

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…

Heating a Trailer in Winter

Question From the Twitter-Sphere: MyFixitUpLife, what is the best way to maintain heat in a trailer during the winter? Take into consideration that I live…

Build an Inexpensive Firewood Rack

I come by my nickname, “the 2-by-Guy,” honestly. Whenever I’m scoping out new tools as an editor for HGTVPro, in the back of my mind…

Fireplace Heating Myths

As winter continues to roar, picturesque dreams of chestnuts roasting on an open fire may dance in your head. And you’re not the only one…

Home Heating and 10 Common Mistakes

While there’s not much you can do to control the cost of oil, natural gas, or propane, you can save money this winter by avoiding…

Easy Snow Removal

As the parents of two school-age kids, we watch winter weather forecasts with more interest than we did before kids were in the picture. Hot…

FixitUp Find: Mark’s Favorite Snow Shovel

Sorry, but I have very little to good to say about no-name snow shovels. I do have a lot of nice things to say about…

After the snowstorm: How-to

After being buried in the blizzard of 2010, residents of the Northeast are digging out of as much as two feet of snow. In the…

FixitUp Find: Best Snow Shovel Ever

So we’ve all done it. Forecast calls for big time snow and we race out to grab a “snow shovel.” Every snow shovel I have…