A constantly beeping smoke detector outside my bedroom recently taught me a little bit about battery-operated smoke detectors that I didn’t realize: In addition to replacing the smoke detector batteries every six months or so, you should also consider replacing …

I have a combination bathtub and shower and over the past three months or so I noticed that whenever I turned the knob to “shower” I still had a fair amount of water coming out of the tub faucet. …

My big home improvement project for this year will be the start of a large basement remodeling project. I’m going to start with a partially finished room we already have in the basement and then slowly expand the finishing …

The new year is here and I’m once again taking stock of the home improvement projects I’ve done in the past along with the ones I’m planning for this year. First, a quick look back at some of the …