I’ve seen those “rip out everything” jobs too and it always makes me shake my head. Sometimes I wonder if it’s just contractors covering themselves or...

Funny you mention the camera scope—my neighbor swore up and down it was a simple clog, but after two weekends of snaking and a busted pipe, he finally...

Had a similar experience, but mine was at 4am and I was half-asleep trying to mop up the mess. Those rubber rings always sound great in theory, but in...

I get what you mean about mesh covers—tried one on my old rain barrel and it just became a mosquito hotel after a few weeks. Funny, I saw those shade...

That’s pretty much my fear with anything that looks too “designer”—I had a friend who splurged on an Italian faucet for her kitchen, and when it start...

Haha, I feel this one. Reminds me of the time I stubbornly insisted on fixing an old garbage disposal instead of just buying a new one. Spent an entir...

I tried retrofitting an older faucet with one of those aerators last summer. Honestly, it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't exactly life-changing either....

I get why you'd feel that way after hearing about your neighbor's basement disaster—definitely a nightmare scenario. But honestly, I've seen water hea...

Yeah, learned this the hard way myself. A few years back, I got pumped about installing a greywater setup for watering the garden—thought it'd be a se...

Went through something similar last winter—thought I'd save a few bucks by swapping the anode rod. Worked fine for about three months, then woke up to...

I feel your pain. When I first looked into solar hot water, I thought it'd be a weekend project—boy, was I wrong. The evacuated tubes vs flat panels d...