Had a similar experience with push-fit, actually. I used to swear by soldering (my dad was old-school like that), but after tackling a kitchen update ...

Tell me about it... Last winter, our pipes froze overnight, and I was stumbling around in the dark basement at 3 AM trying to find the main shut-off. ...

I've had mixed luck with trenching shovels myself...last summer, I spent a whole weekend hacking away at roots that had crept under my raised beds. —y...

We switched to pressure-assisted toilets about three years ago when we remodeled our bathrooms. Honestly, I haven't noticed a huge difference in our w...

Yeah, insulation alone definitely isn't a magic bullet. A few winters ago, we had a similar issue—thought we'd done everything right with foam insulat...

Yeah, those sensors can be a bit jumpy. I had one go off at 3 AM once, stumbled downstairs half-asleep expecting a flood... turned out my cat knocked ...