If you carved your pumpkin this past weekend because you got excited, I have some bad news: it’s probably already…
Somewhere in your house there’s probably a square or rectangular panel in the ceiling — a hallway closet, a bedroom,…
You walk past the living room, and there it is: that faint, stale campfire smell drifting out of a fireplace…
First frost is creeping up on most of the country right about now, and there’s one home maintenance task that…
If you carved your pumpkin this past weekend because you got excited, I have some bad news: it’s probably already starting to collapse in on itself. Carved pumpkins are basically open wounds the second you cut into them, and once the flesh is exposed to air, bacteria and mold throw themselves a party. By Halloween…
Somewhere in your house there’s probably a square or rectangular panel in the ceiling — a hallway closet, a bedroom, maybe the garage — that you haven’t thought about since the home inspector poked his head through it. That little attic hatch is one of the biggest energy leaks in an average house, and almost…
You walk past the living room, and there it is: that faint, stale campfire smell drifting out of a fireplace that hasn’t seen a flame since last winter. It’s not your imagination, and it’s definitely not a sign you’re losing your mind. This is one of those odd little home quirks that shows up almost…
First frost is creeping up on most of the country right about now, and there’s one home maintenance task that gets skipped more than almost anything else: dealing with your outdoor faucets. People remember to rake leaves. They remember to get the furnace serviced. Then a hose sits connected to the spigot all winter, water…
If the south or west side of your house currently looks like it’s hosting a stink bug convention, congratulations, you’ve got a textbook case of fall aggregation behavior. This happens every year around late September into October, and it’s not a coincidence that it’s happening now. Brown marmorated stink bugs (and their cousins, boxelder bugs…
You flip the thermostat over to heat for the first time since spring, and thirty seconds later your house smells like something died in a toaster. Don’t panic and don’t call the fire department just yet. This is one of the most common September/October complaints in the HVAC world, and nine times out of ten…
