How to repair damaged, nonstructural wood molding or trim on your home by filling the damaged area with automotive body filler, or Bondo as it's known. Eventually, every home will have some damaged wood. Perhaps it’s a porch column with a little...

Eliminating Ants Inside Your Home. As warmer weather approaches, you may see signs of ants invading your home searching for some sweet treats. Often it seems like no matter how many times you spray insecticide, the ants are back within days. It’s no...

The squirrels around Cathy Rieger’s Thomasville, Ga., home are relentlessly chewing on her Hardie Board siding. They’ve already gnawed down to the porous part of the siding, and now she’s looking for a solution to keep the tree rats from...

Spring is here, and with warmer weather comes a different set of home chores you need to take on to keep your home in tip-top shape. 10 Spring Home Must-Do List  Service Your HVAC System Clear Away Leaves from A/C Clean Gutters and Roof Clear...

Keeping up with the latest styles in your home doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg…sometimes it just requires some elbow grease.  Lately, the new style in ceiling fans and light fixtures is a flat bronze or black color instead of the...

One of your best Homeowner investment dollars is spent on upgrading your insulation, but make sure you’re using the right kind.  Insulation in rolls, called batts, comes in two varieties: Faced and Unfaced. What this means is it either does or...

As the weather warms up we all want to open up the windows and let in the fresh air.  Opening your windows makes a house feel great and smell better, but you can make your home safer for your children by keeping furniture, including cribs and...

How To Clean Your Washing Machine: Front-loading washing machines have watertight, airtight doors that seal with a rubber gasket. That rubber seal traps moisture in the machine and also provides the perfect nooks and crannies for mold and mildew to...

A good tube of caulk is not cheap — so how do you keep it fresh once you cut the tip off? All you need is a modified plastic tube. Just take some tubing that’s 5/8-inch diameter by half-inch inside-diameter. Then use a pair of snips to cut a...

Bay windows vs. bow windows: A lot of folks wonder about the difference, and which is right for their home. That’s the case for Erica from Huntington, Calif. She’s wanting to remodel a large flat picture window in her living room to either a bay...