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How to Make Bathrooms More Presentable During the Holidays
The in-laws are coming, the in-laws are coming! Have you cleaned your home to make it presentable for the impending company? During your pre-relative cleanup, make sure you spend some extra time on…
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How to Insulate Your Water Heater
Is your water heater tank warm to the touch (please do be careful)? A warm water heater tank means you are experiencing heat loss, which is wasting energy and costing you money. Consider insulating…
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How Do Water Softeners Work?
Do you live in an area with hard water? If so, your home, plumbing, and body could be suffering the consequences. A solution to this problem — installing a water softener. But what exactly does this…
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How to Insulate an Outdoor Faucet
When it comes to your plumbing, the last thing you think about are your outdoor faucets. However, when wintertime arrives, your outdoor faucets become the most important pieces of your plumbing…
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Why Really Hot Showers Are Bad for Your Skin
Name something better than taking a really long, hot shower after a day at work — you probably can’t. While it does feel good to let this (almost boiling) water splash against you, it’s not good for…
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This DIY Toilet Bowl Cleaner Outshines the Competition
What do you use to clean your toilet bowl? (Hopefully you do clean it every so often...) If you’re using a store-bought cleaner, you’re most likely spending too much money and using harsh chemicals.…
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How to Bleed a Hot Water Radiator
Does your home have hot-water heat radiators? Oftentimes, air can become trapped within these radiators, preventing them from working efficiently (or at all). As a part of this heating systems’…
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How to Avoid Thanksgiving Day Plumbing Nightmares
Murphy’s Law says that when something can go wrong, it will go wrong. Having a plumbing problem develop on Thanksgiving is the last time you’d want it to occur, so you should be prepared for it to…
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The Dirtiest Things in Your Kitchen (and How to Clean Them)
The kitchen can be one of the dirtiest rooms in your home (next to the bathroom). It’s not because it isn’t cleaned as often as it should be — it’s because the items and appliances within it aren’t…
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The Right Way to Clean Your Toilet
Flushing your toilet a few times isn’t cleaning it. In order to have a toilet that isn’t covered in germs and fecal matter (gross), make sure you take the time to clean it properly. Here’s the best…
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