Some Extra Cleaning For Good Measure
Cleaning your home has become a lot more difficult, and a lot more important these last few weeks. While most of us are trying not to leave our homes any more than necessary, there is always the risk of bringing the virus back home from a trip to the store or any...
Is Hand Sanitizer A Good Alternative?
There are many items that have sold out in stores that could lull you into a false sense of security when using them. Face masks are a prime example of this, but the same could be true for hand sanitizer. While hand sanitizer is effective in killing the virus, it is...
When Your Shower Doesn’t Drain Right
Few things are as frustrating as a shower drain that runs slowly. It will turn your shower from a relaxing morning ritual to a major annoyance. Not to mention that the water rising around your feet isn’t going to be the cleanest. While some might freak out and call a...
Protecting Your Children From Electricity
Everyone knows that children are very curious by nature. Whatever they observe you doing, they will try to imitate. Since you use wall receptacles almost daily, that will no doubt inspire your children to figure out what they are for. While you might try to convince...
The Danger of Sewage Water
No one wants to have anything to do with sewage water, but as a homeowner there are situations in life where you get in a spot where it can’t be avoided. If you have a bad blockage in your main sewage line for example, you might end up having sewage backing up through...
When Noise Is Driving You Mad
When you get home after a long day at work, you really want some peace and quiet in your home. Unfortunately, that is not always the experience in some homes. It could be that the house is located in a neighborhood where there is a lot of noise outside, or it could be...
Keeping Your Furniture From Falling
When you have children in the home, you need to think about things from a different perspective. For example, you might never have considered the possibility that your furniture would fall over, but a child could use a dresser as a stair to climb, causing it to tip....
Watch Out For Rust!
When looking at old items in an antique store, you probably don’t mind seeing some rust, since this can add to the aged look of an object. On the other hand, if your home is starting to show areas where rust is spreading, you are probably a lot less appreciative. Rust...
Why Backflow Is Your Enemy
Water can behave in strange ways. While it generally will travel downhill unless it is being pumped in the opposite direction, there are situations in which the water draining out of your sewers could end up turning around and head back the way it came. Usually, this...
Blowing Bubbles
You don’t expect your toilet to make noise when you are not using it, but some homeowners have noticed that there are strange gurgling or bubbling noises coming from their toilet out of the blue. If this has happened to you, you probably want to know what the reason...
