What? It's time to do some simple maintenance to your hot water heater. Why? Preventative maintenance will result in energy & cost savings, and will extend the life of your water heater. How Consider hiring a plumbing company to do semi annual service to all of your water systems, including your hot water heater. Many offer plans that do HVAC and plumbing services as a package deal and can be quite affordable when priced that way. Generally the things a certified plumber will

Sweat the big stuff. Buying your first home is scary. We get it. All those concerns you have about money are quite legitimate, and the mortgage process can be confusing. On top of that, you want to make sure the house fits you. But some of the things that first-time homebuyers worry about really don’t matter. Here are five issues that shouldn’t factor into choosing a home: Your dining room table or couch doesn’t fit. More than once, we’ve seen an HGTV house hunter reject an o

Just about anyone who’s handy can paint, but are the results up to snuff? Here’s how to take your painting skills to the next level After getting married and buying a home last year, Rebecca Brown figured her high-school summers painting houses would make her new DIY project a piece of cake. She finished some ceilings, but a few days—and a whole lot of blue tape—later, she realized that she needed help with the walls. “Back when I was painting, we used off-white on everything