Having spent over 15 years writing about technology, Lawrence has turned his eye to remodeling, smart home services, maintenance and home repair projects. He now contributes DIY, informational and ...

A rock spits from your lawn mower, hurtling toward the side of your house. Someone overthrows a baseball during a game of catch, striking your home. No matter how it happened, you now have a nasty ...

Q. How do I fix the siding on my home? A. The warmth of spring is a good time to make repairs to your vinyl siding. Unlike clapboards or shingles, vinyl siding is thin and flexible and each piece ...

Many people complain of problems with flushing solid waste in water-saving toilets, some to the point where they want to replace the toilets. New water-saving toilet tests by Consumer Reports magazine ...

Question: Our home was built in the 1920s and is showing its age. Painting the home every 10 years is out of the question so we decided to have the vinyl siding installed. After the workers left, the ...

As wood siding ages, trouble often shows up first at a damp, shady corner that fosters mildew, then mold, then rot. But, even then there’s still time to catch badly damaged areas, and blend in patched ...

Question: Please tell me what can be done to keep the green buildup off siding! What causes this? Can anything be put on the siding to deter it? Does insulation in the building have anything to do ...

Issaq Lazar spent thousands of dollars on prefinished siding for his home in suburban Morton Grove. But after just three years, it lost its color and looked more like a patchwork of paint. Visitors to ...