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Fast Fixes 14 shortcut repairs to keep your house in shape, and 9 tips to avoid needing repairs in the first place. |
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Stop Paying to Heat the Whole Neighborhood Big savings -- financially and atmospherically -- can be had by giving your home's biggest energy hogs (heating and cooling systems and major appliances) a little TLC. Plug the leaks and slash your utility bills by 30%. |
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How To Save Energy Here are four basic areas of the home that provide ample opportunities to reduce energy use and save money. |
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Staying Cool: How to Replace Your Old Central Air Conditioner Here's a crash course in the mechanical system that helps you keep your cool when temperatures start to climb. |
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Save the Planet, Save Your Pennies To make a lasting impact on the planet and your wallet, consider making an investment of time and a little money in appliances and home improvements. They may cost a little upfront, but they'll save you money in the long run. |
This Old House
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Father Knows Best Not every new homeowner can get America's top contractor to stop by and offer advice. All the more reason to pay attention to what Kate Silva learned from her dad. |
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Radiant Floor Heating Keeping your feet warm saves energy as it provides the ultimate in comfort. |
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Fall Inspection Guide Five steps to giving your house a yearly checkup. |
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Calling in an HVAC Pro Tips for dealing with the pros who maintain and repair your heating and cooling systems... |
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Homeowners Clinic Install a fan in a dropped ceiling... Heating with used oil?... Replacing wood-siding corner covers... Replacing old roof shingles... Fixing an outdoor faucet... Replace or repair wood-porch joists?... Keeping that chain saw sharp... |
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Downloadable Fall Inspection Checklist Fall is the time to give your house its annual physical -- before winter's harsh weather sets in. Use this detailed checklist as a guide to making a repair list. |
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10 Quick Home Maintenance Tips Certain tasks -- when performed regularly -- may actually prevent things from breaking in the first place. |
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Simple Kitchen Makeovers You don't have to start over to give your kitchen a face-lift. Here's a rundown of options for simple upgrades. |
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September 18, 2009
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How to Decide Between Oil and Natural Gas to Heat Your Home Having been a home improvement editor here for more than 20 years, I can make one prediction with uncanny accuracy: As cooler weather settles in, heating questions will arrive. |
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Out With the Old (Appliance, That Is) Eventually, inevitably, old appliances begin to do more harm than good to the environment. |
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Denmark's Net-Zero-Energy Home With Home for Life, VKR Holding aims to bring carbon-neutral houses to the masses |
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April 2008
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Roof Repair Basics: How Your House Works Understanding how your roofing system works can help you talk knowledgeably with a contractor, or help you make buying decisions to do your own work. |
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Materials: Roofing For most of us the roof is an afterthought -- at least until it starts to leak. Then we realize how critical that surface of our house's exterior really is... |
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How to Fix Washing Machine and Dryer Problems Should you fix these problems or replace the machines? |
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PM's Plan For Weathering The Worst It's always a good idea to be prepared for the unexpected. But the best way to avoid trouble is to find it before it finds you. |
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Vinyl Siding There are few subjects in the whole arena of residential construction products that draw battle lines as sharply as vinyl siding. But love it or hate it, plastic is here to stay. |
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Keith Pandolfi |
Appliance Insurance A home warranty can cover the cost of repairing or replacing old appliances and mechanical systems that start to fail. Just make sure you know what you're getting. |
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Joe Carter |
True Faux Thanks to the alchemy of these modern manufacturers, you can fill a house with man-made products that mimic the building basics of wood, plaster, metal, and stone. |
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10 Weekend Projects to Make Yours a Smart(er) Home Here are 10 weekend projects and 14 quick tips to make a smarter, more affordable home. |
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October 2, 2009
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Cleaning Up Outdoor Wood-Burning Furnaces For areas with excess wood -- from fallen trees or nearby lumber operations -- an outdoor wood-fired furnace can be a cheap and efficient way to heat a home, but the pollution can have detrimental effects on neighbors and communities. |
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June 27, 2008
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5 Secrets to Building a Better Shed: DIY Guy When you have questions that have something to do with shed design, framing or siding options, consider these tricks of the trade. |
This Old House
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Autumn Home Checklist Few months fly by more quickly than the last partial summer month. This list will help you prepare your home and yard for Fall. |
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Surfaces Steve Thomas and Norm Abram reveal the secrets of great kitchen surfaces. |
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Panel Discussion How to pick quality vinyl siding and the contractor who installs it. |
U.S. CPSC
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CPSC Urges Seasonal Heating Systems Inspections to Prevent CO Deaths As the weather turns colder throughout much of the country, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission urges consumers to have a professional inspection of all fuel-burning heating systems to detect potentially deadly carbon monoxide (CO) leaks. |
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Home Heating and Cooling Maintenance Keep Repairs At Bay Home maintenance isn't restricted to repairs. In fact, certain tasks -- when performed regularly -- may actually prevent things from breaking in the first place. |
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All in the Family A simple family-room addition made a big difference in the way this house works. |
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December 2008
Roy Berendsohn |
How Your Heating System Works: A Primer Regardless of what prompts you to take a second look at your house's heating system, or perhaps the first look, you do need to be conversant with what makes it tick. Here are the basics. |
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Mosko & Bellotti |
Smart Conservation for the Lazy Consumer People aren't conserving energy for love or money -- you have to trick them into it |
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Coping With Catastrophe From burglaries to fires to trees falling on your house, how to handle five common household nightmares. |
This Old House
John D. Wagner |
Decking Decisions New options mean your next deck may not even be real wood. |
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Homeowners Clinic Expert Q & A Solutions to readers' dilemmas ranging from tankless water heaters to dryer booster fans. |
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Hot Water Heater Woes: How to Make Sure There's Enough Hot Water in Winter If your home always seems to run out of hot water quickly, your first approach should be to take a few energy-conserving steps. |
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Quick Painting Tips From the Experts The pros know it's often the simplest household item that can make an existing tool work better -- or substitute in a pinch for a more expensive piece of equipment you might only use once in a lifetime. |
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May 13, 2003 |
Ultra 155 & 230 Gas Boilers Recalled by Weil-McLain Weil-McLain is concerned that loose gas fittings could result in leaking gas, fire and/or explosions that could cause bodily injuries or property damage. |
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Reduce Your Energy Costs Given that energy expenses are rather steep these days, you may want to consider these simple ways to cut down on your energy costs. |
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May 11, 2009 |
How to Fix Common Heating and Cooling Problems Appliances are meant to make our lives easier, which they usually do. Until, that is, they start leaking, heating imperfectly, burning toast they were supposed to brown, and generally malfunctioning. |
U.S. CPSC
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CPSC Urges Annual Furnace Inspection to Prevent CO Deaths To help prevent carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urges consumers to have a professional inspection of all fuel-burning heating systems, including furnaces, boilers, fireplaces, water heaters, space heaters, chimneys, flues, and vents. |
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June 4, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Spend a Little, Save a Lot It's easy to neglect regular maintenance on things like your home and your car. But even though paying for upkeep is a constant drain on your checkbook, that slow trickle of money will hopefully prevent an avalanche of costs from crashing down on you. |
This Old House
James Glave |
Bracing for the Big One Here are 13 easy, affordable things you can do right now to protect your home and property from storm damage. |
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Bruce Irving |
Great Slate A synthetic slate roof shingle looks real but is lighter, easier to install and less expensive. |
