Insulating Pipes Pipe insulation will keep cold-water pipes from sweating in warm weather and will reduce heat losses from …
Outdoor Main Drains
Fixing Main Drain Plugged with Roots Sometimes the main drain from the house may be plugged with roots, or …
Plumbing Help
Flush Tank Problems Several problems can develop: -Tank continues to run after tank fills -Tank doesn’t fill but water …
Fixing Plugged Sink or Lavatory Drains
If all other sink and toilet drains are open the blockage is probably local. 1. Check the stopper for accumulations …
Fixing a Stopped Up Toilet
This could be due to use of too much toilet paper. It could also be due to other materials being …
Emergency Planning
CREATING A FAMILY PLAN Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so plan how you will contact …
Cozy Vocab
When winter rolls along and you’re building house fires to stay warm, brush up on your hearth vocabulary. BELLOWS- a …
Washing Wool Sweaters, the SAFE Way
Washing sweaters (particularly wool sweaters) is a simple process, but one fraught with pitfalls for beginners, as you can easily …
Family Emergency Plan
Disaster can strike quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your …
Retail health solutions
The free market economy can be relied on to come up with a solution to most problems. In the case …
Facing the Consequences
The FDA cannot require companies to do safety testing of their cosmetic products before marketing. — FDA Office of Cosmetics …
Making a grand entrance – How to assist at a birth
It happens more often that you’d think – babies are born all over the place. And in emergency situations, it’s …
Checking if an outlet is grounded
The wiring in your home consists of the “line” or “hot” wire, the neutral wire and a ground wire. In …
Sleep more, lose weight
Sleep more, lose weight. Sounds mad doesn’t it? But according to new research from the UK there are weight considerations …
Preservatives
There are health problems associated with artificial sweeteners. But there are other hazardous additives that routinely find their way into …
Let them know who’s boss
Body language plays a role in all face-to-face communication. Control of your own body language and the ability to interpret …
Get Out
A reader asked me to look at some of the issues facing us when we have to evacuate from our …
Caulking a loose bathtub
Got a gap appearing around the perimeter of the tub and bathroom sink? Grout dries out with age, and tends …
What can you do to keep communicating during blackouts?
Unless they live in third-world states like California folks in major metropolitan areas rarely have their lights go out because …
Cider: Hard and soft
Apples are terrific. They cleanse the body, they’re easy to carry around, they’re versatile and they’re yummy. Even lazy teenagers …
Dealing with the Dealer – How to buy a new car
When you buy a new car, it can be a pretty intimidating experience. And as you drive off the lot …