Have you always wanted to have hardwood flooring in your home? It can be very beautiful, but often the cost is a discouraging factor for homeowners to install it. Fortunately, there are alternatives that can be just as beautiful only at a fraction of the price. One of...

Do you know what an anti-scald valve is? From the name, you can tell that it is a pretty important device, right? No one wants to be scalded by hot water. These will be installed in your plumbing system to prevent that scenario. If they don’t work right or aren’t...

Have you ever considered getting touchless fixtures installed in your home? While there admittedly are some kinks that can become very annoying, it is a technology that is constantly improving. If you have used touchless fixtures in the past in a business or place of...

Have you ever taken a safety tour of your own home? You might wonder what that is, and basically, it means that you take a walk around your home and try to look at it with the eyes of a stranger. This will help you to figure out where there might be safety hazards...

Recent years really have shown that natural disasters are getting more and more common and not following patterns that we are used to. Being prepared for a natural disaster where you live is just common sense, especially if you want to keep yourself, your family, and...

A home remodel might sound like an appealing thing for improving the value of your home, but is it going to be money well spent? The answer to that depends a lot on what you decide to do and how you do it. Unfortunately the average return on investment for a remodel...

Have you ever spent time in a home that doesn’t have an indoor toilet? It is a fairly rare experience these days, but there was a time when the majority of people went to the bathroom in an outhouse or something similar. You can’t deny that having indoor plumbing is a...

We all like convenience, isn’t that true? Well, if you do, have you thought about upgrading your home to a smart home? The market is overflowing with cheap devices that can make a lot of mundane tasks automated, from turning on lights to adjusting the temperature to...

When considering roofing materials, metal roofing is usually not the first thing that comes to mind. Many feel like it is something that wouldn’t be used on a residential building, but in fact, there are many positive aspects to metal roofing that should warrant...

Climbing a ladder might seem like the most basic thing that you could do, but there are several things to keep in mind when using a ladder to make sure that you don’t end up part of the statistics. What statistics are those? Deaths and serious injury when falling off...