Winter weather can be tough on your home — especially your outdoor faucets. Recently, while clearing snow off my back deck, I ...

Dear Angie: My home doesn't have an outside water faucet. What's the approximate cost to have one installed? -- Jimmie M., Wytheville, Virginia Dear Jimmie: First, consider taking one more look around ...

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” ...

They've skyrocketed in demand ahead of the incoming snowstorm.

Q. I have an outdoor faucet that I use a lot to water plants and wash my cars. It leaks badly. I want to replace it with a freeze-proof faucet so I can use it year-round without worrying. Are those ...

Heat tape or a built-in heating element helps protect against freezing, but misuse can cause pipe damage. Choose self-regulating heat tape or a hose heater that adjusts to outside temperature changes.

Q. My home doesn’t have an outside water faucet. What’s the approximate cost to have one installed? A. First, consider taking one more look around the outside of your home and double-check you don’t ...

From prepping birdbaths to cleaning gutters, there’s a lot of things for homeowners to do once temperatures start to dip. Unfortunately, just because you won’t be using your outdoor faucets during the ...

As the temperatures dip and the cold winter season draws nearer, winterizing your home becomes the most important thing to do in preparation. But as you're sealing holes and cracks in the house, and ...

This winter's been a cold one, and while the lower temps give us the opportunity to stay cozy indoors, they can also create some very costly problems; namely, frozen pipes. And if one of those babies ...