Winter has a special talent. It waits until it’s 10°F (-12°C), dark, and you’re wearing socks… then it springs a leak, a ...

First cold snap hits, you’re feeling pretty smug. Wood stacked. Pantry full. Boots by the door.Then a pipe freezes. Or the ...

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A basin wrench is a tool that allows you to tighten and loosen the nuts that hold a faucet to a sink, as well as the nuts ...

Remove, drain, and store hoses used outdoors. Close inside valves supplying outdoor hose bibs. Open the outside hose bibs to ...

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It happens every year at my house: I wake up one morning, and as though a switch was flicked overnight, it’s suddenly cold and I have to hunt down my cozy slippers. And that’s usually when I realize I ...