The gas company is supposed to come by and paint your meter. My experience is they won't come out unless your meter is leaking and might...

After a remodel and adding a new set of drywall, it can be a far reach to screw in an outlet. This extender can take care of those loose...

Just installed a new porch light fixture for my mother-in-law. Found these great light bulbs that have an electric eye. Just keep the...

This switch senses humidity and turns on the bathroom fan automatically! Good for basement and top floor bathrooms. If moisture doesn't...

This is extremely bright, can be dropped repeatedly (which I have done!), and can be focused to get just the right exposure when taking...

Well, it certainly affects mood (ergo, "mood lighting") and is the point of argument for couples and their progeny. She does not really...

Electric current flows in a circuit from the positive to the negative. It is often portrayed as a flow of electrons but it's more of a...

Just read in my Black and Decker Advanced Home Wiring that we all are supposed to "exercise" our circuit breakers once a year by flipping...

Current code recommends Ground Fault Circuit Interupters, in basements, garages, outside and within 6 feet of water inside. They are...

We all have disposer stories. My mom would fill the sink with vegetable peelings every Thanksgiving and then try to grind them all down...

Ha! That title reminds me of the new grammar I learned while I was a peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines. Interestingly the dialect...

Within a month of each other I filled two spas and tested them. But then I drained them and one leaked into the dining room and the...

See the circle bottom left? That's the light sensor. Half circles at bottom are LEDs. Just remove old face plate and snap this in for...

You need to be able to move in your kitchen! You live in a nice neighborhood. Take a walk and go buy that ice cream! Click on image...

You will enjoy a solution like this even more than we inspectors who have to cut away at paint over your panel to check inside it! Click...

If you don't know what these things are click on them and be taken to Home Depot's new aggregation of all things Internet of Things,...

I live down near George Washington's old house. There is a bottle brush cell tower there that doesn't really look like a spruce tree. ...

Just inspected a 70 year old basement. Leaky walls, leaky plumbing, dank and dark, a huge neglected space. Any unused space is...

I would add good air as an additional essential and provide lots of ventiliation ideas on this site. Basement stairs are a particular...

Put your longitude and latitude into this switch and it will turn off at dawn and on at dusk with NO photosensor! Click on image for...