When the power cuts out on a subfreezing night, you do not have to choose between a sky‑high water bill and a flooded crawl ...

Learn the six most important tasks to do to protect your plumbing system before it freezes. Discover what professional ...

Protecting your outdoor pipes now can help you avoid costly water damage and big winter emergencies later. Freezing water can crack pipes and flood your home, so experts say insulation is one of the ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

Water is like kindergarten kids; you are best friends on Monday, and by Wednesday, worst enemies. It waters your ...

Pablo Päster is an energy and sustainability management consultant who wrote a weekly advice column for Treehugger from 2009-2012. Dear Pablo: I had a home energy audit done and they recommended ...

One of the most cost-effective and energy-conserving measures you can take is to insulate duct or pipe runs in the unheated areas of your home. By not insulating these conduits, you are essentially ...

Plumbers say homeowners can avoid costly water damage during freezing temperatures by taking several preventive measures.

I am renovating a house and the floor in our rec room gets very cold. We have an accessible crawl space below it. I would like to put up unfaced insulation between the floor joists and lay carpeting ...

With the incoming low temperatures comes the risk of frozen pipes, here's some tips on preventing them and what to do in case ...