What Causes Low Water Pressure?

One day you turn on a faucet, and the water is flowing like Niagara Falls – the next, more like water dripping, drop by drop, from an icicle. Maybe it’s happened suddenly, or perhaps it’s been going on for a while. Either way, it’s there, and you know all is not well. What you’re noticing… Read more »

Home Theater Lighting Options

Several different lighting options are available to create the perfect ambiance while setting up your home theater system. While selecting your lighting system for your home theater, one must consider the total area allotted for setting up the home theater. A wide range of lights is available, from Hollywood disco lights to lights whose brightness… Read more »

Multiple Ways to Brighten Up Your Home

Wintry weather months provide the perfect excuse to curl up before a crackling fire with a good book and a warm blanket as you wait for more extended and milder days. Yet after a while, all this time spent indoors can feel more like a punishment than a reprieve. But fear not – with a… Read more »

Why People Remodel Their Bathrooms

Why do people remodel their bathrooms? Sure – for all kinds of reasons, including the simple desire for a change of scenery. For example, maybe you visited Paris last year and, as beautiful as it was, this year you’re planning to take in the splendor of Rome and Florence, Italy. Sure, you won’t suffer a… Read more »

Common Radiator Problems and What They Mean

Providing reliable heat to homes since the 1800s, radiators are durable units that can last many years. Yet as with most home mechanicals and major systems, they too can suffer corrosion, cracks, leaks, and other damage that requires repair. Depending on the type, age, and condition of the system, repairs can be simple fixes or… Read more »

Pros and Cons of a Doorless Shower

If you’ve been poring through and over home design websites and magazines looking for bathroom remodeling inspiration, you’ve no doubt come across images of chic and airy doorless showers. Not only do they make a bathroom feel more spacious, but there’s also no door or panel to scrub clean. But doorless showers aren’t for everyone…. Read more »

How to Save on Kitchen Remodeling

A kitchen remodel can have a significant impact on your home’s value while enhancing your day-to-day life. It is the heart of the home – filled with busy activities such as cooking, eating, entertaining, sharing the day’s events, and more. And yet with all that activity, it can be difficult to notice as your kitchen… Read more »

The Hidden Costs of Home Remodeling

You’ve finished the planning phase of your remodeling project, the budget’s set, and all the finishes and hardware selected. Yet as the renovation progresses, you find that your budget isn’t stretching as far as you first thought. The reason? Usually, it’s the several odds and ends that pop up along the way, and ones that… Read more »

How Plumbing Can Help Stop the Spread of Infectious Diseases.

There is no modern civilization without indoor plumbing. There would be no skyscrapers, filth would fill streets and alleyways – just read a book about the Wild West and, among other things, you’ll see it was wildly unsanitary. But just when you thought plumbing engineers have come up with every conceivable product to reduce contact… Read more »

Put a Combi Boiler to Work for You

So, let’s see, your home is no doubt equipped with a furnace or boiler, water heater, central AC system – and right there you have a lot of money invested and a lot of equipment to maintain to prevent untimely mishaps. But what if you were to combine two of those systems into one for… Read more »