Make your next snowbound day a productive one by using the free time to tackle one of these easy home improvement projects. Upgrade your house with one of these easy-to-install devices to make it more energy efficient and secure and to protect it from fires… Read More
Water damage in homes and offices is often the result of heavy rain and melting snow and ice, but plumbing failures are another common culprit. Old or faulty pipes and fixtures, frozen pipes that suddenly burst, and leaky hot water heaters and appliances are examples… Read More
I’ll bet most homeowners have never heard of a device called a “freeze alarm”… unless they experienced the same devastating consequences of frozen pipes that we did in our Vermont vacation house one cold January day. Fortunately, we were able to dodge a whole house… Read More
With the harsh winter finally behind us, now is a good time to check your home for storm-related damage and take care of routine spring home maintenance chores. You can save yourself a lot of money by addressing small repairs immediately. Here’s a checklist of… Read More
Will your homeowner’s insurance policy pay for damage done to your home caused by a water leak? Most homeowner’s policies will cover water damage caused by sudden or accidental natural or man-made events, like a defective washing machine, but many policies will not pay for… Read More
