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 ...

Andrew Blok covered home energy, with a focus on solar, and navigated the changing energy landscape to help people make smart energy decisions. He's a graduate of the Knight Center for Environmental ...

Insulating water heaters and pipes in not only the winter but all-year-round has is useful in terms of efficiency, confirmed Jud Firestone, the owner of Firestone Plumbing, Bern Township. “Newer water ...

Know when your pipes need protection. 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 ...

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 ...

One of the major concerns homeowners have during winter is frozen pipes. In Colorado Springs, Colo., when winter sets in it not only causes temperatures to plummet, but it also threatens to freeze ...

HOME experts are offering their best advice on how to protect your home during the winter to avoid costly mistakes. Experts say that homeowners who fail to follow their advice could spend over $2,000 ...

Q: Our house is about 10 years old — we are second owners. The master bedroom and bath are above the two-car garage and in the five years we have been here we have had a frozen pipe in the master bath ...

One of the major concerns homeowners have during winter is frozen pipes. When winter sets in in Colorado, it not only causes temperatures to plummet, but it also threatens to freeze water pipes, ...