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Hot Tub, Gonna Make Ya Sweat-a! That might be what Eddie Murphy sang when he impersonated James Brown on Saturday Night Live, but don’t worry: the hot tub itself might make you sweat, but putting it in won’t. Seriously? It’s easy to put in a hot tub? “Easy” is a relative term, so let’s just […]

Beeping smoke alarms are pretty common, and there’s usually an easy fix for them. Before you shut up beeping smoke alarm for good, however, you should know why it’s beeping in the first place. It’s good to know stuff, and it turns out that beeping is happening for a reason. That’s why we’d like to […]

The beeping sound usually means it is time to change the batteries. But before you do anything, determine if your smoke detector is battery-only or hard wired. Remove the smoke detector from the ceiling by either sliding or twisting it off. If you see wires connected to the smoke alarm, then it is hard wired. […]

Landscape Lights Don’t Install Themselves Last time, we gave you an overview of types of landscape lighting. We promised to show you how to install them in part 2. Well, this is part 2, and we’re keeping our promise. Is it hard to install landscape lighting kits? The difficulty of any project is relative (and […]

Floodlights? Two words. Ug. Ly. Floodlights are for theater plays, lighthouses, and prison yards, but they sure don’t flatter your home. What you really want is landscape lighting, because landscape lighting: is low voltage so it’s safe to use. is easy to install. accents the plants and features you want highlighted. improves safety. flatters your landscape […]

Kids Who Scamper In Pampers Shouldn’t Tamper Kids love to explore, and that’s a good thing–it’s basically their job to learn, after all. Unfortunately, all that curiosity occasionally gets kids in trouble. They do something dangerous like playing with electrical outlets and they get hurt. Around 2,400 children shock themselves on electrical outlets every year […]

My in-floor heater is not working! Walking on a cold floor with bare feet should be banned as a cruel and unusual punishment by the Geneva Conventions. Fortunately, fixing a broken in-floor heater is possible. As always, let’s back up a bit for a little background information. When it comes to in-floor heaters, you have […]

To be, or not to be. Stones or Beatles. Should I stay or should I go now? Choices, choices, choices. When you have a choice to make, it’s always a good idea to get as much info as possible before you make up your mind. You’re much less likely to regret an informed decision you […]

The bad news: in 2017, there were over 1,319,500 fires caused by electrical problems. These fires resulted in 3,400 deaths, 14,670 injuries, and $23 billion in damages. The good news: if you keep an eye out for the warning signs, you can prevent these kinds of fires. What kind of warning signs? Let’s take a […]