Smart Tips

While certain tasks are within the domain of handy homeowners, others are best left to the professionals. Avoid disaster and potentially catastrophic expenses by leaving these four plumbing tasks to trained professionals.

While plumbing is often thought of as purely functional, designers and engineers have recently been taking it to new and exciting places. If you're going to be doing a bathroom or kitchen remodel soon, consider incorporating these five plumbing trend

Call your plumber or make a few simple checks on that running toilet before you make the call.

A leaky showerhead is one of those annoying, inevitable problems that everyone has to deal with. Here are some tips on how to fix a leaky shower head yourself.

Here are a few tips to keep your home garden from interfering with your plumbing system.

Nothing’s worse than a sewer pipe needing repair or replacement on your property. But with trenchless pipe replacement, your landscaping won’t suffer.

A clogged drain could mean an outflow of cash. Here’s what you need to know about this sometimes unexpected costly home repair.

Got all the right camping gear you need to get the most out of this year’s long Canada Day weekend? Here's an equipment checklist to help ensure you don’t forget a thing!

Smaller plumbing and leaking issues can sometimes be resolved yourself. Before you call a professional, here's the easiest way to spot and repair common sources of dampness in your home, and how to unblock an outside drain.

A water heater is an essential part of any home, and yet many Canadians don't know how to safely maintain theirs. Here's what you need to know about water heaters, and how you can keep yours running smoothly for years to come.

The toilet is something we often take for granted. But you could save time and money if you know how to care care of minor issues yourself.

Most household toilets work by using gravity to force a tankful of clean water into the bowl to push waste down a soil pipe and into the sewer system. But what sounds simple enough could be troublesome. Here are four simple toilet fixes.

Living in the country brings freedom — and some challenges: you need your own water supply, sewage treatment system and refuse disposal. Here's what you need to know about your septic system.

Water is a valuable resource and worth conserving. It also costs you money and in some parts of the country can be expensive. The following tips can help you reduce unnecessary water use.

It's important to know how to clean, maintain, and drain your hot-water heating system. These practices will keep your showers hot and your system running strong.

If your water has a high mineral content, it may be what is called "hard" water. Check out these tips to determine if there is hard water in your home, and find a softening solution today.

With bedding, giving it a long life is mainly a matter of buying quality and laundering correctly.

A study of 105 middle-age British government employees found that women and men with more marital worries had higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol as well as higher levels of stress and high blood pressure — factors that raise risk for heart

Frozen pipes can lead to major plumbing issues, but some light prevention and simple home remedies can keep the water flowing all season long.

A little forward planning pays huge dividends in case of a major water leak. Get familiar with the location of the stopcock and water tank access point so you can find it in an emergency.