When the outside temperature drops and the indoor thermostat gets cranked up, it's time to plug all cracks, leaks and spaces to prevent cold air drafts.
Out come the door guards to stop drafts from creeping in beneath the front and back doors. Window sealants and heavy curtains do a nice job of holding window drafts at bay. What can you do about the air that comes in through the dryer vent?



Household Tips
A collection of practical articles and tidbits ranging from making your own laundry detergent to changing the heating element in your oven. Hopefully these articles provide an answer to a few nagging household questions.

If you've ever had smoke billow from your fireplace and deposit soot on your brick wall, there's an easy, inexpensive way to remove it.
(HIT)-Wrapped up in our day-to-day work, family and leisure activities, it's easy to delay doing anything about the increasingly worn or dead spots that sometimes appear in your otherwise beautiful lawn. Although repairing these unsightly areas may seem like a complicated, drawn out process, there's a fast and easy solution that gives immediate results, according to the not-for-profit Turf Resource Center (TRC).