With the holidays approaching, your fridge will be working overtime to preserve festive meals and bunches of leftovers. However, if your fridge tends to freeze up, you may be experiencing some anxiety. Luckily, a freezing refrigerator is a common problem with mostly simple solutions. A refrigerator freezes up because of inhibition or exacerbation of the …
Kitchen And Bath
There’s nothing worse than climbing into a bathtub to find that the water isn’t warm enough. If you’re a fan of long baths, you might find it challenging to keep the water hot for the duration of your bath. Your bathtub may be cold for several reasons: poor insulation of the tub, inadequate insulation in …
You’ve just started running a hot bath when the doorbell rings. Ten minutes later, you rush back upstairs to find water lapping at the overflow drain. The good news is, that’s as far as the water can go, thanks to that little drain below the taps. A bathtub does not have to have an overflow …
Whether you’re building a home from scratch or installing a standalone shower in your master bathroom, you will soon find that shower curbs are more important than you thought. While some homeowners are free to do as they please, some counties and circumstances require that shower curbs meet certain building requirements. Building codes in most …
Stained cabinets have been a traditional staple for most kitchens for years. Now kitchens have been getting more sleek and light. Although not as popular, stained cabinets have not become extinct. Stained cabinets are not outdated. They very much still have a place in modern kitchen designs. While not the most popular, the stained cabinets …
Due to constantly being exposed to water, most showers use tiles to keep the shower clean and safe and prevent molding. However, figuring out tile placement and height can be quite tricky for this. Shower tiles should generally be approximately six feet and two inches high in the shower. This height covers the minimum of …
New flooring can make a huge difference to the look and comfort of a home. Whether you are replacing old carpeting, installing new laminate or vinyl planks, or splashing out on hardwood floor or tile, it is important to prepare the floor to receive the new material. When choosing underlayment material, many people consider using …
Finding a puddle of water at the bottom of your refrigerator or on the floor is unexpected and alarming. You obviously want to know why that happened and what you can do about it. The most common causes of a refrigerator drain pull being full of water include: A clogged drain system Malfunctioning ice maker …
A refrigerator will lose power from a tripped breaker, sometimes for hours before you realize it. Obviously, a reoccurring problem like this needs attention. Why a refrigerator keeps tripping a breaker? The primary causes of a refrigerator repeatedly tripping a breaker are: an overloaded circuit a short circuit a ground fault surge All of these …
Bathroom remodels are a common do-it-yourself project. Replacing fixtures, flooring, cabinetry, and other finishes are fairly simple undertakings. But what about the bathtub itself? You may feel that old, worn, and cracked bathtubs and shower surrounds can spoil all the other efforts. Can I install a bathtub myself? You can install a bathtub yourself if …