New Mexicans don’t spend a whole lot of time worrying about mold and mildew (early mold) in our dwellings. We live in one of the U.S.’s driest climates and even… Read more »
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Safety Tips for Do-It-Yourself Plumbers
Planning a home plumbing job? Here are some tips to consider before you start; they can help avoid annoyance, injury, or even a much bigger plumbing problem. 1. Before you… Read more »
Electric Power Problems: Outages
Our reliance on electric power is prodigious, and we don’t often think about it until, one day, it is denied to us—by lightning strikes, by downed lines, by sub-station malfunctions,… Read more »
Believe it or Not—Those Myths about Plumbing (2)
More facts to undercut those “myths”: 8. A brick in the toilet tank helps reduce water usage. Well, maybe, but the brick will deteriorate and its detritus will pollute the… Read more »
Electric Power Problems: Surges
The electric power that heats/cools our homes, cooks/chills/freezes our groceries and runs our all-important computers, televisions and other electronic appliances is known as “120-volt, 60-Hz single-phase oscillating” current. That means… Read more »
Believe it or Not—Those Myths about Plumbing (1)
Our household plumbing is an area where ignorance too often seems to be bliss. We take the valuable and labor-saving equipment in our homes for granted, guilelessly believe the silly… Read more »
Hard Water or Soft—What’s the Difference?
Soft water is water in which the only ion is sodium. Hard water contains various levels of dissolved minerals, most often calcium and magnesium, and sometimes lime. The ions get… Read more »
Lint and Your Dryer
Most of us know that lint accumulating in a clothes dryer causes it to work less efficiently and remember to remove the stuff from the lint screen after every use…. Read more »
HVAC: Keeping the Pets in Mind
Dogs and cats are a part of millions of U.S. families today, an indispensable element in our homes and lives. But do we think of them as part of the… Read more »
Garbage Disposal Maintenance – Part 2
A large part of garbage disposal maintenance involves not putting things down the drain that shouldn’t go there. Here is a list of no-no’s; some of the items may surprise… Read more »
Garbage Disposal Maintenance – Part 1
The garbage disposal is one of those appliances that, if you have never owned one, you probably haven’t missed it too much. But if you do a lot of cooking… Read more »
When You (Probably) Don’t Need an Electrician
Lots of things can go wrong with the electricity and electrical system in your home. It is a complicated system supplying power to your home’s appliances and outlets through panels,… Read more »