Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

The truth of the matter is that most basement water problems are not basement problems at all, but exterior drainage problems. So before you consider a sump-pump installation, take a good look (in the ...

Some automotive parts require replacement more often than others, not necessarily because of bad design but because they live a hard life. In many decades of wrenching, I've never had to replace a ...

If you're considering an air source heat pump in a new build or renovation, here's what the installation process will involve ...

Heat pumps have annually outsold gas furnaces for several years now, and with the recent introduction of more high-efficiency, cold-climate, air-source heat pumps, that trend is likely to continue.

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Heat pumps have become a kind of Rorschach test for the future of home comfort: to some people they are a climate solution, to others an expensive gamble. What rarely makes it into the marketing copy ...

As HVAC solutions have grown rapidly over the last decade, contractors often struggle to keep up with the changing technology. Modern, all-electric, clean-energy innovations like variable refrigerant ...