A lot of items in your home make it pretty clear when they need to be replaced. Your fire alarms beep at you. Light bulbs burn out. Plates are still dirty after running the dishwasher. Your home’s ...

Problems with your roof, water heater, electrical system and more could end up costing you in the long run.

It takes diligence to keep indoor air and water clean. Here's how often you should replace each type of filter. When to ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

All sorts of nasties—lead, mercury, radium, nitrates, norovirus, agricultural runoff, PFAS, and more—can lurk in your water. No surprise, then, that about 40% of U.S. homes filter theirs. But the ...

A home water filtration system is a device or set of devices that helps remove harmful chemicals and germs from the water in your home. Depending on the type of filter, it can improve the safety, ...

If the cost of bottled water (on your wallet and the environment) is too high for you, consider a countertop water filter. Like faucet-mounted models, countertop filters attach to your tap but divert ...

Unlike countertop units that divert water from a tap to a sink-side cartridge, faucet-mounted water filters are compact devices that attach directly to your faucet. Depending on their efficacy, they ...