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 ...

Every homeowner has had that "should I just dump this in the sink?" moment. Plumbers say those split-second decisions are ...

With all puns possibly intended, most folks know the sinking feeling of a clogged drain. These inconveniences typically come at the worst time, when the sink is full of food, toothpaste or worse items ...

A clogged sink can feel intimidating, but the truth is that it's easier to fix than you think – and there's a TikTok video to prove it. DIY home repair pro Papi Maintenance (@papimaintenance) posted a ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Standing water is just gross. There’s really no other way to say it. There you are, ...

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 ...

Boiling water can damage the pipes under your kitchen sink. Here's why you should never pour boiling water down a drain and what you should do instead.

Q: I dropped a glass in my kitchen sink, and it took a chunk of porcelain out of the sink. I don’t want to buy a new sink, so is there a way to repair it? A: This is a job that doesn’t always end up ...

Q: We had a Corian countertop and a dual Corian sink installed about 20 years ago. The sink has developed shallow fractures around the drains. Is there a way to refresh the sink surface, perhaps by ...

If a bathroom sink slowly loses its water or drains while it is being used, the cause is often a maladjusted pop-up drain. This mechanism, a part of virtually all modern lavatory faucets, can also be ...