Home Improvement
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Electronic toilet features may bowl you overMay 12, 2013 1:02 am - Q. I’m remodeling my bathroom and plan on installing a new toilet. My question: Do they make a toilet with bidet features? This way, I won’t have to buy a new toilet and...
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Make room for the walk-in pantryMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - If you’re wondering where the best kitchen storage went, blame the breakfast nook. The walk-in pantry is a time-honored place to organize foodstuffs, small appliances, o...
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As housing prices rise, homeowners start delayed wish-list projectsMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - GREENSBORO, N.C. — Claudia Brown, a kitchen and bathroom designer for Home Depot, is witnessing what she’s rarely seen in the past six years: customers knocking down wal...
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Insulating ductwork pays dividendsMay 11, 2013 4:00 am - Q. I had a home-energy analysis. The report said my ductwork needs to be repaired upstairs and in the crawl space because that is where a good deal of leakage is, and it...
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Splurge on kitchen features you can’t live withoutMay 11, 2013 1:00 am - I have been lucky to have always lived in homes with great kitchens. Even in college, my two roommates and I shared an apartment in Washington, D.C., that had a kitchen ...
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Home inspector: new homebuyer afraid of gas appliancesMay 10, 2013 4:03 am - Q. As a first-time homebuyer, I’m worried about gas appliances. All the houses I’ve looked at have gas stoves, gas water heaters and gas furnaces. The house I’m renting ...
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Ask the plumber: New kitchen sparks ‘Battle of the Bowls’May 05, 2013 3:01 am - Q. We’re going to remodel our outdated kitchen and plan to install a cast-iron kitchen sink. I want a single-bowl sink that will be open and large for me to work in. My ...
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Home inspector: Tenant gets bedroom with no windowMay 02, 2013 4:28 pm - Q. I just rented a bedroom in a 5-bedroom apartment. I initially put down a deposit for one of the larger bedrooms, one that had windows and a closet. But when I moved i...
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Laundry rooms are moving up in the worldApr 28, 2013 4:01 am - Q. To my wife’s amazement, I’m moving our laundry station from the basement and building a laundry room in the area that used to be an open mudroom. I have water and dra...
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Gurgling is a possible drain-trap problemApr 27, 2013 5:00 am - Q. Every time I use a sink or flush a toilet it takes forever for the water to drain and then there is a gurgling sound like the water is being sucked out of the drain. ...