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Your Bathroom Fan Is Cheap Insurance Against Rot

GuideHomeWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your Bathroom Fan Is Cheap Insurance Against Rot

Black stains on the attic sheathing above the bathroom mean the fan lost. Here's how to size it, duct it, and stop feeding moisture into your own house.

Winterize the house and the truck in one Saturday

GuideGuides & ChecklistsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20267 min

Winterize the house and the truck in one Saturday

Pipes, gutters, furnace and the vehicle, done properly in the right order, with a printable checklist and a self-check at the end.

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What Your Parents Need Before The Next Three-Day Outage

GuidePreparednessSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

What Your Parents Need Before The Next Three-Day Outage

Pills, power, and a phone number written on paper. One Saturday at their house beats a dozen worried calls when the lines are down.

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Fitting Seven People Into Twelve Hundred Square Feet

Fitting Seven People Into Twelve Hundred Square Feet

The fix isn't more house. It's giving every coat, shoe and cereal box an address it can't wander off from.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

Buying your first house, from preapproval to keys

GuideGuides & ChecklistsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20267 min

Buying your first house, from preapproval to keys

The twelve steps in order, the papers that actually matter, and the one phone call that keeps your down payment from vanishing.

Build a Family Emergency Plan Your Kids Can Recite

GuidePreparednessSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Build a Family Emergency Plan Your Kids Can Recite

The binder in the closet isn't a plan. Here's how to get every person in your house to the same information without a phone.

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Light Your Yard So It Looks Good and Nobody Tries the Door

GuideGarden & YardDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Light Your Yard So It Looks Good and Nobody Tries the Door

Low-voltage lighting done right costs less than a decent grill, makes the house look twice as expensive, and quietly tells a stranger to keep walking.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

How to Teach Kids and Dogs to Be Safe Together

GuideDogs & PetsSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

How to Teach Kids and Dogs to Be Safe Together

The dog that bites a child is usually a dog that child knows. Here are the house rules, the warning signs, and the jobs you give each kid.

Paper Chars at 451 Degrees. Your Safe Should Know That.

GuidePreparednessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Paper Chars at 451 Degrees. Your Safe Should Know That.

A weekend project that turns a lost house into a paperwork inconvenience: what to scan, what to buy, and where the cheap fire safe fails.

Plan a cook for eight people

Knock on the door before you need anything

GuideLifeCal Brennan22 Sept 20265 min

Knock on the door before you need anything

Meeting the people on your street is awkward for about a week and useful for about a decade. A script, a timeline, and what usually goes wrong.

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What To Do The First Seven Days With A New Puppy

GuideDogs & PetsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

What To Do The First Seven Days With A New Puppy

Crate, potty and sleep, in the order that actually matters, plus the mistakes that cost you three extra weeks of house training.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

Locks, Lights and Cameras That Actually Do Something

GuidePreparednessDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Locks, Lights and Cameras That Actually Do Something

Start with the three-inch screws in your strike plate, then work outward. Most of what makes a house hard to break into costs less than dinner out.

Have people round more often by doing considerably less

GuideLifeCal Brennan22 Sept 20265 min

Have people round more often by doing considerably less

The reason you don't host isn't the house or the cooking. It's the production you've decided hosting requires.

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What your home inspector won't check, and what you should

GuideHomeWes Dunbar22 Sept 20265 min

What your home inspector won't check, and what you should

A standard inspection is a visual, non-invasive look at a house on one dry morning. Plenty of expensive problems sit just outside that scope.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

First Aid Skills Every Adult In Your House Should Have

Preparedness6 min

First Aid Skills Every Adult In Your House Should Have

Get the House and the Truck Ready Before the Ice Comes

Preparedness6 min

Get the House and the Truck Ready Before the Ice Comes

Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

Five house repairs you should stop paying someone else to do

GuideHomeWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Five house repairs you should stop paying someone else to do

A running toilet, a blocked sink, a hole in the wall, a dead switch, failing caulk — all of them are an evening's work with tools you already own.

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Twenty Feet From the House and Other Generator Rules

Preparedness6 min read

Twenty Feet From the House and Other Generator Rules

Where to put it, how big to buy, and the wiring shortcut that can kill a lineman working your street.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?