Water can damage your home in many ways. Most of the time it's an external threat, but sometimes a leak from inside can cause just as much, or even more, damage. For example, a leak in the water ...

Water heater leaks can cause a lot of damage in your home. Here are the common causes and ways to prevent them. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of ...

Relegated to a closet or a basement corner, a water heater lives a secluded life of quiet service, and its warning signs often go unheeded. For example, when enough sediment collects on the bottom of ...

Your water heater is one of the hardest-working appliances in your home, quietly running day after day to keep your showers warm and your dishes clean. Most homeowners never think about it - until it ...

Hot water heaters are one of those household appliances that you tend to forget about until something goes wrong. It’s easy to let years—maybe even a decade or two—pass without paying much attention ...

Q: We have a 50-gallon water heater. It's 7 years old, and it always has leaked from the drain pipe on the pressure-relief valve. We've tried everything to stop the leak. We turned down the thermostat ...

As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

One of the cruel rules of life is that whenever your house fills up with visitors, something bad happens. On the Friday night after Thanksgiving when I saw the puddle ...