After 10 years in print journalism, Nick transitioned to the home improvement space. He has specialized in maintenance, mortgages, home warranties, moving, car shipping, home security and more for 7 ...

This spring, get your head into the gutter and think about your home’s drainage system. Rain can bring foundation problems if your home’s gutters and downspouts aren’t working properly to redirect ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A section of rain gutter is detaching from the roof of an old house. - A.Freund/Shutterstock Window boxes were the go-to for 20th ...

Do those plastic downspout splashblocks tend to wander away from the foundation of your house, allowing water to seep into the basement? To prevent this, drill two holes through the hefty corners of ...

Gutters and downspouts are probably the last thought on anyone’s mind when it comes to building or remodeling. In fact, many builders may make the selections for their clients without involving them ...

Gutters are a crucial component of a roofing system, but in visual terms, they just hang there. Only when it rains or snows do they go to work, collecting water runoff from the roof and sending it ...