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The DIY Heating Mistakes Responsible for 17,000 House Fires a Year
Roughly 1,600 house fires a year start with portable space heaters, and another 15,400 start in fireplaces and chimneys, a combined 17,000 fires annually tied to the two most common […]
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Regulations Now Add $131,734 to the Cost of a New Home — Here’s Where That Money Actually Goes
Government regulation now adds $131,734 to the price of building a new home, according to a June 2026 special study from the National Association of Home Builders. That works out […]
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10 Renovations That Actually Pay You Back in 2026, Ranked by Resale Return
A new garage door costs $4,672 on average and hands back $12,507 at resale, a 267.7% return, the single highest payback of any home improvement project measured this year. That […]
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Sealing These Gaps Cuts Your Heating Bill by 15% — Here’s Exactly Where to Look
Homeowners who seal air leaks and add insulation save an average of 15% on heating and cooling costs, according to EPA’s ENERGY STAR program, and about 11% on total energy […]
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The Only Fall Home Maintenance Checklist You Need, With the Actual Cost and Time for Each Task
Sealing air leaks and topping off attic insulation cuts the average household’s heating and cooling bill by 15%, according to ENERGY STAR’s own modeling, which puts the savings on total […]
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Builder Confidence Ticked Up for the First Time in Months — But It’s Still Historically Low
35 is the new reading on the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index for August 2026, up one point from July’s 34. It’s the first monthly gain the index has posted […]
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A Recalled Kerosene Fuel Container Can Flash-Fire — Here’s What a Safe One Actually Looks Like
Sunnyside Corporation is recalling about 960 gallon-size 1-K kerosene heater and appliance fuel containers from batch 26082 because they were built without a required flame-mitigation device, according to a recall […]
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The Government Just Set a New Efficiency Rule for Furnaces — Here’s What It Means If Yours Dies This Winter
95%. That’s the new minimum Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency the U.S. Department of Energy will require of most newly manufactured residential gas furnaces, under a final rule DOE issued that […]
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Housing Starts Dropped 12.4% in July — What That Means If You’re Planning to Build or Renovate
Housing starts fell 12.4% in July, dropping to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.24 million units, according to newly released data from the National Association of Home Builders. Single-family […]
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376,000 CO Detectors Just Failed to Alarm — Here’s How to Actually Test Yours
Nearly 377,000 plug-in gas and carbon monoxide detectors sitting in outlets across the country right now cannot be trusted to warn you about a CO leak. On August 20, 2026, […]