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$30,000 Average Claim Is Why Sprinkler Blowouts Matter Before the First Freeze
Frozen pipe and water-damage claims filed with State Farm between 2024 and mid-2025 paid out an average of more than $30,000 per claim, according to the insurer’s own newsroom data. […]
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The Everyday Appliances a Fire Department Says Are Starting House Fires — And How to Maintain Them
Grand Junction, Colorado’s fire department is telling residents that the appliances they lean on all summer, swamp coolers, bathroom exhaust fans, ceiling fans, and clothes dryers, are also the ones […]
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You Can Still Get Up to $14,000 for Home Efficiency Upgrades — If Your State Opted In
Households can currently apply for as much as $8,000 toward a whole-home energy retrofit and up to $14,000 toward efficient electric equipment, now that the Department of Energy has released […]
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200 People Die From Carbon Monoxide in Their Own Homes Every Year — Here’s the Inspection Most Skip
More than 200 people die every year in the United States from carbon monoxide poisoning tied to ordinary household products, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s carbon monoxide […]
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The Fall Bugs Actually Getting Into Your Home, and the Entry Points That Let Them In
A house mouse can squeeze through an opening about a quarter inch wide, roughly the diameter of a pencil, because its rib cage collapses to let its body compress, according […]
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The Real Reason Gutter-Cleaning Calendars Are Wrong — And When You Should Actually Do It
Ice dams don’t start with leaves. They start with heat escaping through your attic, and a clogged gutter is just the trap that turns that heat leak into a roof […]
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The EPA’s New 6-Upgrade Home Energy Roadmap — And Which One Pays Off Fastest
An average of $500 a year is what the average American household could save on utility bills by adopting six specific upgrades the Environmental Protection Agency just packaged together under […]
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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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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 […]