Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Rising repair costs are forcing homeowners to look harder at small, preventative upgrades, and few are as quietly effective ...

If you’re sick and tired of climbing a ladder to scoop leaves out of gutters, gutter guards and covers may be an answer. However, they’re not a replacement for regular gutter cleaning. Gutter guards ...

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Confession: One of the main reasons that I sold my single-family house several years ago was to avoid raking and cleaning out the gutters. That dirty, dangerous fall chore had me standing precariously ...