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Home remedies for fire ants...

- 'Tis the season for fire ants. Looking for relief? Here are 5 home remedies to kill those nasty boogers. 5 Things that readers swear kill fire ants… - Sprinkle grits around the mound. ...

If I had to guess what is wrong with your house...

Updating your home but don't know where to start? Here are the top 10 things home inspectors say they find wrong when doing inspections… Want to give your house the once over to make sure all is well? I...

Gas Grill Maintenance

Q - I know this isn't a cooking show, but I hear you talking about natural gas a lot. We purchased a gas grill earlier this spring and are enjoying it immensely. Is there any maintenance that is required as we cook...

How are your gutters?

Q - 4 years ago I had the best gutter covers installed on my gutters to keep the gunk out. Now my gutters are over-flowing. Do I need new gutters? Mary Ellen - Decatur A - I can't speak to whether you do or...

Avoid skeeters like this...

Tease - Afraid to go out into your own backyard for fear of becoming a meal?... I swear I have already swatted a dozen skeeters this spring. While it feels like it should be way too early to be telling you...

Man - get a whiff of that...

Q - Last week when I came home from work my house smelled like a sour locker room. It didn't smell like that when I left in the morning and I didn't have any piles of laundry lying about. Yuck. Help. Anne in...

Do NOT do this...

Q - Last summer during my termite inspection, the technician said that one of the vents in my crawl space was blocked and suggested I remove a cinder block from my foundation so that the vent could circulate the air...

The buzz on carpenter bees...

Q - It's spring and it seems like we have a bumper crop of carpenter bees. What is the best way to get rid of them? Hal in Douglasville A - Hal, this is one of the best and funnest, (that's a word in...

Why did I have my furnace tuned up?

So it seems we made it thru a milder than usual winter. And to think, you had your furnace tuned up just waiting for an extended cold snap. What happens now? Do we just click off another year on the life-span of...

DIY Tile? Know this...

Q - The wife would like to change the flooring in our kitchen from the ugly linoleum to tile. Can I just lay the tile over the linoleum? Stan - Villa Rica A - Generally when I get an e-mail that starts...

Avoid Kitchen Fires

5 Things you can do to cut the risk of a kitchen fire. -Tend to your cooking. Don't leave your stove unattended. In short - Pay Attention! -Keep a potholder and a lid handy. Smother pan fires instead of using...

5 ways to save money on your heating bill...

5 Things you can do to save money on your heating bill… - Clean your furnace and change your filters. Clean systems run much more efficiently than dirty one. Find your filter and change it. - Use your...

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