Outdoor Living

Mosquito Proof Your Yard

Tips to create a mosquito free backyard and Learn how to control the most common mosquito breeding areas in your yard.

Kill Bedbugs Before They Bite!

Kill Bedbugs Before They Bite!

Learn how to get rid of bed bugs in your home, apartment or dorm room. Here are few simple solutions for preventing a bedbug infestation that allow you to ...

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Get Rid of Bedbugs at Home or in Hotels

When Mayra Belsham and her mother checked into a fashionable hotel in the Upper West Side of Manhattan after a long flight from Montreal, a good night’s sleep was all they wanted. But as they slipped under the sheets and flipped on the television, a real life horror story rolled out right before...

Exteriors

The start of spring brings balmy afternoons, the thwack of baseball bats, and emerald lawns and flowers bursting into bloom. But it’s not all pretty.  Throughout the United States, termites, carpenter ants and an army of other household pests are swarming around houses, foundations and...

Termites

Homes with concrete slab foundation can be at highest risk of a termite infestation.  To avoid damage, remember that termites are big fans of moisture but hate sunlight.  Unfortunately, this perfect environment exists under homes with concrete slab foundations.  To protect your house, improve...

Kitchens

From our perch as the hosts of The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show we hear about home improvement challenges, wish lists and how-to questions year round.  And as individual as these questions are, the topics are very similar.

The truth is that most of our homes are built pretty much the...

Pests

Bed bugs haven’t gone away, and the more you know, the better prepared you’ll be if this unfortunately popular pest catches up with you at home. 

What are the common treatments for bed bug infestation?  Do they work?  Does any one approach work better than all the...

Carpenter Ants and Bees

Preventing termites from destroying your home involves being prepared before it happens and knowing the signs of when it does. As soon as spring weather arrives throughout the United States, termites, carpenter ants and an army of other household pests are swarming around houses, foundations and...