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Family Life, Managing Your Home, Home Improvements and Maintenance
Family Life, Managing Your Home, Home Improvements and Maintenance
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Family Life, Managing Your Home, Home Improvements and Maintenance
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Family Life, Managing Your Home, Home Improvements and Maintenance
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  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Learn all about sump pumps, and how they can help you in a flood.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Find out how to measure and adjust the grade around your house.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    The information in this article can help you keep your septic system running for many years.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Find out the causes of septic system problems, and learn what you can do to avoid them.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Learn how your septic system works.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Prevent a sewer clog with these plumbing tips.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    If cold temperatures have left one of your pipes frozen or cracked, this article can help you fix the problem (and prevent future ones).

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Here is advice on how to temporarily or permanently fix a leaking roof.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    If you fear you have a leak in your roof, read how to diagnose the problem.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Learn emergency measures for plugging a roof leak.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Learn how to run TV cable through new rooms in your house.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Build a sleeping loft for a small bedroom or dorm room with these directions.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Here are some tips on how to prepare your room to be painted, and some clean-up advice as well.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Install a ceiling light on your own with these step-by-step directions.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Replace that old toilet with help from these instructions.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Give your bathroom a facelift by building and installing a new medicine cabinet.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Do you have storage problems in your kitchen? Learn how to build and install drawers in your existing kitchen cabinets.

  • Family Life
    Home Improvements and Maintenance

    Find advice on replacing your kitchen sink.

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