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Problems You Can Fix With Just Glue
DIY

12 Problems You Can Fix With Just Glue

By Timothy Dale

Woman uses a hammer and screwdriver to recess a drywall anchor into the wall.
Interior

How to Remove Drywall Anchors

By Theresa Clement

Woman is under sink examining the garbage disposal under the sink.
Interior

What to Do When Your Garbage Disposal Stops Working

By Tony Carrick, Glenda Taylor

A cream-colored carpet with indentation from furniture.
Interior

How to Get Dents Out of Carpet

By Manasa Reddigari

Drawing a line in a carpentry shop using a speed square.
DIY

How to Use a Speed Square for DIY Projects

By Steffani Cameron, Bob Vila

The Best Wallpaper Remover Option
Reviews

The Best Wallpaper Removers of 2025 for Updating Your Home’s Interior

By Jasmine Harding

Person is about to drop an orange peel into a garbage disposal.
DIY

How to Clean a Garbage Disposal

By Bob Vila

Person putting pipe insulation on a copper basement pipe.
Interior

How to Keep Pipes From Freezing and Bursting

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Phillip Tinner

Woman looks puzzled as she looks into top-load washing machine.
Interior

Washing Machine Smells: Common Causes and Easy Fixes

By Deirdre Mundorf, Jill Lawrence O’Hara, Bob Vila

A person is squeezing epoxy glue from a bottle onto a square piece of wood.
DIY

How to Remove Epoxy From Different Surfaces

By Bob Vila

Woman wearing a plaid flannel shirt removes a light bulb from a small lamp with a beige shade.
Interior

Why Are Lights Flickering in My Home?

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila, Updated b Teresa Odle

A homeowner on a ladder caulking gutters on a house.
DIY

Quick Fix Survival Guide: 15 Home Repairs Everyone Should Know How to Do

By Timothy Dale

Woman pushes the test and reset buttons on a GFCI outlet.
Interior

Why Won’t My GFCI Outlet Reset?

By Nicole Fallon-Peek

Woman shines a large flashlight into the mechanics of a furnace, whose door is open.
Interior

How to Fix a Furnace That’s Not Turning On

By Gretchen Heber, Ana Chevalier

How to Install a Dishwasher
Interior

How to Install a Dishwasher

By Theresa Clement, Bob Vila

The water in a white toilet bubbling.
DIY

What to Do When Your Toilet Is Bubbling

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila, Updated by Evelyn Auer

A blocked gutter causing rain to overflow out of the gutters.
Exterior

How to Fix Leaking Gutters

By Michelle Ullman, Bob Vila, Updated by Gretchen Heber

A traditional-style home with brown siding and brick chimney on a snowy day.
DIY

3 Last-Minute Winterization Projects You’ll Regret Skipping

By Teresa Odle

Close up of a thermometer inside an oven.
DIY

Why Your Oven Isn’t Heating Properly—and How to Fix It

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

A close up of a drill being used to drill into concrete.
DIY

How to Drill Into Concrete

By Steffani Cameron, Bob Vila, Updated by Theresa Clement