Allan Britnell

Felicia Ratiu, a service and sales rep with Abell Pest Control, parks her new, white S10 pickup in the driveway of a two-storey home in a suburban Oakville, Ont., neighbourhood and says, “Let's see where the problem is.” The...

We Canucks spend most of our time indoors; the federal government estimates that more than 90 per cent of our day is spent in offices, malls or other enclosed spaces. Much of that time is spent in our homes. Yet on hearing the...

What do dogs, running children and sharp-edged serving trays have in common? They can all poke holes through patio screen doors. Luckily, you can repair the damage yourself in less than an hour. An added bonus is that the steps...

“The front door was open, so I knew something was up right away,” says Gary Davidson, a former Canadian Home Workshop art director who returned home after a short motorcycle ride one spring night to discover his Toronto...

”That's not good” is precisely the kind of thing I didn't want to hear the technician say when he was in the middle of the annual cleaning and inspection of my heating system. “Your tank is leaking. I'm going to have to...

You don't need to be a tree-hugging Luddite to have a positive impact on the environment. Here are 12 relatively simple, low-cost, big-benefit steps you can take to reduce your carbon footprint. 1. Low-flow toiletsHow it works:...

Now that my wife, Mehnaz, and I are about to have our first child, I've come to an important realization: our house is a death trap. Truthfully, I'm being only slightly overdramatic. It seems everywhere I look, there's another...

Is your furnace on the fritz? Pretty soon your options for buying a replacement will be limited: as of January 1, 2010, Canadian homeowners will only be able to install high-efficiency gas-fired furnaces–those with an annual...

Municipalities across the country are trying to correct a mistake made decades ago when sewage pipes and storm drains were laid out below ground. The problem is that the two sets of pipes run to the same place: the sewage...