Fire Safety

Build this simple, attractive fire ring with retaining wall stone surrounded by flagstone, creating the perfect spot for cookouts, family…

Keep your Christmas tree fire-safe by keeping it watered. Buy it fresh, pull light plugs overnight, keep it well away from candles and…

A retractable LED work light is safer than incandescent drop lights and a pocket LED puts light right where you need it in tight quarters.

You can vastly cut down deadly fire risks by exercising good safety habits and simple prevention steps. This article lists the “Big…

Store gasoline in approved containers and well away from ignition sources and where children can't reach it. Add a fuel stabilizer as well.

There's no one-size-fits-all rule for how often to clean your chimney flue. But in this article, we'll explain how to check your chimney to know…

Thousands of dryer fires are caused by lint every year, yet they can be easily prevented with a few minutes of cleaning. Learn where lint is,…

Prevent house fires. Clean the lint from inside your clothes dryer as well as lint caught in the exhaust vent. You can complete the cleaning in…

The service door between an attached garage and a house must be self-closing as a protection against fire. Here's a simple way to add a closer…

Interlocking metal roofing panels are expensive, but they’re DIY—friendly, they look great, and they’ll last 50 years or more. Get an…

Wiring problems and mistakes are all too common, and if left uncorrected have the potential to cause short circuits, shocks and even fires.…

Replace smoke alarms before they fail. It takes only about 10 minutes to replace a hard-wired type safely.

Not sure about your smoke alarm battery? Wondering about the mystery batteries in your kitchen drawer? Check them with a multitester to find out…

We'll show you all the how-to steps you need to install a basement egress window, from cutting a hole in the basement wall to framing the…