Laundry Room

Second floor laundry rooms can create a lot of damage if the wash machine leaks. We'll show you four DIY steps to prevent a water catastrophe.…

Create a fresh, clean work space in your laundry room. We walk you through the toughest part—reworking the plumbing and adding the new…

Increase efficiency in your laundry room with these simple storage and organization projects. Learn how to install a folding table, add a soap…

Install an automatic washing machine shutoff valve to prevent expensive flooding due to broken hoses, leaky valves or other malfunctions,…

You'll love the convenience of a laundry chute. It'll save you time and energy with fewer trips up and down stairs. We show you how to…

Lint from washing machines, much of it nondegradable, can clog up septic fields and shorten their useful life by years. A fine mesh lint trap…

Pedestals for front-loading washing machines and dryers can cost hundreds. Save your money—you can build your own bases from standard…

Replace a grungy laundry sink with a new one and upgrade with a soap dispenser and faucet with a pull-out spout. It's usually a simple half-day…

Cheap dryer vents with flimsy flaps break or clog up with lint and dirt, causing energy leaks and allowing access for pests. Keep them out with…

Clothes won't dry as fast if the exhaust duct is long or has lots of turns, but you can boost dryer performance considerably with a duct booster…

If your clothes washer doesn't fill or fills slowly, check the check the fill valve screen or replace the fill valve. Both are simple fixes.

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,…

Keep your clothes washing machine from rocking, chattering and moving by adjusting the legs. You can level it in five minutes.

Fix 90 percent of clothes washer breakdowns with these four easy fixes—including filling and draining problems, grinding noises and a…

Replace a broken dryer vent cap simply and quickly. Disconnect the through-wall duct and replace the duct and cap together.

An overloaded washing machine or clothing jammed in the rim of the washer drum can cause drive belts to slip or burn. Find the problem, then…

Washing machine vibrations during the spin cycle can shake the whole house, but you can get them under control with vibration…

Fix a dripping laundry faucet by replacing the faucet washer or the valve stem O-ring. You can replace both in ten minutes with a wrench and…

Don't panic when the washing machine starts leaking water all over the floor! You can usually fix the problem yourself within and hour or two at…

To speed up clothes drying and prevent lint build-up, install a smooth metal dryer vent. These step-by-step directions walk you through the…

Step-by-step solutions for an oven that won't heat and a clothes dryer that won't heat. Most fixes take less than an hour and save the expense…

We'll show you how to hook up a heat diverter to your electric dryer, which saves you money when drying clothes in cold weather. It's a simple…

Save a bundle on appliance repair bills. We show you how to unclog your washing machine so it drains and replace the pump if you need to.

Most dryer problems can be fixed in an hour with a few basic tools and a continuity tester or multimeter—and you can do the work yourself…

Eliminate irritating clothes washer stains by cleaning away crud around the top and agitator. Then run a special cleaner through a wash cycle.

If your clothes washer is stuck on one cycle, replace the timer. It's expensive, but you'll save the cost of a service call or a new washer.

Clothes not coming out clean? The water might be too cold. Make sure your cold washing machine water is at least 65-degrees for best detergent…