Hot water heaters are one of those household appliances that you tend to forget about until something goes wrong. It’s easy to let years—maybe even a decade or two—pass without paying much attention ...

As a writer for Forbes Home since 2021, Emily specializes in writing about home warranties, solar installations, car transportation and moving companies. With a background in journalism and experience ...

The water we use for bathing and showering is corrosive, and nothing demonstrates that better than your water heater. Oxygen rusts metal, and water is loaded with oxygen. This is one reason why water ...

When astronauts aboard the International Space Station began smelling smoke one day last week, they naturally became alarmed. Imagine how terrifying it must be to realize that something is burning ...

Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

I’ll never forget the sound I heard when my wife and I returned home from a weekend trip last summer. It was as if there was a waterfall in our kitchen. In fact, there was: A supply line had burst, ...