Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

Downspouts are often a necessary home feature for preventing flooding and water damage. While there are other ways to divert water away from your house without gutters, many homeowners find downspouts ...

In the craft of homebuilding, we have constantly refined the mechanisms for handling things like water to the point that a carpenter of a century ago would be utterly bewildered at all the high-tech ...