how to stop a deep well from freezing and cracking?

We just bought a place up north and went up New years weekend and found out that are well pump froze and cracked. We had a plumber out and needed to replace it. He told us to insulate the Pump house and put a heater in. So we did all that and went up last [...]

bathtub fixture help (pic included)?

Our handle that controls wether we want to use the shower or tub fell off a few months ago..no proble because we only take showers. But yesterday our hot water one came off also. They screw in but the part they screw into is stripped. When my husbnad put a new one in yesterday the [...]

Plumber's putty?

I just a bought a new kitchen faucet and the instructions say to use plumber’s putty when installing. (I replaced the faucet I have now and did not use it and never had any problems.) I looked on Lowe’s website and it says that some faucets have a plastic or rubber gasket and the putty [...]