Home Safety How To & DIY

Improve the value of your home by discovering our home safety step-by-step tips & ideas.

Fire Pit Safety: 5 Tips to Consider

Keep your loved ones safe with these fire pit safety tips.

How to Stop Break-Ins

Discover your home's vulnerable spots before you go away on vacation, and learn how to prevent burglaries for less than $250

Keep Mold From Taking Hold

Mold spores are a problem anywhere it's humid, but in post-Katrina New Orleans, the scourge was hard to beat; here's how the owner of the TOH TV NOLA project did it

How to Install a Wall Safe

Safeguard your valuables in 4 easy steps

What You Need to Know About Lead

Learn more about this potentially deadly substance

Workshop Safety for Kids

12 tips for making sure your pint-sized DIYer is protected

How to Install a Door Lockset

In this how-to video, add a new lockset with This Old House general contractor Tom Silva

How to Clean Up Mold

In this how-to video, This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey and host Kevin O'Connor discover ways to rid a home of mold

How to Choose a Carbon Monoxide Detector

In this how-to video, This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey examines various types of carbon-monoxide detectors

Childproofing Your Home

Take preventative measures to protect your children from household dangers

Clean the Air in Your House

The stuff you breathe inside your home might be as filthy as an L.A. smog storm. Here's what you can do about it

Fire Safety and Prevention Checklist

It's not enough to have evacuation plans. It's not even enough to have a fire detector on every floor. Learn what experts say homeowners need to do now