Home Safety
Beware of Hidden Home Fire Hazards
You may consider your home fire-safe, but dangers lurk around your workbench, behind your walls, and right on your kitchen counter. Here's how to extinguish them
How to Install a Fire Sprinkler System
In this instructional video, This Old House plumbing and heating contractor Richard Trethewey describes how an in-home sprinkler system works
How to Prep Your Fireplace for the Cold Season
Before you spark up the logs, make a clean sweep using these seven crucial fireplace safety tips
Surprising Sources of Radiation in Household Items
Many of us are unknowingly exposed to radioactive things everyday, here are 9 household materials and products that could be emitting low levels of radiation.
How to Use a Ladder Safely
The last thing you want to be thinking about when you're standing on a ladder is falling off it. Here, six ladder safety tips for staying steady
Hurricane Prep: Storm Safety Checklist
Here's what you should do if a storm watch or warning is issued where you live.
Top 10 Disasters That Can Hit Your House While You're on Vacation
An empty house is a vulnerable house. Learn how to keep your home safe and sound when you take off for your holiday
How to Choose and Use Safety Gear
This Old House host Kevin O'Connor and plumbing and heating contractor Richard Trethewey discuss various types of DIY safety gear
How to Remove a Dangerous Tree
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook and arborist Matt Foti remove a badly decayed tree.
9 Highly Toxic Old Household Products
If it's been a while since you cleaned out the basement or shed, watch out for these dangerous household chemicals hiding on the back shelves
How to Remove and Contain Lead Paint
Lead paint abatement specialist Ron Peik shows the safe, proper way to dispose of lead paint.
How to Childproof Your Home
Quick, effective ways to safeguard children around the home
How to Install a Vintage Lockset
This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shares his tricks of the trade for installing a mortised lockset
15 Ways Your Home Can Make You Infertile
Doctors can't explain what's wrong for about 10 percent of couples who can't conceive, and some experts suspect the culprit is where you'd least expect: in the home
How to Avoid Holiday Horrors
Here's how to save your house from devolving into a disaster during the holidays
Cleaning Up Lead, Asbestos, and Other Hazards
When an inspection revealed a handful of household hazards, the owners of this TOH TV project house tackled the cleanup for a healthier home
10 Ways Your House Can Kill You
Poisonous gases, electrical currents, rust, fires—there are many ways your house can take you down, if you're not vigilant about safety and codes. Check out these dangerous household conditions for a lesson in what not to do
5 of the Best Nontoxic Cleaners You Aren't Using
From wine to grease stains, use these simple and nontoxic household cleaning solutions that are likely in your kitchen pantry.
Child Safety in the Home
Thousands of kids go to emergency rooms every year as a result of preventable, accidental injuries. Here's how you can lower your youngster's chances of being one of them
How to Test for Radon and Get Rid of It
Learn about DIY radon tests, hiring a mitigation contractor, and building a radon-resistant home.
How to Flu-Proof Your Home
Show winter illnesses the door by keeping the house as germ-free as can be. This Old House has some time-honored tips for making your house a healthy home
Know Your Front-Door Lockset
We asked, and you told us that what most needs fixing in your house is your front-door lockset. So here's a handy guide to help you know what you can repair yourself and when you need to call a locksmith
Fire Pit Safety: 5 Tips to Consider
Keep your loved ones safe with these fire pit safety tips.
Do Granite Countertops Emit Radon?
We separate the myth from the fact, and tell you what to do if you're concerned
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
Put Safety First: 14 Universal Design Tips
Ideas to ensure you will be able to enjoy your home throughout your entire lifetime
Deck Check
Our six-point inspection plan will help you spot signs of trouble
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
Stove Safety Tips for the Holiday Season
Thanksgiving is the peak day of the year for kitchen fires. Here are 8 tips protect yourself, your guests, and your property.