That outdoor spigot you rely on for watering your plants in the summer becomes a ticking time bomb come winter. Unless properly winterized, outdoor faucets can freeze when temperatures drop, causing ...

Dear James: Last winter, I forgot to turn off the water to an outdoor faucet, and the pipe split. How do I install one of the freeze-safe ones, and do they work? -- Kerri J.

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” From prepping birdbaths to cleaning gutters, there’s a lot of things for homeowners to do once temperatures start to dip. Unfortunately, just because ...