Our weekly words often evoke reader response. Such is the case with our past two columns. Although we disagree with these readers' viewpoints, they contain insights that may be worth consideration.

Q: We had some new gutters put in, and when it rains the one outside our bedroom sounds like a dripping faucet. I remember reading somewhere how to fix it but not the details. It was something about ...

If you find your guttering and downspouts are a bit of an eyesore, you can easily add a stunning water feature in place of one of your downpipes.

Do those plastic downspout splashblocks tend to wander away from the foundation of your house, allowing water to seep into the basement? To prevent this, drill two holes through the hefty corners of ...