This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Paul Robins shows you how to easily fix a ...

Q: I’ve noticed two things about my lawn. First, there’s an area that is really green and much taller than the surrounding grass; and second, this same area is very soft. I know something is wrong, ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Department of Justice is investigating potential price-fixing in the market for PVC pipes, which follows ...

Fixing underground water pipes usually means digging up roads and sidewalks — a process that's disruptive and expensive. However, researchers at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. are working on ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Union plumbers say it's not just the dust from cutting PVC pipe that makes installing it so dangerous. Joe King is a plumbing instructor for the union. He tells the I-Team, "It's the ...