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🔋 Going Green

How to reduce utility bills

How to Reduce Your Water Bill: Save Green While Being Green

Ways to Save Water

200+ Simple and Practical Ways to Save Water (2021 Guide)

fixing leaky kitchen faucet

The Complete Guide to Fixing a Leaky Kitchen Faucet

🎯 Our Mission

Our goal at Sensible Digs is to teach you the smartest and most sensible ways to improve your home.

From renovations and DIY, to decorating and decluttering, our team of industry experts can show you how to get it done on a budget.

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Meet the Team Behind Sensible Digs

🔥 Water Heating

plumbing fittings

20 Types of Plumbing Fittings Explained (With Photos)

Water sputtering from faucet to a glass

How to Fix Air in Hot Water Lines

Woman washing her hands in the facucet

Is the Cloudy Hot Water in My Tap Dangerous?

Tank and tankless water heaters installed outdoors

The Best Water Heaters On the Market (Hot Water Every Time)

A tankless water heater installed at the back of a van

The Best RV Tankless Water Heaters (Hot Water On-the-Go)

under sink water heater in bathroom

Best Under Sink Water Heaters of 2021

🛁 Bathroom Improvement

Clean bathroom with toilet bowl in focus

10 Types of Toilet Seats Compared (Material, Shape & Features)

Workers connecting shower doors

How To Remove Shower Doors (Step-by-Step Guide)

Woman scrubbing shower tiles with scour pad to clean soap scum

How To Clean Shower Tiles (Remove the Grime)

Rustic pit toilet in the outdoors

What Is a Vault Toilet?

Plumber repairing an open toilet tank

Why Does My Bathroom Smell Like Sewage?

Person uncloging a toilet with a plunger

How To Unclog a Toilet When Nothing Works

Toilet seat decoration in bathroom

How To Fix a Wobbly Toilet (The Easy Way)

Man holding an empty toilet tank

How To Replace a Toilet Tank

Toilet seat bowl in bathroom interior

What Size Toilet Seat Do You Need?

Modern designer bathroom with floating vanity

Bathroom Vanity Dimensions (Height, Sizes & Depth)

Wet fat, hair loss, waste accumulating, clogging shower bath drain

Bathtub Won’t Drain? (Get the Reasons Why)

Classical closed wooden black oak door in white tiled mosaic wall of the bathroom

How To Open a Locked Bathroom Door (14 Ways)

⚒️ DIY & Tools

Varnishing hardwood floor with a paint brush

Types of Wood Stains

DIY tools set

Best Hand Tool Brands

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Drilling Into Concrete Without a Hammer Drill (Step-by-Step Guide)

Carpenter hands at work with clamp

How To Join Two Boards Lengthwise (Tips and Tricks)

Worker cutting metal with a grinder

How To Cut Metal

Man scanning a wall with a stud finder while holding a drill in the other hand

Best Stud Finders of 2021

Male repeairman checking fridge with digital multimeter

The Best Multimeters (Reviewed & Compared)

Spurks flying during cutting with an angle grinder

The Best Angle Grinders (Get Professional Results)

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Best Cordless Angle Grinders of 2021

Furniture stapler close up

The Best Heavy-Duty Staple Removers (10 Top Picks)

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7 Best Die Grinders (2021 Reviews)

Man clearing snow using snow blower

Best Snow Blowers of 2021

💦 Water Filtering

Person boiling water outdoors

Clean Water in the Middle of Nowhere (15 Ways to Filter Water Outdoors)

Home reverse osmosis system

10 Best Reverse Osmosis Systems (2021 Reviews)

Best Water Filtration System

7 Best Water Filters (2021 Reviews)

Best Alkaline Water Brands

7 Best Alkaline Water Brands (2021 Reviews)

Best Countertop Water Filter

10 Best Countertop Water Filters (2021 Reviews)

Plumber installing the best under sink water filter

Best Under Sink Water Filters of 2021

🍲 Kitchen

Black kitchen pull out spray faucet

Pull-Out Spray Kitchen Faucet Problems

Man tightening a kitchen faucet with a wrench

How To Tighten a Kitchen Faucet

Plumber holding a replacement faucet

How To Repair a Moen Kitchen Faucet (The Easy Way)

Person holding a sink stopper over a kitchen sink

10 Steps To Removing a Sink Stopper

A modern stainless steel kitchensink

The Best Stainless Steel Kitchen Sinks (Top Picks)

Cleaning the kitchen drain sink

7 Best Drain Cleaners (2021 Reviews)

Smiling child using the bathroom sink

7 Best Bathroom Sinks (2021 Reviews)

Woman cleaning a stainless steel sink

How to Clean a Stainless Steel Sink (Remove Rust, Hard Water Stains and More)

Person unclogging the sink with baking soda.

How to Unclog a Sink (10 of the Best Non-Toxic Methods)

📰 New Stories

Empty garage with roller door. View of horizontal tracks.

How To Seal a Garage Floor (Tips & Tricks)

Varnishing hardwood floor with a paint brush

Types of Wood Stains

Old plastic chair wih paint marks

How to Remove Paint From Plastic

Remodeling a bathroom

How to Paint a Bathroom (Step-by-Step Guide)

Woman painting a kitchen cabinet

Painting Kitchen Cabinets The Easy Way

Clean bathroom with toilet bowl in focus

10 Types of Toilet Seats Compared (Material, Shape & Features)

Basement with painted floor

How To Paint a Basement Floor (The Correct Way)

Workers connecting shower doors

How To Remove Shower Doors (Step-by-Step Guide)

Black kitchen pull out spray faucet

Pull-Out Spray Kitchen Faucet Problems