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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 (2022 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 2022

🛁 Bathroom Improvement

woman scrubbing shower tiles with scour pad to clean soap scum

How to Tile a Shower Floor (In Easy Steps)

Bathroom with wood look tiles

24 Ideas For The Perfect Wood Look Bathroom

Pink toilet paper roll on a toilet tank

Colored Toilet Paper (All You Need To Know)

Open toilet in the bathroom

Best Tankless Toilets of 2022

Toilet pump closeup

The Best Techniques To Adjust a Toilet Float

Ceiling in the bathroom

15 Bathroom Ceiling Material Options

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

⚒️ DIY & Tools

Close up. Bubbling laminate flooring planks damaged by water leakage.

Fixing Swollen Wooden Furniture (The Right Way)

Man using a snow blower in deep snow

3 Types of Snow Blowers Compared (Snow Blower Buying Guide)

Paintbrush on treated wood

How to Strengthen Wood (5 Ways to Do It)

Carpenter working on a board

How to Create Rounded Edges Without a Router (Step-by-Step Guide)

Special carpenter workshop

Standard Workbench Heights (For Different Applications)

A man joiner at work

Why Wood Warps and How to Fix It

Person treating hardwood with a paint brush

How to Get a High Gloss Finish On Wood (The Easy Way)

Paint cans with a roller and brush

Satin, Gloss, or Semi-Gloss (Which Is Best?)

Hand painting plywood with paintbrush

How to Waterproof Plywood With Sealant (Step-by-Step Guide)

Open can of pink paint with white brush over it

5 Types of Wood Paint (Which Is Best?)

Varnishing hardwood floor with a paint brush

Types of Wood Stains Explained

DIY tools set

Best Hand Tool Brands

💦 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 (2022 Reviews)

Best Water Filtration System

7 Best Water Filters (2022 Reviews)

Best Alkaline Water Brands

7 Best Alkaline Water Brands (2022 Reviews)

Best Countertop Water Filter

10 Best Countertop Water Filters (2022 Reviews)

Plumber installing the best under sink water filter

Best Under Sink Water Filters of 2022

🍲 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 (2022 Reviews)

Smiling child using the bathroom sink

7 Best Bathroom Sinks (2022 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

Workers are installing lifting gates of the garage.

Garage Door Installation Costs (Including Costs by State)

Large farm country house with long covered porch.

How to Build a Porch Roof (Including a Gable End)

The boiler repairman checks the electronics in the water heater.

Testing a Water Heater Element (and Signs You Have Problem)

Busy House Painter Painting the Trim And Shutters of A Home.

How Much Does It Cost to Paint a House? (Inside and Out)

Designer's house with entresol and spacious living room

Contemporary Paint Colors for Your Home (30 Ideas)

Setting the central heating level in gas furnace panel

How to Turn Up a Hot Water Heater (And Find the Ideal Setting)

Lifebuoy and anchor in bedroom

Beach House Paint Colors (45 Ideas)

Tankless water heater in the bathroom

Troubleshooting a Rinnai Tankless Water Heater (and How to Reset It)

how much does a water heater weigh

How Heavy is a Water Heater? (And Should You Move It Yourself?)