Q. I want to replace a lot of caulking around the outside of my house, especially around windows and doors where I suspect there are air and water leaks. Much of the old caulk is cracked, discolored ...

Reader Beacham Hoyle says he was able to clean soot from fireplace bricks with hydrogen peroxide. Hoyle says he sprayed the peroxide on dirty bricks and “the black stuff just rolled down. It also ...

Q. There are a couple of bathtubs in my house with old, dirty, cracked caulk around the joints. I want to replace the caulk, but the old stuff is so hard I haven’t been able to get it out. Can I put ...