Before anything else, fight the temptation to hack away at the ice with a hammer, shovel or anything else from the garage.

It’s one of the rites of spring. And of fall too. Homeowners drag out the ladder and spend the better part of a day cleaning debris from their gutters. One way to avoid the chore is to install gutter ...

Q: Ugh, I hate cleaning out the roof gutters every year! Can I install something to make the mess easier to deal with, or make it go away? — Trisha in North Carolina A: When debris dams up the gutters ...