On a cloudless day, a skylight lets the sun shine into your house. When it’s rainy, a skylight shouldn’t let anything in, especially the rain. If your skylight leaks, don’t wait to fix it. A small leak could indicate water collecting around the skylight that could rot the roof decking. Maryland general contractor Alan Hill warns that major skylight repair jobs aren’t DIY-friendly. However, he says homeowners can find and seal most leaks if they have the right equipment.

There are two types of people before a camping trip: those who get all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at the thought of packing and those who wait until the last minute to haphazardly toss an assortment of gear and clothes into a duffle bag. I happen to fall into the former camp, and I love any piece of gear that helps me better organize other gear. Yes, gear for gear! So when I heard about The North Face Base Camp gear box, I jumped on the opportunity to try it myself.

Lots of field editors told us that their biggest garage mistake was not installing a sub-panel. Lots of others said including a sub-panel was the best move they made. The reasons are pretty simple: more power and more convenience. If you want to use your garage for a shop or plan to install air conditioning or other power-hungry appliances or tools, you'll have all the power you need. And it's more convenient to have the circuit breakers in the garage.

Whisky snobs who turn up their noses at blended Scotch are missing out on some of the best-tasting spirits around. No one is arguing that single malts aren’t delicious and desirable. They are. But that’s not a reason to avoid their unfairly maligned, expertly blended brethren. Master whisky makers know which single malts to combine in which proportions to create interesting new blends. Blended brands like Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Chivas Regal 25 and Compass Box Hedonism can set you back hundreds of dollars, but you don’t have to spend nearly that much to find quality offerings.

The world is chock full of earnest parenting books offering earnest parenting advice earnest sentence after earnest sentence. And that’s a great for people, specifically new parents, who sometimes feel unmoored. More information is good, but at times the sheer quantity of advice out there can feel overwhelming and the tone of the tomes can feel at odds with the experience of being a parent, which is absolutely terrifying. This is why there are so many funny parenting books (or parenting books intended as jokes anyway) and why they matter.