Diana Strzalka

This year's public art benches in downtown Tinley Park include whimsical scenes of dinosaurs, Wall Street, underwater coral reefs and King Tut's Egyptian pyramids. The entertaining stroll along Oak Park...

Q: Last summer, I bought a large gazebo for my patio. I had it installed and I secured it with ropes and stakes so it would not blow away. I...

Q: We have a two-story home, almost a year old. When we moved in, we had a humidifier installed in one of the two furnaces for the lower level. Because...

Q: A few days before Christmas, my sewers backed-up. The company I called said it would be $85 for coming out but would not tell me the approximate price for...

Q: I live in a condo on the first floor with two units above me. All the units have hardwood floors and the insulation between floors appears to be inadequate...

When they first set eyes on their home in Palos Park 10 years ago, Rob and Tara Womer liked the comfortable feel of the small frame ranch with its old-fashioned...

Q: Help! We defrosted meat on the kitchen counter when some blood ran down on the cabinet and stained it bad. It looks very bad, the streaks show, and we...

Q: We get a stinky odor from the basement that permeates the whole house. It seems to be worse when it's raining. The water heater and the furnace are only...