DIY home guide: Winter
How to protect the value of your property, cut energy costs, avoid costly repairs, and spiff up your surroundings this winter.
Check your detectors
Cost: $30 for a dual-sensor smoke alarm, which alerts you to both slow, smoky fires and hot flames; $25 for a carbon monoxide detector
When you set your clocks forward on March 13, replace the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors too. Then push in the test buttons to make sure both work. If your models are more than 10 years old, replace them.
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Last updated January 28 2011: 4:46 PM ET
