About HomeQuicks
Home Care, Cleaning & DIY Guides
HomeQuicks is a reference for people who actually run a home. We write about the stain that needs to come out today, the ants that found the pantry, the dryer that stopped heating, and the thousand other household questions that show up with no warning and no manual.
Home advice online has a padding problem: eight paragraphs of throat-clearing before the answer, and the fix buried somewhere underneath. We'd rather answer the question you asked, explain why the answer works, and let you get back to your day.
Every article is written to be read by an actual human being: clear, accurate, and free of the fluff that pads out most of what you'll find online. We check our facts, we keep our opinions labelled as opinions, and we'd genuinely rather admit we don't know something than pretend we do. The full process lives on our editorial standards page.
What We Stand For
Accuracy First
Every article is fact-checked before it publishes. When we get something wrong anyway, we correct it and say so.
Plain Language
If a subject can be explained without jargon, it is. Clarity is a feature, not a simplification.
Evidence Over Hype
We tell you what the research actually supports, including when the honest answer is “less than the headlines say.”
Reader First
Articles exist to answer the question you actually asked, not to pad a word count or sell you something.
The Whole House
From laundry stains to leaky faucets, one standard: if it helps you run your home better, it has a home here.
No Fluff
We respect your time. Short where short works, long only when the subject earns it.
The Writers
Ray Mercer
Staff Writer
Ray Mercer has spent thirty years keeping old houses running and has fixed most things twice, the second time correctly. He believes the majority of household problems fall to patience, a clean work area, and a twelve dollar part, and he will tell you plainly which jobs are not yours to do.
Say Hello
Spotted a mistake, have a topic you'd love us to tackle, or just want to say hi? Our contact page is always open. And yes, a real person reads it.