There is nothing quite like the chaos of a leaking hose. You turn the spigot, and suddenly there is water everywhere, including all over you. Even if it sometimes feels refreshing on a hot day ...

For years, I put up with a leaky faucet. Every time I used my garden hose, it would leak at the faucet. It was an old, temperamental Victorian spigot and I simply couldn't be bothered to fix the ...