This time of year, I am inundated with questions about how to clean algae from every conceivable outdoor surface. Let’s start with why algae thrives on our homes in the first place. Algae needs food ...

Half of a home's siding covered with mold or algae - Picunique/Shutterstock Cleaning the exterior of your home is just as important as tidying the interior, but you don't need a power washer to tackle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Person washing home's algae-covered siding with a hose - photopixel/Shutterstock When you think about all the creative ways to ...

Days ago, Jerry stopped by my website, AsktheBuilder.com. He reads my column each week in his local paper and was perplexed by algae growth on the exterior of his home. Jerry hales from Chesterton, ...