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Garage, basement, patio, home office, attic, kitchen: how to fix the one space in the house that never gets a usable signal, without rewiring anything.

Rooms & Spaces

Wi-Fi in the Garage: Placement for an Attached or Detached Space

Fire-rated walls, a steel door, and a car parked in the signal path — plan around all three.

11 min read Rooms & Spaces

Backyard and Patio Wi-Fi Without Running Cable

Low-E glass can cost more than a brick wall. Where to aim the extender, and when to go outside.

10 min read Rooms & Spaces

A Home Office Wi-Fi Setup That Survives Video Calls

Why calls fail on upload, the dBm target at the chair, and the cable that ends the problem.

11 min read Rooms & Spaces

Why the Upstairs Bedroom Always Has the Worst Wi-Fi

The diagonal through the floor, the steel in your mattress, and the landing outlet that fixes most of it.

11 min read Rooms & Spaces

Attic and Loft Conversions: Covering the Top Floor

Foil-backed insulation, two floors and a fire door — and the one landing that gets around all three.

11 min read Rooms & Spaces

The Kitchen Dead Zone: Microwaves, Metal and 2.4 GHz

One problem lasts three minutes, the other lasts all day. Telling them apart takes five minutes.

11 min read Rooms & Spaces

Living Room Streaming: Fixing a Buffering Smart TV

The weakest antenna in the house, hiding behind a metal panel — plus the Mbps that decide the fix.

10 min read Rooms & Spaces

Garden Office and Shed Wi-Fi: Getting Signal Across the Yard

A decision table by yard distance, and why the extender aimed at the window rarely wins.

11 min read