Incandescent light bulbs are known to occasionally shatter in their fixtures—and when they do, it’s both difficult and dangerous to extract the bulb’s threaded base from the socket. Bits of broken ...

A broken lightbulb is easy to remove, but you do need to know what you're doing. Here's how to do this task yourself safely.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever try to change a lightbulb only to find it's broken? If you have nothing to grasp onto, how will you get it out? Luckily your ...

A tip from a Chicago reader: Regarding a topic that came up in your column some months ago, I would like to recommend a very simple solution to removing the base of a broken light bulb that’s still ...

Dear Readers: Here are some hints about removing a broken light bulb from a socket. Wearing garden gloves, use a (rubber) jar opener, slowly reach in and twist and jiggle back and forth to gently ...

Getting the remnants of a broken light bulb out of a socket should be done with caution. First and foremost: Turn off the power by flipping the switch or throwing the breaker for permanent fixtures, ...

Q Do you know of anything that will take stubborn marks off the inside of a microwave oven? -- Louise, Boca Raton. A Maybe Mr. HandyPerson doesn't need to remind you, but most microwave ovens come ...

Among things that frustrate: A hangnail; a pen that doesn't write; sealing a check in an envelope and then remembering you forgot to sign it -- and the bulb is broken off in the socket of your ...

Q: Regarding a topic that came up in your column some months ago, I would like to recommend a very simple solution to removing the base of a broken lightbulb that's still stuck in the socket. Just ...