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.

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 ...

November 10, 2007 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Weblog DIY Life offers a simple but effective solution for changing a lightbulb if the bulb's been broken: use ...

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, ...

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 ...

Dear Mr. HandyPerson: I live in South Florida and have a workshop in the garage. My tools are neatly displayed on racks, but they’ve all become rusty, some possibly needing replacement. How can I ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Expert handyman Sean Buino tackles the myth, ...