<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Howloop — How-to, on loop.</title><description>Short looping animations that show you exactly how to fix everyday problems — around the house and on your devices. Watch the loop, then do it.</description><link>https://howloop.how/</link><language>en</language><item><title>How to unclog a slow bathroom sink drain without chemicals</title><link>https://howloop.how/guides/unclog-a-bathroom-sink-drain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howloop.how/guides/unclog-a-bathroom-sink-drain/</guid><description>A bathroom sink that drains slowly is almost always a hair-and-soap plug sitting just below the stopper. Here is the ten-minute fix, animated, using a £2 plastic tool instead of drain cleaner.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to fix a toilet that keeps running</title><link>https://howloop.how/guides/fix-a-running-toilet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howloop.how/guides/fix-a-running-toilet/</guid><description>A toilet that hisses all night is wasting hundreds of litres a day, and the cause is one of only two parts. Here is the dye test and the fix, animated, in under fifteen minutes.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to get a stuck ring off a swollen finger</title><link>https://howloop.how/guides/get-a-stuck-ring-off-your-finger/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howloop.how/guides/get-a-stuck-ring-off-your-finger/</guid><description>The string-wrap method removes a ring that will not come off past a swollen knuckle — without cutting it. Here is the technique, animated, plus the signs that mean you should go straight to a clinic instead.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to hang a picture level on the first try</title><link>https://howloop.how/guides/hang-a-picture-level-first-try/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howloop.how/guides/hang-a-picture-level-first-try/</guid><description>Stop guessing where the nail goes. The paper template trick transfers the hanger position exactly, so you drill once, in the right place, and the frame hangs straight.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to fix slow Wi-Fi at home without buying anything</title><link>https://howloop.how/guides/fix-slow-wifi-at-home/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howloop.how/guides/fix-slow-wifi-at-home/</guid><description>Most home Wi-Fi problems are placement problems, not speed problems. Move the router, split the bands, and the dead corner of the house usually comes back — animated, in five steps.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to free up phone storage without deleting your photos</title><link>https://howloop.how/guides/free-up-phone-storage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howloop.how/guides/free-up-phone-storage/</guid><description>Your phone says storage full, but the biggest space users are usually invisible: a deleted-photos album still holding everything, apps you never open, and streaming downloads you forgot about.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to bleed a radiator that is cold at the top</title><link>https://howloop.how/guides/bleed-a-radiator/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howloop.how/guides/bleed-a-radiator/</guid><description>A radiator that is hot at the bottom and cold at the top has air trapped inside. Five minutes with a small key gets the heat back — and here is the step nearly everyone forgets afterwards.</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to reset a tripped breaker and find what caused it</title><link>https://howloop.how/guides/reset-a-tripped-breaker/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howloop.how/guides/reset-a-tripped-breaker/</guid><description>Half the lights are out and one switch in the box is out of line. Resetting it takes ten seconds — but resetting it the wrong way is why it trips again, and why you never find the cause.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to stop a door hinge squeaking for good</title><link>https://howloop.how/guides/fix-a-squeaky-door-hinge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howloop.how/guides/fix-a-squeaky-door-hinge/</guid><description>Spraying oil at the outside of a hinge quietens it for a week. The squeak comes from the pin inside the knuckles — reach that, and it stays quiet for years.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to descale a kettle so it boils fast again</title><link>https://howloop.how/guides/descale-a-kettle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howloop.how/guides/descale-a-kettle/</guid><description>The white crust on the element is not dirt — it is rock, and it is why your kettle takes longer and longer. Vinegar dissolves it in half an hour for almost nothing.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to clean a phone charging port that will not charge</title><link>https://howloop.how/guides/clean-a-charging-port/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://howloop.how/guides/clean-a-charging-port/</guid><description>If the cable has to be held at an angle, or falls out on its own, the port is almost certainly packed with compacted lint — not broken. Here is how to get it out without wrecking the contacts.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>