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Water
Water Testing Helps Ensure Better Water For Homeowners
Homeowners use water for many purposes, including drinking, cooking, washing, heating, humidifying, flushing (the No. 1 use of water in a home) and their pets. Those are just a few reasons homeowners should make sure they understand what’s in their water.
Recycling
Be Green and Healthy - At Home And Away
Finding ways to be more energy efficient and eco-positive isn’t just good for the environment — it can be good for your home, your family and your bottom line.
Asthma And Allergies
Living With Allergies—And Animals
There is good news for the estimated one in five allergy sufferers who have pets: There are ways you and your pet can live together.
Water Saving
EPA Says: Save 10,000 Gallons in 10 Minutes
Did you know that easy-to-fix household leaks could waste at least 10,000 gallons of water per year (and 10 percent of your water bill)?
Organizing Strategies
IEHA Recommends ‘Slippery’ Surfaces - But It’s Not What You Think
When all you want to do is get the house clean, you’re probably not too focused on getting organized. There are surfaces to dust, floors to mop and bathrooms to scrub. There’s no time to get things all lined up in a row, right? Wrong.
Organizing Strategies
Ten Tips On Clutter Control
10 tips to help you get organized.
Pest Control
Preventive Pest Control
Follow these tips for helping to keep your home pest-free.
Food Safety
Don’t Sacrifice Safety When Using A Microwave
The convenience of microwave cooking can also present a few challenges—such as making sure that food prepared in a microwave is cooked to its safe temperature.
Motivation
IEHA Shares Three Top Tips for Home Cleaning
These are: Declutter, Resolve to Dissolve, and Contain Don’t Strain.
Kids Cleaning
Involving Kids in Cleaning - A Key to Family Success
Encouraging your kids to pitch in with household chores can do more than help keep your house clean.
Organizing Strategies
Cleaning And Organizing - Year-Round
Once a year, many people scour their homes — deep cleaning and getting rid of items they haven’t used or worn in years. However, people who clean and stay organized throughout the year are more likely to be happy, healthy and financially comfortable.
Laundry
Lighten Your Laundry Room Load
With an organized and well-designed laundry room, it’s almost effortless to launder even the largest loads.
Granite
Caring For Granite Countertops
Granite requires special care and attention because it’s a natural stone. Here are a few tips to help you protect your investment.
Water Saving
Do You Know Where Your House is Wasting Water?
Each year, the average American home wastes more than 10,000 gallons of water on easy-to-fix household leaks.
Bed Bugs
Bed Bugs and What to Do About Them
If the thought of bed bugs attacking your home has you scratching already, here are tips to help you figure out if you have bed bugs, and what to do about them.
Flu
IEHA and The Housekeeping Channel (HC) Promote Clean and Healthy Schools For Dummies Pocket Guide – Warding Off Cold and Flu Season Through Preventive Steps
The International Executive Housekeepers Association (now “IEHA”) and The Housekeeping Channel (HC) are pleased to present free flu-prevention information for schools.
Cleaning Strategy
Messy Times And How To Handle Them
At-home parties and other get-togethers can nearly triple the weekly cleaning time spent by women.
Green Cleaning
Protecting People and Planet Through Better Cleaning Choices
Families are questioning the presence of chemical products in their homes and taking steps to replace them with healthier alternatives made from more benign ingredients.
Pets
Living With Pets And Plants
Adding plants is a great way to spruce up your home, but if you share your home with a dog or cat, you’ll want to choose your plants carefully.
Garbage Disposal
An Easy, Greener Way To Recycle Food Waste?
Disposers may offer more than just convenience. In several respects, they’re an environmentally responsible alternative to putting food waste in a landfill.