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After the Water Recedes - Dealing Quickly with Water Damage
As a result of a recent flooding disaster, your home may look like a river ran through it. Here's what to do right away.
Bust Remodeling Dust
Home improvement expert Danny Lipford lays out how to protect your home from construction dust.
Choose Your Carpet Wisely
It's time to become an informed carpet purchaser. Know your fibers and how they will perform in your home.
Clean Coils Improve Energy Efficiency
HVAC coils should be cleaned at regular intervals for optimum efficiency.
Clean Decorating
Beautify your home with easy-to-maintain décor.
Basement
Cleaner Concrete
Smooth finish in the basement
Cleaning Garage Floors
Cleaning your garage floor is the first step if you want to change the room into a livable space, lay down new flooring, or just to improve overall appearance and safety.
Consumer Reports Shows How to Avoid Design Goofs When Remodeling a Dream Kitchen
In-depth kitchen report includes CR ratings and buying advice for flooring, countertops, ranges, microwaves and range hoods, cooktops, wall ovens, refrigerators and dishwashers.
Countertops
Corian, Earthstone, Pergo ... Oh My!
HC asked makers of special surfaces how to clean their products. Here are their tips.
Cutting Energy Costs In The Kitchen
Being sure stoves and other kitchen appliances are energy efficient could save you some dough.
Do I Dust or Vacuum First?
Answers to this and other important housekeeping questions from cleaning expert Don Aslett.
Don't Be Shocked by Your Older Home's Wiring
Don't go down in a blaze, either.
Don't Despair! Repair! Hints For Restoring Commonly Broken Items
Breaking a favorite item is disheartening, especially when you don't know how to fix it. One important tip to remember is that not all adhesives are created equal.
Exterior House Cleaning
Your home’s exterior takes a beating from mother nature, but you can intervene. A once-or-twice-yearly cleaning may also reveal a gutter or roof in need of attention.
Organizing Strategies
Extreme Garage Makeover
Studies show an estimated 32 percent of people who own a two-car garage can only get one car inside because of the clutter. Here's what to do.
Finishing School for Wood Floors
Facts about factory-finished and unfinished floors.
Five Ways to Improve the Air Quality in Your Home
The good news is that the most difficult and expensive measures are not always the most effective – nor are they always necessary.
For Dummies® — Caulking Your Tub and Shower
How to remove old caulking, treat for mold and apply a new, protective caulk line.
For Dummies® — Getting to Know Wallpaper-Removal Techniques
Determine your course of action by the type of wall found underneath.
For Dummies® — Maintaining Your Home's Windows
Whether they slide or swing out, your windows need more cleaning than just the glass in order to function at their best.