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• Need Help? Contact the IICRC

  If you need expert help with carpet care, water-damage restoration or any of 21 expertise areas, the IICRC can help.

• Winterizing Your Patio

  As the weather turns cold, we gradually move back indoors for the winter. But before you desert your patio altogether, get it ready for the big chill.

• Housework and Back Pain

  Is it safe to do physical work when your back is hurting?

• Back to the Grind

  Maintaining your garbage disposal.

• Keep Your Faucet Gushing

  If your faucet is not flowing as freely as it should, Danny Lipford exlains how to cleanse the assembly at the spigot's end.

• Backpack Vacuums — New Secret Weapon

  10 cleaning solutions with a backpack model vacuum cleaner

• Manly Guidelines for Garage Rehab

  Tom McNulty brings order to a traditionally male-dominated territory.

• Nation Gets a "C" for Hand Washing

  Clean Hands Week provides a refresher course in handwashing.

• Carpet Cleaning Tips - Rug Cleaning

  How to clean area rugs.

• Spring Clean Your Life Any Time of Year

  Make room for what really matters.

• Consumer Reports Reveals How To Make Water Cleaner

  How to choose a water filter.

• Keeping the Kitchen Safe

  Be sure to control bacteria in the kitchen.

• Testing and Adjusting Garden Soils

  Not all dirt is created equal.

• Form a Family Cleaning Team

  Motivate your family! Borrow a technique from the commercial cleaning world to do the best, most efficient cleaning job possible.

• Tomatoes in a Can

  Apartment dwellers and those with otherwise inadequate yards can still eat from a home-grown garden.

• Real Change Without Resolutions

  HC interviews Marla Cilley, aka FlyLady, on making a permanent difference in your household environment.

• Buying the Right Car Wax

  Inexpensive products outperform some more costly brands in CR’s tests.

• Carpet Cleaning Tips - Do-It-Yourself or Professional Cleaning?

  Interim vs. deep cleaning: when to call in the pros.

• Is There Life After Housework?

  Don't let cleaning take over your schedule.

• Organize for a Restful Vacation

  Have you ever come home from vacation more exhausted than when you left?

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