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• Water Heater

  Summer Flush: How to Drain a Water Heater

  Home improvement expert Danny Lipford brings good news to your hot water budget.
• Cleaning Strategy

  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.
• Organizing Strategies

  The Pain Principle

  You are going to have to confront an unpopular fact: organizing can be painful.
• House Cleaning Tips

  Cleanliness is Next to Disinfection

  While cleanliness may be next to godliness, it’s also very closely related to disinfection.
• Entry Mats

  Matting Matters for Reducing Spring Cleaning

  Place the right type and length of walk-off matting outside and inside exterior doors to stop dust, dirt and moisture from entering.
• Smoke Alarms

  Be a Detector Detective

  Tips for keeping smoke and CO detectors on active duty.
• Air Cleaner

  What Types of Air Cleaners are Available?

  There are three general types of air cleaners on the market: mechanical filters, electronic air cleaners, and ion generators.
• IICRC

  Why Hire Certified Cleaning Services?

  The IICRC provides a consumer referral service to locate trained and certified cleaning and restoration firms and technicians.
• Drains

  For Dummies® — Unclogging a Sink Drain

  With or without chemicals, the right approach clears the blockage so water can drain freely.
• CRI

  Olympic Cleaning? Has Your Vacuum Been Awarded a Gold, Silver or Bronze?

  Check the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) for top performers in soil removal, indoor air quality and carpet protection.
• Earth Day

  Celebrating Earth Day...in the Laundry Room

  Wash, fold, and remain environmentally conscious.
• Cleaning Prevention

  Break Those Mess-Making Habits!

  What you don't mess up, you don't have to clean!
• Asthma And Allergies

  Don't Sneeze and Drive

  Ban sniffling and sneezing behind the wheel. Make your car an allergen-free zone!
• Sweeping

  Sweeping Made Easy

  Sweeping can be downright simple if you follow a few basic principles.
• Vacuum Cleaners

  Key to a Clean Carpet: Use a CRI-Certified Vacuum

  There is one simple step to improving the cleanliness of your carpet and the indoor air quality in your home: regular vacuuming with a CRI-certified machine.
• Acoustic Ceiling

  Popcorn Ceilings 101

  For health's sake, know your ceiling's ingredients before dusting up a storm.
• Pet Hair

  Pet Fur Frenzy

  Cleaning expert Don Aslett solves the pet hair problem.
• Spring Cleaning

  Spring into Cleaning

  The Clean Trust has a few tips to make cleaning easier.
• Carpet And Rug Institute

  Carpet and Rug Institute's Seal of Approval Goes "Green"

  CRI adds Green Vacuum Cleaners and Green Cleaning Certification.
• Spring Cleaning

  Y Men and Women Spring Clean

  82% of 18-29 year-olds will spring clean this year, 15% more than the national average. Read on to see why.

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