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Indoor Air Quality
Is Your House Holding its Breath?
Create a plan for ventilation whether building, remodeling or leaving things as they are.
Indoor Air Quality
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.
Asthma And Allergies
Don't Sneeze and Drive
Ban sniffling and sneezing behind the wheel. Make your car an allergen-free zone!
Air Cleaner
Air Cleaners 101
Air cleaners are usually classified by the method employed for removing particles of various sizes from the air.
Indoor Air Quality
Simple Steps To Improve Indoor Air
Homeowners can take a number of steps to improve air quality and create a healthier living environment.
Carbon Monoxide
Silent Menace in Your Home: Carbon Monoxide
It’s silent, colorless, odorless and tasteless, but it can be fatal.
Integrated Pest Management
10 Ways to Control Pests at Home Without Poisons
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a preventive method for controlling pests or "bugs" by removing their food supply and keeping them out of homes - or from traveling within or between homes - instead of relying on pesticides.
Carpet Cleaning
Deep Carpet Cleaning Secrets
Do your own carpet cleaning, or let the carpet cleaning pros handle it.
Asthma And Allergies
Asthma-Friendly Cleaning Products
Frequent cleaning is so important for an asthma sufferer's respiratory health. But how do you know which products to use?
Mold
What You Need to Know about Mold
U.S. environmental officials discuss the problem and outline steps to clean up and prevent mold from returning.
Harmful Chemicals
Poisonous Intruders
An Environmental Protection Agency list of indoor pollutants and solutions that could affect your health.
Flooding
Got Flooding? Expert Help is Available
To help direct home owners and businesses during cleanup efforts, IEHA, and its education partners share steps for preventing mold growth after a catastrophic flood.
Remodeling
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.
Tile
How To Clean Bathroom Tiles
Moisture makes a fertile breeding ground for mold and mildew.
Carpet Cleaning
Carpet Cleaning 101
Most carpet today is made with synthetic fibers, such as nylon, polyester, or olefin, and may be cleaned with common methods such as hot water extraction. Other fibers may require special attention.
Indoor Air Quality
Evict Indoor Air Pollution
Use methods, products and tools that work for you, not against you, to make your home a healthier place. HousekeepingChannel.com interviews David Mudarri, formerly of the Indoor Environments Division of the EPA.
Indoor Contaminants
A Clean Home is a Healthy Home — Or Is It?
We take for granted that a clean home is a healthy home. But appearances can be deceiving!
Carpet Cleaning
What is the Standard Drying Time When Carpet is Cleaned?
Just-cleaned carpet should dry within six to eight hours or less, and should never stay damp more than 24 hours, or microbial growth and odor may occur.
Basement
Correcting Mold and Musty Odors from Basements
Relative humidity levels rising above 50 percent stimulate the growth of mold, mildew, bacteria and other biological allergens, which generate musty odors and can aggravate allergies.
Tips for a Healthier Kitchen
Fixes for surprising sources of possible respiratory distress.