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Sprinklers
Tips for Winterizing Your Sprinkler System
Part of maintaining a healthy lawn is making sure your irrigation system is protected against harsh winter weather.
Smoke Alarms
Be a Detector Detective
Tips for keeping smoke and CO detectors on active duty.
Fireplace
Wise Wood Burning
If you intend to burn wood to help this winter's heating bill, check out these safety tips from the Chimney Safety Institute of America.
Ants
Get Rid of Ants
The most common home invader spoils the sugar and may be destroying wood in the walls.
Smoke
Smoke Damage - A Menace to Civilization: What to Do?
Where there's fire, there's usually smoke. Although experts do their best to contain a fire, they are all but helpless in controlling the billowing clouds of smoke that fire creates. What can you do once the damage has been done?
Safety
Home Inspection Reminders
Short steps to keeping your home safe.
Fire Safety
Could Your Notebook Computer Start a Fire?
Quick tips: How NOT to use a "laptop" computer.
Smoke Alarms
Smoke Alarm Savvy
Choices, choices. With more than one variety ... which will get you and your family out of the house fastest?
The Cleantrust
Risks of Water, Fire, and Mold Damage
Life is full of surprises, and not all of them good! Depending on the severity of the incident, picking up the pieces and putting things back as they were can be a challenge many homeowners would rather avoid.
Disaster Cleanup
Recovering from a Flood or Other Disaster? Hire a Certified Firm
Do not attempt to treat major water or fire, smoke and odor damage yourself. A far more practical solution is to hire a certified restoration firm for professional advice and assistance.
Restoration
Extreme Weather and Disaster Relief
How can homeowners undo the mess and ensure their home is safe, clean, and livable once again?
Winterizing
Get Your House Winter Ready
While winterizing our home may be a chore we rather skip, doing so can reduce heating costs and prevent disaster. Here is a breakdown of essential winterizing steps to take.
Carbon Monoxide Alarms
UL: Keep Your Family Safe With Carbon Monoxide Alarms
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a silent killer that can stalk any home with fuel-burning appliances. Within minutes, high concentrations of this odorless, colorless and invisible gas can become lethal. Here's advice from UL on how to protect your loved ones.
Smoke
Home Restoration After the Smoke Clears
The IICRC provides tips for fire victims facing clean up.
Winterizing
Checklist for Winter
Along with the beauty of winter wonderlands, comes a yearly winterizing check of your home.
IICRC
Why Hire Certified Cleaning Services?
The IICRC provides a consumer referral service to locate trained and certified cleaning and restoration firms and technicians.
Professional Cleaning Services
Hiring the Best of the Best Professional Cleaners
In today’s fiscal climate, there is no shortage of often ill-qualified people offering to clean and restore your valuable possessions, but how do you determine who truly knows what they are doing – i.e., how do you tell the “Masters” from the “Jacks-of-all-Trades”? In a word: Certification.
Fire Retardants
Removing Forest Fire or Wildfire Retardants
Technical tips on removing fire retardants.
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)?
Professional Cleaning Services
Explaining the IICRC
The IICRC is a non-profit organization that sets standards for the cleaning and restoration industry. Many professionals follow these guidelines when cleaning a commercial or residential property.