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- Since the introduction of smoke detectors 40 years ago, deaths from residential fires have been cut in half. Here’s how to ensure maximum protection from your alarms.
- Look for these numbers when comparing portable room air cleaners.
- Granular substances that soak up stains and spills.
- An R-value indicates an insulation's resistance to heat flow. The higher the R-value, the greater the insulating effectiveness.
- Easy to clean and maintain, but don’t use strong solvents.
- Flooring that gets the most foot traffic needs extra attention.
- Solid as a rock? Not quite, if it’s unsealed marble.
- A cousin to dusting as it applies to hard flooring.
- These bedding accessories are a must for people with severe asthma or allergic sensitivity to dust mites.
- Which style is best? Choose on personal preference and the jobs at hand.
- This is another easy-does-it job. When in doubt, seek professional help.
- Once-a-year maintenance that should take less than 5 minutes. Promise!
- Water chemistry has an important bearing on many cleaning tasks.
- Your eyes are vulnerable to injury during lots of cleaning jobs. Here's how to protect them.
- A water softening additive can help with laundering in hard water. There’s also a more permanent solution.
- Whether in the kitchen or bath, a sink’s material — not location — determines the cleaning method.
- Pros use this machine all day, avoiding back strain and repetitive stress injury.
- A tomato-juice bath isn’t as effective as this home remedy, several experts say.
- These pre-finished surfaces are easily maintained by sweeping or vacuuming, and damp mopping. Avoid going overboard with cleaners and polishes.
- Microorganisms that can cause a lot of mischief, viruses need hosts for propagation.

