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Organizing Strategies
Organizing Your Kid's Room
Your child can organize. Here is how.
Harmful Chemicals
Poisonous Intruders
An Environmental Protection Agency list of indoor pollutants and solutions that could affect your health.
Pregnant Women
Pregnant Women: Beware the Litter Box — and the Garden
You may not notice should you contract toxoplasmosis, sometimes found in kitty litter and other sources in or around the home. But the parasite is dangerous for your baby.
Water Damage
Prevention and Cleanup: Water Damage From Winter Storms and Cracked Pipes
Every year the combination of winter storms and frozen pipes causes millions of dollars in water damage to homes and buildings. Here's what you can do to prevent problems or clean up.
Protect Your Property From The Elements
Careful maintenance of your home's outer shell prevents costly indoor messes caused by water damage later.
Carpet Cleaning
Q and A - Exploring Myths About Carpet
Few flooring materials have generated more vigorous discussion than carpet. Why? Many people misunderstand its maintenance requirements or assume that carpet is just an unhealthy product. This Q&A dispels common myths about carpet.
Carpet Cleaning
Q&A on Carpet Cleaning
The IICRC answers several commonly asked questions about professional carpet cleaning.
Back To School
Ready ... Set ... Go ... Get Organized for Back-to-School
To help make sense of what needs to get done before school starts, here's a handy list.
Motivation
Real Change Without Resolutions
HC interviews Marla Cilley, aka FlyLady, on making a permanent difference in your household environment.
Fire Retardants
Removing Forest Fire or Wildfire Retardants
Technical tips on removing fire retardants.
Carpet
Severely Dirty and Abused Carpet...Deep Clean or Replace?
It looks like a 'Friday Night Tractor Pull' was performed in the living room; and the traffic lanes look like scars that didn't fully heal. Should your carpet be professionally deep cleaned or replaced?
Air Duct Cleaning
Should I Clean My Air Ducts?
If not properly installed, maintained and operated, air duct components may become contaminated with particles of dust, pollen or other debris.
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.
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?
Tobacco Smoke
Smoking in the House - How Bad is It, Really?
You may be surprised to learn what it brings into the home environment.
Carpet And Rug Institute
SOA Service Providers Get Free Listing on The Housekeeping Channel
Find Seal of Approval (SOA) Service Providers on The Housekeeping Channel.
Cleaning Products
Soaps Vs. Detergents
What exactly is soap? What is detergent? Many home cleaning products are classified as either soaps or detergents. Interestingly, many people really don’t know what these everyday words mean. However, it’s a good idea to take the time to learn, so you can understand their basic similarities and differences.
EPA
Spanish Health Site
EPA offers Spanish Web pages telling what you (or your Spanish-speaking friends) need to know about the home environment and family health.
Sponge
Sponge Wars
A cleaning tool that needs regular cleaning.
Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning for the Whole Family
How to delegate the spring cleaning chores to family members of all ages and get things done fast.