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• Should Asthmatics and Allergy Sufferers Have Pets?

  That depends, but either way they can take the proper steps to reduce exposure to pet allergens.

• What to Look for When Hiring Carpet Cleaners

  Carpet cleaning is a seemingly inevitable task. Here are some guidelines for choosing reliable carpet cleaning services.

• Letting Off Steam to Clean

  Clean safely, effectively with steam vapor systems.

• 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.

• Home Restoration After the Smoke Clears

  The IICRC provides tips for fire victims facing clean up.
• Organizing Strategies

  The Pruning Principle

  Something about eliminating useless stuff just feels right.

• The Bathroom Zoom

  Step by step, whip the water closet into a clean place to be.

• Building Your Weather Wall

  Defend a cozy — and healthy — home when the weather blows in.

• Consumer Reports Finds Vacuums' Claims to Remove Allergens Mean Less Than They Suggest

  Extensive CR testing also finds some stylish vacuums to be sub-par performers.

• For Dummies® — Making Your Work Space Work

  Map out the flow for your home office.

• Weather The Dust Storms Of Remodeling

  Planning to remodel? Walls aren't the only things that will need to come down. Your cleaning standards and routine will need some retooling, too.
• Vacuuming

  Vacuum Cleaner Testing at Consumer Reports

  When Consumer Reports talks, people listen.

• Germ Warfare - Understanding the Enemy

  What you don’t see can hurt you. Invisible to the naked eye, a world of microorganisms (living things so small you need a microscope to see them) lives in soil, on your skin, in your mouth, on the floor, doorknobs, cell phones, walls, computer keyboards, or countertops — pretty much everywhere.

• Laundry Boosters

  Special care products to make fabric cleaning easy, fast and economical.

• The Great Guest Rush

  You CAN fit the crucial stuff in before visitors show up. Here is a planned strategy!

• Deleting High-Tech Dirt

  Whizzes let us in on secrets of cleaning home computers.

• Stain Removal During and After the Party - A Professional's View

  Act Quickly! Ninety percent of the spots on carpet and upholstery can be removed completely if they are absorbed, blotted and flushed within two or three minutes.

• Storm Damage Restoration

  The following information is submitted by the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) as a public service to those who have suffered water-related losses due to storm damage (e.g., hurricane, tornado).

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