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• Summer Flush: How to Drain a Water Heater

  Home improvement expert Danny Lipford brings good news to your hot water budget.

• Caring for Your Carpet

  Checklist for routine carpet maintenance carpet cleaning

• An Ounce of Prevention

  Get 85% of your cleaning done before you start!

• Vacuum Cleaner Testing at Consumer Reports

  When Consumer Reports talks, people listen.

• Form a Family Cleaning Team

  Motivate your family! Borrow a technique from the commercial cleaning world to do the best, most efficient cleaning job possible.

• Six Cascade Detergents with Enzymes Top Consumer Reports’ Ratings

  Two Kenmore models top dishwasher ratings but dishwasher tests reveal you don’t have to spend more than $500 to get clean dishes.

• Prevent Document Demise

  What should — and shouldn't — be kept in your home office.

• Conquering Paper Mountain

  6 steps to freedom from paper clutter.

• Carpet and Rug Institute’s Seal of Approval Goes “Green”

  CRI adds Green Vacuum Cleaners and Green Cleaning Certification.

• 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.

• On Laundry Detergent

  The Soap and Detergent Association lays out the options for getting your clothes clean.

• Sweeping Made Easy

  Sweeping can be downright simple if you follow a few basic principles.

• Vacuum Not Working as Well as It Should?

  Quick pointers in vacuum cleaner maintenance

• Turning Laundry on Its Side

  Benefits of the front-loading washing machine.

• Organizing - It's Not About the Stuff

  Tips from the best-selling book, "It's All Too Much" by Peter Walsh.

• Spring Means: Get Organized!

  Creating a sense of order may be the most crucial of spring cleaning tasks.

• Vacuuming Tips: High and Low Cleaning

  Tackle more than the floor with this multi-talented tool.

• Dorm Notes

  Off to college? Check your packing list against this one by Tara Aronson, to make sure your cleaning, organizing and general supply needs are covered.

• Cleaning Garage Floors

  Cleaning your garage floor is the first step if you want to change the room into a livable space, lay down new flooring, or just to improve overall appearance and safety.

• Ladder Safety

  Make sure your project is a help to your home, not a harm to your body.

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