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• Spring Cleaning

  Survey: Removing Clutter Is Top Reason for Spring Cleaning

  After a long winter, consumers are ready to tackle the clutter - 60% still regularly engage in spring cleaning, survey says.
• Asthma And Allergies

  Why Should People with Asthma & Allergies Vacuum?

  Vacuuming is an essential part of limiting exposure to asthma and allergy triggers such as pet dander, dust mites, pollen and other allergens.
• Dusting

  Dusting Wood Objects of Museum Quality

  Got fine wood or wooden antiques? Here's advice from the Museum Management Program of the National Park Service (NPS).
• Bed Bugs

  Bed Bugs and What to Do About Them

  If the thought of bed bugs attacking your home has you scratching already, here are tips to help you figure out if you have bed bugs, and what to do about them.
• Asthma And Allergies

  Taming Indoor Allergy and Asthma Triggers

  Hidden contributors to 'sick buildings', allergies, asthma - plus how to avoid 'couch potato asthma.'
• Vacuuming

  Carpet Cleaning Tips - Vacuuming

  Proper vacuuming is the easiest and most effective way to keep carpet clean, while having a positive impact on the cleanliness of your home and the air you breathe.
• Cleaning Strategy

  High-Quality Speed Cleaning for Cozy Winter Living or Short Notice Entertaining

  Four key housecleaning actions to get it done!
• Carpet

  Truth or Myth: Carpet Aggravates Allergies

  Does carpet aggravate allergies, or not?
• Window Cleaning

  Easy Windows

  Learn how to use a squeegee and you'll be done with window cleaning in half the time or less.
• Water Heater

  Summer Flush: How to Drain a Water Heater

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

  RID's 15 Steps You Can Take to Reduce Your Risk of a Hospital Infection

  Most of us will have to go into the hospital some day. Here are specific steps you can follow to protect yourself from hospital infections.
• Laundry

  How Does Your Water Affect Your Laundry?

  Your water supply may require extra measures for best results.
• Water

  Water Testing Helps Ensure Better Water For Homeowners

  Homeowners use water for many purposes, including drinking, cooking, washing, heating, humidifying, flushing (the No. 1 use of water in a home) and their pets. Those are just a few reasons homeowners should make sure they understand what’s in their water.
• Toilet Bowl

  The Bare Bowl Method

  Key to removing tough toilet bowl deposits.
• Sink

  Keep Your Faucet Gushing

  If your faucet is not flowing as freely as it should, Danny Lipford exlains how to cleanse the assembly at the spigot's end.
• Soft Water

  Make Household Chores Easier With Softened Water

  Use soft water and you'll do less hard scrubbing.
• Toilet

  A Flush of Exhilaration: Benefits Of High Efficiency Toilets

  There are three different technologies available today for high efficiency toilets (HET) designed to help homeowners save water and help the environment.
• Laundry

  Laundry Color Tips

  What to do to prevent color loss.
• Lead

  Lead in Your Drinking Water?

  Lead, rarely a concern at water's source, may indeed be present by the time that water pours out of your tap. Here's what to do.
• Saving Water

  Drought Or No Drought: Saving Water Is Important Year-Round

  Save money and prevent water damage with the same techniques used to preserve the water supply.

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