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• Safety

  Home Inspection Reminders

  Short steps to keeping your home safe.
• Carbon Monoxide Alarms

  UL: Keep Your Family Safe With Carbon Monoxide Alarms

  Carbon monoxide (CO) is a silent killer that can stalk any home with fuel-burning appliances. Within minutes, high concentrations of this odorless, colorless and invisible gas can become lethal. Here's advice from UL on how to protect your loved ones.
• Smoke Alarms

  Be a Detector Detective

  Tips for keeping smoke and CO detectors on active duty.
• Carbon Monoxide

  Silent Menace in Your Home: Carbon Monoxide

  It’s silent, colorless, odorless and tasteless, but it can be fatal.
• Fireplace

  Wise Wood Burning

  If you intend to burn wood to help this winter's heating bill, check out these safety tips from the Chimney Safety Institute of America.

• Motivation

  The End is Near: Daylight Savings Time

  Take advantage of that extra hour to attend to these important tasks.
• Winterizing

  Winterize Your Home

  Prepare your home for winter before the snow starts falling.
• Security

  Why False Alarms Should Not Be Alarming

  Why the ability to make noise can be a good thing.
• Spring Cleaning

  Spring Cleaning To-Do's You May Forget

  While covering the usual spring cleaning to-do's, include these other tasks for a cleaner, healthier, and safer home.

• Carbon Monoxide Alarms

  Carbon monoxide alarm

  Every home should have at least one CO detector.

• Smoke alarm

  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.
• Fire

  Fire alarm

  Professionally monitored systems are most often found in commercial settings.
• Carbon Monoxide

  Carbon monoxide

  You can’t see it, smell it or taste it, but that doesn’t make it any less deadly.
• VOCs

  Organic chemical, compound

  Any substance that has carbon molecules in its structure.

• Leather

  Leather Care Technician Manual

  Detailed photographic guide to leather care, stain removal, and restoration.

• Baking Soda

  How To Clean With Baking Soda

  When it comes to household versatility, baking soda is king. Here are just some of the many cleaning uses for sodium bicarbonate.

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