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Smoke Alarms
Be a Detector Detective
Tips for keeping smoke and CO detectors on active duty.
Safety
Home Inspection Reminders
Short steps to keeping your home safe.
Smoke Alarms
Smoke Alarm Savvy
Choices, choices. With more than one variety ... which will get you and your family out of the house fastest?
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.
Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning: No Longer a Necessary Evil
While spring cleaning is not the necessary evil it once was, now is still a good time to do those annual or semi-annual chores.

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Motivation
The End is Near: Daylight Savings Time
Take advantage of that extra hour to attend to these important tasks.
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.
Winterizing
Winterize Your Home
Prepare your home for winter before the snow starts falling.
Asthma And Allergies
Cleaning with Allergies - Quick Tips
Fall allergy season is here. Use these quick tips to prevent the build-up of allergens in your home and to effectively remove them.

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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 Alarms
Carbon monoxide alarm
Every home should have at least one CO detector.
Acoustic Ceiling
Acoustical tile ceiling
A ceiling that absorbs sound — plus a whole lot more.
Popcorn Ceiling
Acoustic popcorn ceiling
A ceiling finish that presents a cleaning challenge.

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Dust
The Secret Life of Dust
Details the often overlooked subject of dust and its impact on humans and the planet.
Do I Dust or Vacuum First? 2nd Ed.
Answers to the 100 toughest, most frequently asked questions about housecleaning.
Green Cleaning
Cheaper, Greener, Cleaner: Ceiling to Floor Savings
Easy-to-follow recipes for inexpensive, homemade cleaners that are better for the environment and for your health.
Organizing Strategies
Growing Up Organized: A Mom-to-Mom Guide
Practical how-to, mom-to-mom organizing advice from a professional organizer and mother.
My House Is Killing Me!
A step-by-step approach to identifying, controlling and often eliminating the sources of indoor pollutants and allergens.