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Asthma And Allergies
For Dummies® — Asthma Tips
Selected tips from the Dummies book: Asthma for Dummies
Entry Mats
Matting Matters for Reducing Spring Cleaning
Place the right type and length of walk-off matting outside and inside exterior doors to stop dust, dirt and moisture from entering.
Safety
Home Inspection Reminders
Short steps to keeping your home safe.
Radon
It's Fall - Hunting Season for the Indoor Killer: Radon
Radon is the number one cause of lung cancer among non-smokers.
Indoor Air Quality
Is Your House Holding its Breath?
Create a plan for ventilation whether building, remodeling or leaving things as they are.

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Window Cleaning
Cleaning windows: Shedding daylight on a dirty subject
How to choose the best squeegee and use it to make window cleaning quick and easy.
Spring Cleaning
Take it outside (starting with the garage)
How to clean up the garage and use the spring weather to take care of essential home repairs.
Spring Cleaning
What do you intend to clean this spring?
What modern homes need in a good spring cleaning.
Motivation
What to do with the rest of winter
When spring can't come fast enough, keep yourself busy by planning ahead and making simple changes to your home.
Security
Why False Alarms Should Not Be Alarming
Why the ability to make noise can be a good thing.

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Well-ventilated area
Another term you’ll see frequently in HC-Pedia. What do we mean?
Natural ventilation
A scientific term for “airing the place out.”
Enamel
Enamel
Durable, but not indestructible, hard, glossy coating that can withstand cleaning products that might degrade latex-paint finishes.
Carbon Monoxide Alarms
Carbon monoxide alarm
Every home should have at least one CO detector.
Chimney
Chimney
For most people, this is not a do-it-yourself cleaning task.

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Home Improvement All-in-One For Dummies
Bringing together the best advice from many experts, this home improvement manual will aid you in countless home projects.
Chix Can Fix
From the book cover: 100 Home-Improvement Projects and True Tales from the Diva of Do-It-Yourself.
Home Maintenance
Home Maintenance for Dummies (2nd Edition)
A guide to inspecting and making repairs to every part of the house.
Organizing Strategies
Organizing Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
Guide to organizing your home with step-by-step instructions for hands-on projects and full-color photos.
House About It
Choose materials wisely when remodeling your home or building a new one.

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Shower
How To Clean a Shower
If the grime in your shower looks like something that would be more at home in a horror flick than in, well, your home, it’s time to take control.
Bathtub
How To Clean a Bathtub
Whether you shower in it or use it for long, luxurious baths, there’s nothing clean—or relaxing—about a tub full of grime, mold, or mildew.
How To Clean a Toilet
The gross-out factor of cleaning a toilet cannot be underestimated—but the gross-out factor of not cleaning a toilet is even worse. Better clean the toilet.
Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning - Prevention, Preparation, and Resources
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.