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Moving
IEHA Tips - Keep Your Move Smooth
If you or your family are among the many Americans who move into a new home each year, these tips can help ease the transition.
Winterizing
Get Your House Winter Ready
While winterizing our home may be a chore we rather skip, doing so can reduce heating costs and prevent disaster. Here is a breakdown of essential winterizing steps to take.
Professional Cleaning Services
Is Hiring a Professional Really Necessary?
Not every job requires professional assistance. However, when a professional is needed, not all professionals measure up. How can consumers choose whom to hire?
Floor Inspection
Hard Surface Flooring Inspections - Why They Are Sometimes Necessary
Hard surfaces can deteriorate due to climate, abuse, natural disaster, even improper installation; increasing the costs of repair or replacement if left unchecked.
Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning for the Whole Family
How to delegate the spring cleaning chores to family members of all ages and get things done fast.

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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.
Home Maintenance
Home Maintenance for Dummies (2nd Edition)
A guide to inspecting and making repairs to every part of the house.
Green Living
Jeff May's Healthy Home Tips
Whether you're a renter, a landlord, or a homeowner, Jeff May's Healthy Home Tips will help you keep your home a clean and healthy place to live.
House Cleaning Tips
How to Clean Practically Anything
Consumer Reports provides hundreds of timesaving solutions for all around the house.

Deck
Deck
They need a physical exam yearly, just like you do.
Home Maintenance
Preventive maintenance
Take care of household systems and cleaning tools, and they’ll take care of you.
Gutters
Gutter, rain
Dirt streaks on gutter facings are hints that this job is overdue.
Grout
Grout
It’s a pesky cleaning problem. Here’s a tip for making it less of a drag in the future.
Furnace
Furnace
Replacing or cleaning the filter regularly is key.