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- Where there's fire, there's usually smoke. Although experts do their best to contain a fire, they are all but helpless in controlling the billowing clouds of smoke that fire creates. What can you do once the damage has been done?
- Many of today's homes are built with products difficult to clean (stone, ceramics, specialty woods). Also, carpet or leather and upholstered furniture can be expensive to replace if irreversibly damaged by harsh chemicals or techniques.
- Life is full of surprises, and not all of them good! Depending on the severity of the incident, picking up the pieces and putting things back as they were can be a challenge many homeowners would rather avoid.
- Not every job requires professional assistance. However, when a professional is needed, not all professionals measure up. How can consumers choose whom to hire?
- The IICRC provides a consumer referral service to locate trained and certified cleaning and restoration firms and technicians.
- Tips for keeping smoke and CO detectors on active duty.
- The IICRC is a non-profit organization that sets standards for the cleaning and restoration industry. Many professionals follow these guidelines when cleaning a commercial or residential property.
- The IICRC provides tips for fire victims facing clean up.
- Indoors and outdoors, here are steps you can take to protect your children.
- Choices, choices. With more than one variety ... which will get you and your family out of the house fastest?
- You may be surprised to learn what it brings into the home environment.
- See the results before purchasing an air cleaner.
- Clearing your home of asthma triggers.
- 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.
- A safety alert from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
- Use methods, products and tools that work for you, not against you, to make your home a healthier place. HousekeepingChannel.com interviews David Mudarri, formerly of the Indoor Environments Division of the EPA.
- Attack a wall with the right approach.
- Special care products to make fabric cleaning easy, fast and economical.
- We take for granted that a clean home is a healthy home. But appearances can be deceiving!