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Easy Greening: Affordable Ways to Green Your Home
Some homeowners are looking for a quick green fix, whether to prep a home for sale or to stay current. Here are some easy, ... |
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Effects of Sound in the Home
Sound is no longer contained in our open homes. Left free to travel, sound bounces, echoes, builds up, creates stress, and may ... |
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Eliminating Polluted Indoor Air
If you’re wondering about the lingering chemical smell, why your head hurts, or why your children have so many colds, it may ... |
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Eliminating Summertime Pests
Common pests don’t have to ruin your summer fun. Here are tips for keeping the top five pests—mosquitoes, ants, wasps and ... |
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Fabrics, Furnishings and Indoor Air Quality
Your home could be making you wheeze or feel nauseated. Worse, the chemicals that contaminate your air may go completely ... |
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Green Cleaning: Indoors
Want to use less caustic, more natural cleaning products but afraid they just won’t get your house as sparkling clean as you ... |
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Green Homes Special Series
Part Eleven: Furniture
If you’re adding just one piece of furniture or buying an entire room grouping, consider not only style and price but a ... |
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Indoor Air Quality: Is Your Home’s Air Safe?
Here are some common culprits of indoor air quality problems— mold, smoke, candles, formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds ... |
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Paint, Wallpaper, and Indoor Air Quality
When painting and wallpapering, homeowners need to know what is in their products if they plan to protect their indoor air. |
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Prescription for a Healthy Home
Dust, mold, bacteria and organic chemicals in your home can make you sick. Here are some ways to eliminate them that will have ... |
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Preventing Rodent Infiltration
Your best solution to stop pests from damaging your home is to keep them out of your house in the first place. Here are a few ... |
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Reduce Allergies and Asthma with Home Improvements
Even small steps can help sufferers breathe easier. Here are some ways to lessen the effects of allergens at home. |
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Removing Radon from the Home
Radon is a tasteless, odorless gas that seeps into homes through cracks and openings in the foundation or slab. Inhaling ... |
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Safe Indoor Air for Children
When it comes to contaminated indoor air, babies and children are among the most vulnerable to potential health problems, so ... |
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Soundproofing the Home
Completely soundproofing anything is virtually impossible unless you want to live in a vault. But steps can be taken to deaden ... |
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Testing for Radon Gas
Radon is tasteless, odorless, and dangerous at relatively low levels in a home. The only way to determine if unsafe levels ... |
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The Green Office
Choose earth-friendly materials and reduce electricity use to “green” your home office. |
