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8 Tips For Home Winterization

The weather outside is getting frightful, and now is the time to prepare your home for the long winter ahead. Winterizing your house now will protect it from harsh conditions and freezing temperatures, and when spring arrives you won’t need to worry about repairing any winter damage. Note, home winterization should not be confused with [...]

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10 Awesome Ways to Burn Down Your House

House fires are very dangerous. But, unlike tsunamis and earthquakes, they are often preventable. Most of us have heard fire prevention rules since we were in second grade, but have buried some of them along with several state capitals and the name of the 25th President (and yes, we had to look that up too). [...]

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Tips for Cleaning Up Halloween Mischief

Halloween often provides a perfect opportunity for youngsters endowed with an over-abundance of energy and an under-abundance of wisdom to make a royal mess of things.  Since it’s be a safe bet you won’t find them armed with cleaning materials the following morning, here are some useful cleaning tips. Shaving Cream/Silly String So your car was Black [...]

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Does Your House Stink? 3 Tips for Eliminating Odors Naturally.

Reposted from our facebook page.  If you want to get the latest cleaning tips and advice, feel free to “Like” us on Facebook and interact with us.   We would love to answer any questions you may have! It is quite possible to get rid of pesky household odors without resorting to chemical air fresheners. [...]

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Green Cleaning – Grimy to Shiny

This post was taken from our newsletter.  If you want to begin receiving C.E. Class Updates, helpful cleaning tips, and even chances to win gift cards, please sign up here.   Has your bathtub lost its shine?  Do you have a hard time seeing your reflection through the toothpaste splatters in the mirror?  It’s time [...]

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Let the Spring Cleaning Begin!

It’s that time of the year again.  The time when flowers bloom, allergies increase, people fall in love… and your house begs to be cleaned from top to bottom.  We were going to write a painfully long and detailed post guiding your spring cleaning devices into every crevice imaginable when it hit us that all [...]

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3 Easy Tips for Permanent Soot Marks

Nothing quite impresses friends and family like amazing soot marks.  After a furnace puffback or small fire, it’s easy to set the soot into your paint and household items permanently!  In fact, the results will be so impressive that even painting over the affected areas will not work! 1.  No rush, just get to it [...]

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How Often Should You Vacuum?

By Gary Gensch, Originally posted on Facebook. It’s true!  Most homeowners aren’t interested in carpet maintenance because their busy schedules leave little time to worry about those abrasive soils slowly accumulating-that is, until carpet replacement time arrives!  Then, like New Year’s resolutions never kept, we vow to “do it differently this time”! But what if [...]

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How to Clean Up After a Sloppy Santa

Santa Claus is coming to town!  However, after a long night of delivering presents to all the little good boys and girls, Santa might get a little sloppy coming down the chimney.  Not only are those sooty footprints going to be a dead giveaway, they’re also going to be tough to clean. Here’s how to [...]

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The Ins and Outs of Outdoor Composting

Just about everyone believes in recycling these days.  Out of all the recycling possibilities out there, I can’t think of any one more natural and cost effective than composting. Composting transforms organic leftovers and scraps into rich humus that can improve the soil used for your garden, landscape bushes, fruit trees, or potted plants.  Although [...]

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