floors
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How to Dry Out a Water-Damaged Carpet You Can’t Replace
Anyone who has experienced any sort of flooding in their home—whether it was a burst pipe, a storm-related incident, or a toilet that picked your vacation week to start leaking—knows that water is your home’s biggest enemy. Water damage is exponentially worse when it involves carpeting—and even worse if it’s carpet you can’t replace, either…
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This Is the Best Strategy for Cleaning Your Entire House
Cleaning in any order is always better than not cleaning at all, but there are ways to do it that make it more efficient. If you clean your home in the wrong order, you risk making a mess in places you’ve already taken care of. But what is the right order? Clean with chemicals first…
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Don’t Buy the Wrong Vacuum for Your Home
We live in an advanced consumerist society, which means the vacuum, like all other products, has reached a high level of product differentiation. Which is to say, there are a lot of different kinds of vacuums out there. If you’re not the type to casually read vacuum reviews and cleaning strategies, you might find vacuum…
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How to Make Your Cordless Vacuum Battery Last Longer
The war on wires is ongoing. The modern home is absolutely infested with them — power cords, Internet cables, HDMI cables, drawers and drawers full of random USB cords we’re terrified to throw away — despite the proliferation of wireless technology. Even our beloved Wi-Fi pretty much always starts with a cable of some sort.…