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56The air we breathe -- in the bathroom
Production homebuilders sometimes will choose the least expensive items to install in their homes to keep costs low when building hundreds of home per year. Such is likely the case with your bathroom fans,...
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61Put Some Light on the Subject
Time was when lighting fixtures were placed merely to illuminate, such as to do homework on desktops, read music at the piano or to cast light next to a comfy chair where Dad read the evening paper. Hit...
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55Making Your Kitchen Svelte
There are connections behaviorists have somehow put together over the years. For instance, smoking and drinking can go hand in hand for a lot of people. But clutter and weight problems? One expert says...
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67Ancient Architecture -- American Style
While homes have gotten bigger, building lots in general have gotten smaller over the past decade, forcing the homebuilders to look for ways to make better use of space both inside and outside a home. As...
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59Moving is Scary for Kids
From our adult perspective, relocating centers around timing, packing, transferring finances, getting help -- all of the serious but bothersome elements that we know will not even be issues a few weeks after...
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52Carpets Cast Ghostly Dilemma
It’s absolutely ghostly, but you may define it as ghastly. It’s carpet ghosts. Your home is only a year old and your light-colored carpeting has taken on a dark line at the perimeter of every room and...
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58Know Neighborhood Restrictions BEFORE Buying a Home There
If you’re buying a home, whether new or previously lived-in, chances are good that your neighborhood has a homeowners’ association and its accompanying Covenants Conditions andRestrictions (CC&Rs)....
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45Facing a Hurricane Head-on
A big one was named Katrina. They also have names like Fay, Gustav and Hanna. Hurricane season makes the news each and every year. And each year, American ingenuity tries to find ways to protect people...
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42A Window on the World of Energy Savings
Window shopping – your favorite pastime? How about shopping for real windows? At the risk of sounding like Tom Hanks’ character in Forrest Gump, describing every imaginable shrimp dish on earth,...
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54What's Behind YOUR Walls and Ceilings?
Insulation, the material between the walls of our houses, is not a popular topic of conversation at parties these days, but it definitely undergoing metamorphosis within the building industry-- replacing the...
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