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Minimising Lead Exposure Around Your Home
Lead exposure in home is high enough to threaten the health of occupants. It occurs when too much lead builds up in the body. Lead exposure can cause learning behavior, health problems in children, and high blood pressure and damage to kidneys and reproductive organs in adults. Often there are no symptoms until health problems are very serious, but they can include loss of appetite, irritability, constipation, loss of recently acquired skills, headache, stomach cramps, drowsiness, lack of energy and disrupted sleep patterns.
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Rejuvenating Your Worn-Out Hardwood Flooring - Do's And Dont's
For years in many parts of the country, hardwood floors were a standard feature. Many older homes have hardwood floors that are covered with carpet, tile, or sheet goods. If you are one of those fortunate homeowners who have hardwood floors hiding under layers of cover-up, or just a tired hardwood floor waiting for some tender loving care, here is advice about floor renovation projects you should do and those jobs we found best left to the professional floor sanders and installers.
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Tips On Refinishing Your Hard-wood Floors
When it comes to completely refinishing your hard-wood floors, sanding them bare is the most important step - one that will probably be too much for you or I to handle so - it's best to do the prep work and let the professionals come in to sand the floor. Then you can apply the finish.
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Removing Excessive Moisture In Your Home
When excess humidity causes condensation in your home, this leads to dripping on windows, wet sills, damp walls, mold, wet insulation, wood rot, and metal corrosion.
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Tips On Fixing Annoying Leaky Drips
If your faucet continues to drip and waste water when turned off then you have a problem that is all too typical. In today's article we will give you the information that you need to know in order to fix this common household problem.
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A Guide Tp Repair An Old Toilet
Most of the time people try to work around an existing toilet. But an old toilet with a wall-hung tank certainly can date a bathroom. Toilets can also look terrible if badly stained from hard water or water that contains high concentrations of iron.
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"What happens if I smell gas in my home? What is going on and what should I do?"
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Air Conditioner Maintenance - What To Do If Your Cool Air Shuts Off
Regular care and light maintenance of compact room air conditioners helps assure longer service life and lower operating costs. Most important for maximum cooling is the regular cleaning of the permanent, washable filter, which removes dust, lint, and other airborne particles. It should be checked at least every 30 days of operation. The unit should also be inspected annually by yourself or a technician.
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How To Replace A Faulty Switch In Your Home?
We have all had the misfortune of having the electricity go out in our home when a switch needs to be changed out. In order to replace the switch properly, you must first identify the switching situations you might encounter.
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6 Basic Steps To Replacing An Old Screen Door
A storm or screen door is the first door someone sees when approaching your house, and it's your first line of defense against the elements. Storm doors are also a lot less expensive and easier to replace than exterior doors. This job is a straightforward project that involves only minimal carpentry skills. It is a good project even for the first-timer.
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5 Simple Steps To Replacing An Exterior Door
No door takes more use and abuse than an exterior door. It takes a beating and can become warped and cracked. If the door is in bad shape, you're better off replacing it with a newer, more energy-efficient door. Most of the replacement doors on the market today are not too difficult to install.
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An old, drippy faucet with most of the chrome worn off is a sure sign of an outmoded kitchen. Not only are the new single-lever faucets easier to operate, they also are less prone to leaking. When they eventually do leak, they are easy to repair.
