The job of the vacuum cleaner, whether in a home or office, is to pick up dirt, debris, particulate soil, hair, dander, virtually anything that lands on the carpet and must be removed. In the process, your vacuum cleaner eventually ends up needing a little cleaning attention itself. When you empty the vacuum collection chamber […]

You work hard all week and look forward to the weekend, a time to relax and enjoy family and friends (but you still have to mow the grass!) You work hard all week and look forward to the weekend, a time to relax and enjoy family and friends (but you still have to mow the […]

DID YOU KNOW that just a little bit of water can become a huge headache? This is true for water that might get into your basement, such as from a pipe break or a sump pump failure. When this happens, you should quickly call your water damage pro because you know that it is really […]

There’s nothing more enjoyable to food lovers everywhere than firing up the gas grill and creating some delicious meals, whether steaks, burgers, bratwursts or healthy home-grown vegetables. Keeping that gas grill in good shape is, therefore, paramount to happy outdoor barbecues and family gatherings. And here’s something we all know: Outdoor gas grills don’t clean […]

Besides the kitchen, your bathroom is one of the most popular and trafficked rooms in your home. Keeping your bathroom organized, clean, and tidy can be a daunting chore. And your work increases tremendously if you have more than one. Many homes have several bathrooms. That’s a lot of cleaning and organizing to tackle, especially […]

Your IAQ IQ can tell you a lot about how good you are at maintaining a clean, healthy indoor environment. By Doug Hoffman Your indoor air quality (IAQ) intelligence quotient (IQ) can tell you a lot about how good you are at maintaining a clean, healthy indoor environment. Test your IAQ IQ using the quiz […]

Any homeowner who has experienced a flooded basement during spring rains knows something about the seasonal high water table. A water table level is dependent upon site-specific factors like precipitation rates, soil permeability, geological formations, drainage patterns and proximity to nearby surface water bodies. Precipitation Precipitation increases in winter, and in spring rain water and […]

Many homeowners are not told by their builders, contractors, plumbers or tile installer how to maintain their shower tile and grout. Instead people go online and are bombarded by information from manufacturers and retailers of tile cleaning products that make soap scum disappear. Or better yet the magical grout sealer that will outlast the mold… […]