Having pets in your home and yard can create a variety of housekeeping and landscaping challenges, like finding ways to clean muddy pawprints off the sofa or stopping Rover from digging up the flowerbeds in the first place. Pets can…
When you’re renovating your home, there are so many things to keep track of. It can be easy to overlook a renovation’s potential effects on your HVAC system. However, there are things you can do before, during, and after…
Whether you have a furnace, an air conditioner, or a heat pump, chances are that all or part of your HVAC system is installed outside of your home, often in the side yard. If you don’t like the look of…
It’s that time of year. The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, and the pollen counts are sky-high. You can’t reduce the amount of pollen outside, but you can make this season a little less sneezy by cleaning up…
Bad smells in your home can be both uncomfortable and embarrassing. Luckily, there are several steps you can take to make your home smell fresher, without resorting to covering up odors with chemicals that pollute your indoor air even more.…
Every home has dust in it, but if you’re dealing with an indoor reenactment of the Dust Bowl, there’s no need to pack up the family and head for California. Instead, consider these three possible solutions to clean up your…
Imagine you’re cruising down the Parkway one sunny afternoon when—uh-oh!—you realize your “Check Engine” light has just come on. And even more alarming, a strange thunkity-thunkity noise is coming from beneath your car’s hood! Do you just keep driving, hoping…
By now you’ve probably heard how important it is to change your home’s air filter on a regular basis. But when the time comes to replace it, does it really matter what kind of filter you choose? Aren’t all filters…
When many of us think of allergies, we think of springtime, flowers blooming, and clouds of pollen in the air. And on our cars. And coating pretty much everything else outside. But some of the most severe allergies can…