Clean Your A/C Unit for Spring-Clean Air All Summer Long

If, when indoors during the summer, you feel stuffy, groggy or just plain blah, look to you’re A/C unit. In between annual maintenance visits, your A/C unit should be cleaned on a regular basis. Though one of the most essential of home maintenance tips—as a clean unit can provide your home with fresh, breathable air—cleaning…

How To Sell a Home With Radon Issues

You’ve gotten the results back from your radon test. The home that you were ready to put on the market has unsafe levels of this invisible gas. Is it going to be impossible to sell your home now? Not at all. Actually, if you handle things right, you can make lemons into lemonade and turn…

Conceal Your Pantry for a Flawless Finish

Even a well-organized pantry might be an eyesore if it clashes with the rest of your kitchen. If your pantry is set behind a pair of glass closet or cabinet doors, you can get creative to hide your food storage while helping your kitchen look flawless. One useful trick in kitchen and pantry organization is…

Hang Your Paintings the Right Way

When it comes to hanging your priceless art or family photos on the wall, it has never been easier. In fact, you only need a few items to hang your art straight and beautifully on the wall. Here is your easy home maintenance tip. To hang your art straight, you need the following: A tape…

How Can You Tell It’s Time To Bleed a Radiator?

Every six months or so, you may need to bleed the radiators in your home. Air can find its way into the system and get trapped. This creates gaps in the circulating water, potentially causing cold spots and making certain rooms cooler than others. Another sign it’s time to bleed the system is that you…

Two Ways To Test For Radon

If radon testing in your home is something that you want to do, choose one of the two main ways to do so. Don’t forget to conduct all tests in the lowest livable area of your home that you use regularly eight to ten hours per week. Short-Term Radon Test After testing radon levels for…