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American Lung Association Showhouse in Florida
American Lung Association Showhouse in Florida
Bob reviews how building or renovating a house can sometimes be an unhealthy proposition. Asthma, allergies, and other ...
Childproofing Tips
Childproofing Tips
Here are some more great tips from BobVila.com. Most new parents know they need to take steps to protect their child from ...
Dog Safety
Dog Safety
Here’s another great tip from BobVila.com. Give your dog a sense of security and boundaries to keep him out of trouble ...
Drying Out Construction Materials To Prevent Mold Growth
Drying Out Construction Materials To Prevent Mold Growth
Once all the windows are in place, drying out the interior of the addition can be addressed. This drying-out process has ...
Drywall Types
Drywall Types
Here’s another great tip from BobVila.com. U.S. Gypsum developed a way to sandwich plaster between two paper faces and make ...
Easy Greening: Affordable Ways to Green Your Home
Easy Greening: Affordable Ways to Green Your Home
Some homeowners are looking for a quick green fix, whether to prep a home for sale or to stay current. Here are some easy, ...
Effects of Sound in the Home
Effects of Sound in the Home
Sound is no longer contained in our open homes. Left free to travel, sound bounces, echoes, builds up, creates stress, and may ...
Eliminating and Preventing Household Odors
Eliminating and Preventing Household Odors
Here's another great tip from BobVila.com. If the age-old question, “what’s that smell?” has got you stumped, here’s how to ...
Eliminating Polluted Indoor Air
Eliminating Polluted Indoor Air
If you’re wondering about the lingering chemical smell, why your head hurts, or why your children have so many colds, it may ...
Eliminating Summertime Pests
Eliminating Summertime Pests
Common pests don’t have to ruin your summer fun. Here are tips for keeping the top five pests—mosquitoes, ants, wasps and ...
Fabrics, Furnishings and Indoor Air Quality
Fabrics, Furnishings and Indoor Air Quality
Your home could be making you wheeze or feel nauseated. Worse, the chemicals that contaminate your air may go completely ...
Getting Rid of Mold
Getting Rid of Mold
Here’s another great tip from BobVila.com. It’s certainly not new on the scene, but in this age of tightly built homes, ...
Green Cleaning: Indoors
Green Cleaning: Indoors
Want to use less caustic, more natural cleaning products but afraid they just won’t get your house as sparkling clean as you ...
Green Homes Special Series<br>Part Eleven: Furniture
Green Homes Special Series
Part Eleven: Furniture

If you’re adding just one piece of furniture or buying an entire room grouping, consider not only style and price but a ...
High Efficiency Air Filtration Unit for HVAC System Explained
High Efficiency Air Filtration Unit for HVAC System Explained
Bob talks to Mark Hagan of Trane about indoor air quality in the basement remodeling project. Hagan explains that the unit ...
Indoor Air Quality Basics
Indoor Air Quality Basics
Here’s another great tip from BobVila.com. The American Lung Association reports that the death rate from lung disease has ...
Indoor Air Quality: Is Your Home’s Air Safe?
Indoor Air Quality: Is Your Home’s Air Safe?
Here are some common culprits of indoor air quality problems— mold, smoke, candles, formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds ...
Low-VOC Paints
Low-VOC Paints
Here's another great tip from BobVila.com. There’s more to that “new paint smell” than you might think. There are already ...
Mechanical Ventilation
Mechanical Ventilation
Here’s another great tip from BobVila.com. Making your home more airtight with new windows, insulation or a finished ...
Paint, Wallpaper, and Indoor Air Quality
Paint, Wallpaper, and Indoor Air Quality
When painting and wallpapering, homeowners need to know what is in their products if they plan to protect their indoor air.
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