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How To Clean Your Outdoor Gas Grill In Less Than 30 Minutes

Regardless of your hometown’s climate, outdoor gas grill cooking can be a four-season endeavor. Just remembe to keep your grill clean. According to Weber’s annual GrillWatch Survey, less than 40% of grill owners clean their equipment with any bit of frequency, and 6 percent admit they’ve never cleaned their grill at all. There are three [...]

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Spring Is In The Air…Patio Season Has Begun

Spring has arrived and it is time to enjoy the beautiful weather. What better way to do so than by sprucing up your patio into an inviting and relaxing getaway. Here is a little inspiration for your patio. Adding a new patio to your home will add value to it, not only as real estate but enjoyment [...]

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Thrifty Ways to Save Your Lawn and the Environment

Water restrictions start Monday in Dallas. Last week, the Dallas City Council voted to make twice-a-week watering limits permanent. Residents will only be able to use sprinklers twice a week, but can still water by hand or use soaker hoses more frequently. Officials from other North Texas cities say they also plan to extend existing [...]

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Mild Winter Means Termite Trouble This Spring

You may think storms, fires, and earthquakes cause more damage to homes, but that's not so. The biggest culprit is a small bug about four-tenths of an inch long: the subterranean termite. It's a huge problem this spring, since the swarm season arrived early. Termites are crawling around the foundation of Helen Smith's home."I just [...]

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How To Use Newspapers To Kill Garden Weeds

April 22 is Earth Day, a day to raise awareness about, and to celebrate, the Earth’s natural environment. It’s also a day for people of Dallas to do something good for the planet. There are lots of ways to help the environment, including by reducing your net electricity usage, by conserving fresh water supplies, [...]

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Preparing Your Home

Your Home Must Sell Itself You know the old saying, “You only get one chance to make a first impression.” This is true with your home as well. Buyers make a determination to buy based on what they see, how a home makes them feel! Stand on the curb outside your home and look at [...]

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Build Your Own Rain Barrel To Save Money, Environment

According to the EPA, during summer months, lawn and garden watering account for roughly 40% of a typical home’s water use. It’s a statistic that reminds us how “green lawns” can be wasteful to both the environment and household budgets – especially with drought conditions expected and water costs rising in many U.S. municipalities. As a homeowner, [...]

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Spring Cleaning Shortcuts

It’s April in Dallas and warmer weather is coming. It’s Spring Cleaning season. Do you have a checklist? In some households, spring cleaning is an annual ritual, taking anywhere from a full day to an entire week to complete. Room-by-room, foot-by-foot, dust, dirt and grime are replaced with cleanliness and shine. No matter in [...]

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A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home

This Guide provides information and guidance for homeowners and renters on how to clean up residential mold problems and how to prevent mold growth. EPA 402-K-02-003, Reprinted September 2010 PDF Version (20 pp., 1.4 M, about PDF) Una Breve Guía para el Moho, la Humedad y su Hogar (PDF) (11 pp., 1.28 M, disponible en PDF). Documento de la [...]

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How To Remove Soap Scum From Shower Doors

Dirty shower doors can ruin an otherwise sparkling-clean bathroom. The soap scum that accumulates isn’t just unsightly; it contains body oils and skin particles that provide for a perfect bacteria breeding ground. Supermarket shelves in Frisco are filled with bathroom cleaners that promise to cut through soap scum, but the cleansers don’t always work [...]

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