What Toxins Lurk Beneath Your House? (And Do You Want to Know?)
Wendy Bounds writes: cleaners Last week, I wrote about a growing industry of so-called “green dry cleaners” who use alternatives to the cleaning solvent perchloroethylene — or “perc” — which has been labeled a probable human carcinogen. The EPA is currently requiring a phase-out of perc at cleaners located in residential buildings [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 16:51:18
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Community support wins higher wages for lowest paid cleaners
Community spirit is not yet dead, bringing about positive changes like winning higher wages for some of the London's lowest paid ... clean. Contract cleaners employed in just one building at Canary Wharf were found to come from 29 ... in the cleaning industry, but were often more dissatisfied with a perceived lack of respect. They highlighted [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 06:27:28
"Dry Clean Only" -- what are my choices?
Thanks to Jacob for the link to this article in the New York Times ... cleaners operating in residential buildings by 2020", which gives you some idea how great ... .Reporter Mireya Navarro explores green claims by dry cleaners, which, it turns [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 17:49:00
Ask Curbed: Moving Back Home, How Do I Break My Lease?
We have a feeling this reader isn't alone in asking this question: "I come to you in a time of distress. I have a lease with 8 months remaining and unfortunately I cannot pay for my apartment anymore ... My Building Manager? Cleaners? Curbed LA [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 00:05:51
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Date: 2008-12-15 21:25:00
Windows XP and Vista Registry Cleaners, Why Should I Use One?
by Hiel Strassman I recently recommended that one of my customers would use a registry cleaner periodically to keep his PC from building up registry ... and like with anything else, you get what you pay for. Still, cleaning a computer’s registry with the right ... , now with the huge file systems Windows XP and Vista operate under, it takes a long times [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 13:51:17
Confessions of a cleaner
By Michelle Guest In 1876, the Old Government Building in Wellington became the first building in the world to have a smoke-free policy ... surrounding cleaners. Inwardly I giggle that I’m sharing frothy coffee and Tim-Tams with this rugged, big [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 01:43:25
New moms network
We often hear about how women had it so much more difficult in the past, without the help of vacuum cleaners, washing machines, dishwashers, ... ; in packed, crowded apartment buildings, it seems as though we are divided more than ever. Also [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 13:03:00
How to Improve the Air Quality in Your Home
According to research, air quality in most homes is in need of drastic improvement ... the home. 3. Go Green. Use only non-toxic cleaners and chemicals. Chemicals build up over time [more...]
Date: 2008-06-13 10:00:24
Backlinks Can Be Harvested Quickly and Easily
By Chuck R StewartLet me take a moment and describe a moment in every website owners life - the site you worked hard to build has been up and running ... is searching for vacuum cleaners and your site has a good number of backlinks to it with the term vacuum cleaners embedded into them, then the search engines will say to themselves, Wow, this must [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 21:45:00
GoodGuide iPhone App Keeps You In The Know On What’s Green, Healthy and Safe
In case you didn’t hear eating healthier and minimizing your carbon footprint leads to an abundance of positive karma ... from glass cleaner to face wash. The app allows you to build shopping lists (and avoiding lists), view [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 20:49:40
Winterizing Your Home for Good Indoor Air Quality
(ARA) - As the weather begins to cool, we start preparing our homes for the winter season ... throughout the home,” says John Schulte, executive director of the National Air Duct Cleaners Association ... and debris to flow into a home or building. 2) Duct Work Contamination It is estimated that more than 90 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 18:12:26
Carpet Undertanding Function and How to Cleaned
Carpet is everywhere! People who understand carpet know that its immense success and consumer acceptance is not due to chance ... for floor covering. Carpet and rugs found on the floors of residences and commercial buildings still ... on carpet. These methods are mostly used by professional cleaners and trained personnel [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 17:26:47
pressing issues
There has been a fair bit of behind the scenes email and flickr discussion about irons lately, ... out of the Brita. I get virtually no build up on the plate and the steam no longer turns everything ... cleaner specific to your iron. I used to roll my eyes and think that it was yet another way to squeeze [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 15:46:36
No. 205 - Los Angeles Stock Exchange Building
Los Angeles Stock Exchange Building1931 – Samuel E. Lunden618 South Spring Street – mapDeclared: 1/3/79Quick! ... -cleaners, a barber, and Mrs Elizabeth Sellheimer’s cigar shop:(More on the building site: during the Civil [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 07:38:00
IdcN Design Museum Nagoya
国際デザインセンターデザインミュージアムLocated in the Nadya Park building in Sakae, ... of industrial and commercial design standards appear - telephones, vacuum cleaners, radios and a number [more...]
Date: 2008-08-26 05:24:00
Men are from Mars.
Neil O. Nelson Women are from Venus. So where does Hoover fit in here? Parked unobtrusively in the closet, thank you ... and lifetime HEPA filters. And he’ll answer, “Are you crazy?” Tell him how they offer vacuum cleaners ... . Can we be perfectly clear on this: men do not vacuum. They build and repair, fix and paint [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 23:04:27
The Memphis Steam Laundry
Why does our fine city have such a penchant for tearing down some of the coolest-looking buildings ever constructed? ... operated downtown for many years before moving to 941 Jefferson in 1927. Except for Dryve Cleaners ... the principal designer for architect E.L. Harrison — decided that this normally humdrum industrial building [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 19:34:03
If
If In the building services industry it is easy to get caught up in a “they are only cleaners” mentality and place low expectations on a ... the customer always wins because they receive consistent, hassle-free janitorial services. If every ... would improve across the board and customers would grow to respect building services contractors [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 19:11:11
Can You Build A Simple Hovercraft?
by Rashel Dan The concept is really basic and easy in building a hovercraft. Just get lots of air ... air pressure below the board. 2. You need a vacuum cleaner or any gadget that reverses air flow [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 22:44:20
Date: 2008-12-31 20:11:04
Whittling the weekend away...
Hey y'all, Sunday night here in big Woo. Got home from the shop around 8, ... . I think the final step that I'm going to take is to use an ultrasonic cleaner to insure that each piece ... badges to fit around the round tube? Well, one of the fun parts of building is making the tools [more...]
Date: 2008-08-04 01:41:00
Elvis is leaving the building
The long national nightmare is coming to an end.The president will be the president until 12 noon Tuesday, ... and carpet cleaners will have wiped away any hint that they ever set foot in the White House.Don [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 17:40:00
Do-It-Yourself Patio for an Austin Home
by Qandishah Brown Having a home in Austin you certainly don’t want to miss out on the good weather that they have ... to put some lounge chairs and other furniture. Building a patio for your Austin home is only half ... : Qandishah Brown is a home expert who writes about various topics including tile cleaners Austin [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 00:02:29
Er-lie in the Morning
Woke up at 2, couldn't get back to sleep. So, since I have some OT to spend, I decided to come to work, get a build going, get a jump on the day ... as good at that as she is. I get to the point where I can see floor, and declare myself done. Maybe a quick run around with the vacuum cleaner. For Ladybug, it's down to the steam cleaner mop [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 12:20:23
Toyota Builds A Beast
Toyota's rolled out a one-off truck with a gargantuan 8-liter turbodiesel engine and enough towing capacity to haul the tanker of ... over the next 12 to 15 years as diesel-electric hybrid drivetrains and cleaner, more efficient HCCI ... matte gray paint job. The tough exterior gives way to an opulent interior decked out in leather [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 21:34:31
Office building real estate
If there is something good which has recently happened in the American mortgage industry, ... . These days, to invest in a commercial real estate business, whether it is for office, industrial ... cleaners or landscapers and take care of the home. It is actually right to hire a person to manage [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 01:08:28
Exceptional low-flow showerhead
Exceptional low-flow showerhead October 15th, 2008 | Category: Hardware Our bathrooms came equipped with low-flow showerheads ... building Plants mp3 player www com auto repair electronic jewelry clothes guitar kitchen synth screen ... . Even when turned on full blast, not much water came out. You could nearly get cleaner faster [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 08:00:00
4 new buildings that enrich San Francisco
4 new buildings that enrich San Francisco With last month's opening of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco's crash course in 21st century architecture... Real estate buzz - new amenities packages You can't sweep bad carpet cleaner under rug As loan volume leaps, so do worries about FHA [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 16:29:18
Road-Legal Gallardo GT3 from Reiter Engineering
One More for the Road: Reiter Engineering Builds Gallardo GT3 for the Street by Drew Phillips on Dec 26th 2008 at 7: ... stays relatively stock, although the stock seats have been replaced with leather-covered racing units. While we wouldn't say the result is subtle, it's definitely one of the cleaner designs we've seen [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 06:48:16
Horror stories are certainly not my cup of tea
I heard too many horror stories in my office building until I paksa Husband to come pick me at 5.30 sharp everyday. The most recent one that I heard from colleagues this morning are a bunch of cleaners ... ? Haha. Apparently this hantu makcik karipap will knock on the window (of the upper floors [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 01:27:00
PHP for Beginners: Building Your First Simple CMS
The Magic of PHP + MySQL It’s safe to say that nearly every website that’s up-to-date these days is using some form of content management system ( ... opted to use PHP’s object-oriented approach because it makes for cleaner code in large projects [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 12:45:48
Bought a steam cleaner! Yes, m…
Bought a steam cleaner! Yes, my life really is that exciting. Bissell if you must know. Related Reading: Twitter For Dummies Twitter API: Up and Running: Learn How to Build Applications [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 03:21:10
Exclusive Video On How To Build A Niche Blog
Many of you know that I have started developing a second blog titled, Blogging Questions ... sent to garryconn@gmail.com. View The Video Titled: Make Money Online with Rainbow Vacuum Cleaners [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 06:29:38
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