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Gutters
Gutter guards help prevent clogs, allowing gutters to efficiently direct water away from your home, which helps prevent water damage from heavy rain and snow. They’re a valuable investment, protecting your home from long-term weather damage. Read on to learn how gutter guards work and how to maintain them. How Do Gutter Guards Work? Gutter…
Gutters
How to Prep Rain Gutters Ahead of Storm Season
With hurricane season getting worse each year, it’s more important than ever for homeowners to get ready for severe weather. In 2025, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted a 60% chance of above-normal hurricane activity, making it the seventh year in a row with high activity. Hurricanes can seriously damage home exteriors, including…
Flooring
Maintaining and Cleaning Laminate Floors
Thank Scandinavian design trends for laminate flooring. Just like the way iconic Swiss brand Ikea revolutionized the way people furnish their homes, entrepreneurial Swedish engineers and manufacturers transformed the flooring industry by developing laminate flooring techniques in the 1920s and bringing high-pressure laminate flooring to market in 1979. Global laminate flooring sales are expected to…
Flooring
Maintaining and Cleaning Vinyl Floors
Vinyl flooring has come a long way since European chemist Eugen Baumann inadvertently created the material while tinkering around the gas vinyl chloride in 1872. Homeowners choose vinyl flooring due to its many benefits and cost versus other types of flooring materials. Vinyl construction and composition methods continue to evolve as well, bringing popular products to…
Flooring
Maintaining and Cleaning Tile Floors
Tile is a popular flooring choice among homeowners for a variety of rooms in the home. This type of flooring is usually readily available, and the floors come in versatile designs that accentuate any home décor. Additionally, the materials are environmentally-friendly and long-lasting. Tile maintenance and cleaning is not time consuming and quite easy to…
Bathroom
The Best Storage Ideas for Bathrooms of All Sizes
Homeowners often feel as though there’s never enough bathroom storage space. We constantly look for solutions that give us more space for the variety of items we need in the bathroom — from towels to an extra supply of toilet paper rolls. Fortunately, there are plenty of bathroom storage solutions. Some homeowners may opt for…
Flooring
Concrete is one of the most durable flooring materials available to homeowners. Its unyielding hardness makes it nearly impervious to the normal wear-and-tear from children, pets, furniture and everyday life that typically causes damage to other types of flooring materials over time. In addition to being extremely resilient, concrete also is a cost-effective flooring solution…
Flooring
From their environmentally-friendly materials to their durability and versatility, linoleum floors have been seeing a recent surge in popularity among homeowners. Much to homeowners’ delight, caring for linoleum floors is usually less work than other kinds of flooring, since they are low-maintenance, easy to clean, and mold- and mildew-resistant. But that does not mean this…