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How to Take a Hot Shower If Your Water Heater’s Busted
Too often we take the gift of a hot shower for granted. When a flood ripped through my house a few years ago and trashed the water heater, I took my first ice-cold shower ever, and vowed to never repeat a truly miserable experience.
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This Is Where You Should (and Should Not) Place a Space Heater
Just as fan placement is key to keeping your home cool in the summer, heater placement is a major strategy to consider for winter. Space heaters can be dangerous, of course, so the first thing you need to do is familiarise yourself with some safety tips to avoid accidentally starting a fire.
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How to Build a DIY Air Purifier for Your Home
As the winter season approaches, many people are about to start gathering indoors more frequently, which means closer quarters for virus-containing droplets to travel through the air. According to the CDC, EPA, and OSHA, good ventilation — including a portable air purifier — is one thing you can add to your COVID mitigation plan to…
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Five Ways to ‘Clean’ the Air in Your Home
There are lots of tips out there — and here on Lifehacker — about how to clean everything in your home, from your toilet to your fireplace to your couch cushions. The stuff in your home gets dirty and needs to be maintained to keep it in good working order, but the same is true…