Personal Safety & Security

Flea Control: How to Get Rid of Fleas

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Fleas are insect parasites that use their sharp mouth parts to pierce their host"s skin and suck their blood. This leaves red, itchy bumps, and flea bites can spread diseases such as bubonic plague. Many cats and dogs are allergic to flea bites, and will scratch or lick their skin raw. It"s importan

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Home Security System Equipment - The Key to a Safe Life

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How many times have you experienced someone breaking into your house while you sit there defenseless? Or how many times have you seen your neighbor's house being vandalized? That would have been prevented with good home security system equipment.

Do-It-Yourself Shoe Rack Home Project

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Heaps of shoes can quickly pile up and clutter an otherwise immaculate closet. Shoe racks are reliable options for organizing and storing multiple pairs of shoes in a limited space. However, because many shoes racks are only large enough to hold a few pairs of shoes, purchasing enough store-bought s

Home Security Options

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Thinking of installing a home security system?Make sure you do your homework and weigh all your options in order to configure the proper solution for your home.

How to Buy a Rechargeable Spot Light

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A rechargeable spotlight is something that can be of use to just about anyone in the event of an emergency. Whether it is your vehicle getting stranded on a dark road or the power in your house going out, a rechargeable spotlight provides more safety and comfort than a regular flashlight or a candle

How to Kill Fire Ants and Termites With Biological Insecticide

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Biological insecticides are organisms that attack and kill pests, including fire ants and termites. A biological insecticide may be broken into one of three categories--predators such as birds, parasites such as larvae that feed on insects, and pathogens such as microbes or fungus. A biological inse

What Makes an RV Furnace Smell Bad?

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Furnace elements in an RV or home get to hundreds of degrees Fahrenheit, and they tend to sit for months at a time in between uses. This can make for a particularly unpleasant situation, especially when the furnace first fires up and contaminants in the system begun to burn off and emit odors. Some

How to Remove Toggle Bolts

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A toggle bolt is a long bolt threaded into a spring nut. When installed, the spring nut folds to fit into a specific hole size that is drilled into the wall. After the spring nut is pushed through the wall, the nut opens against the inside edge of the wall. You cannot retrieve the nut, when you are

Testing and Choosing House Alarms for Your Home

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The best initial step in going out to choose an alarm system for your home or building is knowing what you actually want out of the system. This may seem simple but knowing what you need also means knowing the limitations of the location the system will be placed in.

How to Make Incense Oils for Free

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Incense oils are easy and inexpensive to make. You may already have the ingredients you will need to make incense oils in and around your home. If you have plants in your yard that are scented flowers or herbs, you already have the main ingredient at your disposal. Even if you don't have access to f

Help With a Dusty Home

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Household dust is more than unsightly -- it can irritate allergies. The product of decomposition of elements that occur as part of the normal flow of life in the home, dust gets into everything. The more you ignore dust, the harder your job when you decide to tackle the dust in your home. With dust,

How to Wire a Clothes Closet

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Wiring a clothes closet is a job that can be simple and straightforward --- or it can turn into a nightmare for a homeowner. If you're tackling this task, be prepared to call an electrician at the first sign that things are not simple and straightforward. A house fire will cost much more than a sing

How to Kill House Flies (without using chemicals)

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The common house fly is a small pest that can be a large nuisance. Additionally, flies carry E-coli and other diseases. Follow these steps to eliminate your unwanted house guests within 24 hours using common, safe household ingredients.

How to Make an Autumn Apple Garland

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Garlands are a wonderful way to decorate a mantle, staircase or even the center of a table or buffet. You can make garlands out of many natural items that you can find outside or in your own yard that will smell wonderful and bring the outdoor beauty of autumn indoors. Apples make wonderful fall gar

How to Candle an Egg

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The shell of an egg, such as a chicken egg, is thin and opaque when held near a bright light. A traditional method of determining whether a chick embryo is forming in an egg is to use a candle. An egg is held in front of the candle so that the contents of the egg are visible. The process can allow a

How to Remove a Sink Stopper Flange

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A part of the pop-up stopper assembly, the flange rests on top of the sink drain. Yet the most effective and time-saving method of removing the flange from the sink's pop-up stopper assembly is to venture below the sink. Although this may seem like an uncomfortable proposition, once below the sink,

What Kind Of Home Security System Do You Need?

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There are several simple and low cost security measures that anyone can put in place around their home to greatly enhance their security. And usually it's a good idea to put some of these common sense measures in place first when you give attention to home security.

How to Replace the Starter for a Fluorescent Light

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Fluorescent light fixtures sold in hardware stores as of 2010 are a little different than the ones sold a decade ago. Today's fluorescent fixtures feature electronic starting ballasts, while older versions used an independent starter to kick-start the light. In these older fixtures, a non-working li