Keeping your kitchen appliances clean is not only incredibly important for the health and well-being of your family (after all, remember: the food you’re eating is coming into the contact with these machines), but also for the longevity of your appliances, too. Over time, grime, food residue, and dirt build-up can impact both the operation…
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Safeguard Your Home From Household Appliance Fires With These 10 Tips
In the United States alone, each year there are 9,600 house fires and an estimated 25 deaths that occur due to house fires. The most tragic thing about house fires is the fact that so many of them are easily preventable, especially appliance-related fires. While bouts of bad luck and unavoidable accidents do, of course,…
Keep Your Fridge Clean: 3 Ways How
Your refrigerator is where you store most of your family’s food. At the same time, it can become pretty grimy and bacteria-ridden if not properly cleaned. Do you really want bacterial build-up and gross old food bits in the same space where you store your food? We didn’t think so. For your health and safety,…
3 Ways To Protect Against Appliance Related Fire Hazards
According to Consumer Reports, roughly half of all appliance-related fires are caused by misuse, while the remaining 50% are actually caused by the appliances themselves. To help protect you, your home, and your family from disaster, we’ve compiled a list of ways you can protect yourself against the latter cause of appliance related fire hazards.…
Why Does Air Conditioning Cause A Sore Throat?
As the weather warms up for summer, many folks are turning their air conditioning units on—with good reason! Unfortunately, sometimes air conditioning can result in a sort throat. Have you ever experienced this sensation? It’s not fun—you go to sleep in a nice, comfy cool room on a warm summer’s night and wake up with…
3 Ways To Extend The Life Of Your Appliances
It may be hard to believe, but most appliances really aught to last upwards of 15-25 years. Yet, every day we have customers calling about their 2-year-old, 5-year-old, and 10-year-old machines failing, having to receive costly repairs or getting sent off to the appliance graveyard! Here are a few tips on how to effortlessly extend…
5 Tips To Save Energy, Money In The Laundry Room
Did you know that the average family in America does over 300 loads of laundry per year? A typical load of wash costs about 68 cents; that’s a total of about $204 per year! But while socks may frequently go missing in the laundry room, that doesn’t mean your cash has to disappear in there…
5 DIY Tips for Preventative Household Appliance Maintenance
Did you know that periodic maintenance of household appliances can potentially deter you from needing costly repairs? Take a look at these 5 super quick, super easy DIY maintenance tips that will save you time, money, and a potential headache! 1. Check your oven door seal: Over 20% of an oven’s heat can leak out…
Why Get a Professional Air Conditioning Tune Up?
It’s that time of year again, when things begin to heat up here in New Jersey and air conditioners start to get turned out all across the state. But imagine this scenario: It’s late May, about87 degrees outside, and your home is a sauna. You haven’t needed to break out the A/C just yet, but…
DDIY: Don’t Do It Yourself – Gas Appliance Repairs
“How hard could it be?” Today, with the DIY craze going strong, you may be tempted to attempt certain household repair projects by yourself. And while we’re all for homeowner and consumer empowerment, sometimes it’s really best – and safer! – to leave certain things to the professionals. In particular, you should NEVER attempt to…