11 Hidden Dangers in Your Home

Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Dave) on under radioactive gas, air ducts, dirty air, home test, breeding ground, lung cancer, germs, microwave, home improvement, hidden dangers |

Here's a handy checklist for maintaining your home's safety from Divine Caroline:1. Radon. A radioactive gas that causes lung cancer. Radon home test can be bought at any home improvement story. Read more about radon. 2. Kitchen sponges. Be sure to wash your kitchen sponges because they soak up germs. Put them in the dishwasher, replace them or heat them in the microwave for 60 seconds. 3. Dirty air ducts. If not properly cleaned and maintained, air ducts can become a breeding ground for ...
Tagi: radioactive gas, air ducts, dirty air, home test, breeding ground, lung cancer, germs, microwave, home improvement, hidden dangers

11 Hidden Dangers in Your Home

Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Dave) on under radioactive gas, air ducts, dirty air, home test, breeding ground, lung cancer, germs, microwave, home improvement, hidden dangers |

Here's a handy checklist for maintaining your home's safety from Divine Caroline:1. Radon. A radioactive gas that causes lung cancer. Radon home test can be bought at any home improvement story. Read more about radon. 2. Kitchen sponges. Be sure to wash your kitchen sponges because they soak up germs. Put them in the dishwasher, replace them or heat them in the microwave for 60 seconds. 3. Dirty air ducts. If not properly cleaned and maintained, air ducts can become a breeding ground for ...
Tagi: radioactive gas, air ducts, dirty air, home test, breeding ground, lung cancer, germs, microwave, home improvement, hidden dangers

The Curvy Kitchen Comes Full Circle

Posted by on under thing of beauty, space saving, pots, refrigerator, shelves, stati, microwave, dhes, alg, full circle |

A well-rounded kitchen is a thing of beauty. The Circle Kitchen is a space-saving unit that rotates a cool 180 degrees. This compacting cook station includes a stove, refrigerator, microwave and dishwasher, along with shelves that turn all the way around for full-circle access to pots, pans and dishes. And the amount [...]
Tagi: thing of beauty, space saving, pots, refrigerator, shelves, stati, microwave, dhes, alg, full circle

The Saga of the Defective Dishwasher

Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Dave) on under guitar two, best buy, lileks, electric guitar, ordeal, bum, dishwasher, hard drives, microwave, saga, vacuum, tvs, cy, ceo |

Ever get stuck with a bum appliance? Ever been told it has to fail four times before the store will replace it? Sounds crazy, right? But it happened to James Lileks, a writer who took the time to scribe an open letter to the CEO of Best Buy detailing his ordeal.In the letter Lileks describes his prior purchasing record with the company ("fridge, the dishwasher, three coffeemakers, a microwave, a vacuum, an electric guitar, two TVs, four hard drives, and innumerable other items"), and the ...
Tagi: guitar two, best buy, lileks, electric guitar, ordeal, bum, dishwasher, hard drives, microwave, saga, vacuum, tvs, cy, ceo

World's First Portable Microwave

Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Ben) on under stomachs, modern technology, leftovers, microwave, fears, phes, cancer |

A friend of mine shares some fears with his wife of certain aspects of modern technology. Although they both have cell phones, they keep them well clear of their heads when not in use, lest the theories linking cell phones to cancer are proved true. They also refuse to own a microwave, for similar reasons. When I stay with them, all leftovers are heated in the pan or in the oven. It takes a while before we eat, but we pass by the time by holding conversation over the rumbling of stomachs. ...
Tagi: stomachs, modern technology, leftovers, microwave, fears, phes, cancer