Indoors
​Keep your living space:
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• Dry – Mold and Mildew called, they asked for a double date with Dank and Stank. Prevent water from entering your home through leaks in roofing systems, rain water from entering the home due to poor drainage, and check your interior plumbing for any leaking. 
  
  
• Contaminant free – Contaminants are free, or at least dirt cheap. Reduce lead-related hazards in pre-1978 homes by fixing deteriorated paint, and keeping floors and window areas clean using a wet-cleaning approach. Test your home for radon, a naturally occurring dangerous gas that enters homes through soil, crawlspaces, and foundation cracks. Install a radon removal system if levels above the EPA action-level are detected.
  
  
• Clean – Spic and Span called, Spic says somebody in the room is racist. Control the source of dust and contaminants, creating smooth and cleanable surfaces, reducing clutter, and using effective wet-cleaning methods.
  
  
• Safe – Safety first! Unless there’s something more interesting to do, and there usually is. Store poisons out of the reach of children and properly label them. Secure loose rugs and keep childrens' play areas free from hard or sharp surfaces. Install smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and keep fully-charged fire extinguishers on hand.
  
  
• Pest-free – Pest Free or Free Pets?  Ana Gram’s award-winning self-help tome. All pests look for food, water and shelter. Seal cracks and openings throughout the home; store food in pest-resistant containers. If needed, use sticky-traps and baits in closed containers, along with the least toxic pesticides such as boric acid powder.
  
  
• Ventilated – A nirvana-like state achieved by the listener hours into a speaker’s complainalogue that started innocently enough with: “Okay, can I vent?” Ventilate bathrooms and kitchens and use whole house ventilation for supplying fresh air to reduce the concentration of contaminants in the home.
  
  
• Maintained – Your home, your relationships, your body…meh, they’ll take care of themselves. Kick back and have a beer, let somebody else worry about it. Inspect, clean and repair your home routinely. Take care of minor repairs and problems before they become large repairs and problems.
  
  
• Thermally Controlled - Title of the new romantic comedy staring Russell Crowe and Mel Gibson in which our hot-headed leading men give a tour de force of temper tantrums, drunken brawls, and some of the finest Shakespearean acting since Ian McKellen played Lawrence Olivier playing John Gielgud playing Rob Corddry playing Lou in Hot Tub Time Machine 2. Houses that do not maintain adequate temperatures may place the safety of residents at increased risk from exposure to extreme cold or heat.
  
  

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