Sparkling, Clean Lighting Will Add The Perfect Touch To Your Home – Home
Sparkling, Clean Lighting Will Add The Perfect Touch To Your Home
Mike Yeager
When one thinks of the many factors that affect the look of a room, most people think only of the paint and furniture. In doing so, they overlook the most important factor: Lighting. Without the proper interior lighting, most rooms will lose any ambience that the owner intended. For example, a room with too bright lights might make the room look harsh. A room with too dark lights might make a room appear gloomy. Many new homeowner have been disappointed when their carefully contrived plans for a room just doesn
Re-Define What "Clean" Means for You and Your Home – Home
Re-Define What "Clean" Means for You and Your Home
Dwight Griggs
Theres an old saying - A person doesnt buy a drill because they want a drill. They buy the drill because they want a hole. The same is true for vacuum cleaners. A person only buys a vacuum cleaner because they want their home to be clean. They care about getting rid of dirt and airborne irritants - even if theyre too small to be seen. The measure of a vacuum cleaner is the quality of "clean" it delivers.
Time to bring Old-fashioned Notions about Cleaning up to Date
Not that long ago, most women still worked at home as full-time homemakers. Cleaning was hard work. Todays fast-paced reality is very different. Most people are not willing to work that hard on housework. We have other priorities and demands on our time. Sure, we still want a clean home, but without such time-consuming drudgery.
Our Expectations for Air Quality are Higher than they Used to be
Its not just the dirt you see that needs to be eliminated. Old-fashioned vacuums sucked up the dirt, but stirred it up as well. Those airborne particles interfered with breathing or settled elsewhere. Also, the cloth or paper bags got saturated with dust, so equipment wouldnt function efficiently.
Widespread concerns about allergies, asthma and other respiratory problems have made people more sensitive to the purity of the air we breathe. Dust and mold threaten the health of family members. So getting the irritating particles out of the air is important.
Technology to the Rescue - The HEPA Standard
Pollen, pet dander, tobacco smoke, mold and dust are too small to look like dirt, but theyre the major challenge to any vacuum cleaner. One that most fail. HEPA is an official standard established by OSHA Occupational Health and Safety Administration. HEPA certified means a filter removes 99.97% of particulates 0.3 microns or larger in size. Thats about one-hundredth the size captured by most vacuum cleaners. HEPA stands for "High Efficiency Particulate Air"
A conventional vacuum cleaner only removes particulates down to about 35 microns. Particles below 10 microns are invisible to the human eye. The most common airborne particle size is 2.4 microns. How big is a particulate 0.3 microns in size
Consider these size comparisons:
Human hair: 60 - 80 microns
Pollen: 10 - 40 microns
Bacteria: 0.3 - 50 microns
Mold: 4+ microns
Dust mite waste: 10 - 24 microns
Even if asthma and allergies arent major problems for you, whod want to breathe that stuff
A HEPA Filter is Not Enough
Many vacuum cleaners claim to be HEPA certified because they use HEPA filters. However, unless the whole vacuum is sealed, the collected particulates can easily be released back into the room. The first vacuum cleaner not just the filter to be HEPA certified is the Miele. It has redefined how much "clean" vacuuming can deliver.
Miele isnt a brand thats well known in the US. But in Europe it has represented the best of German precision engineering and innovation for 100 years. Their engineers continuously rethink how people live, work and clean their homes, as they pursue their mandate, "Forever Better." The Miele http://tinyurl.com/6urc3 is the Porsche of vacuum cleaners - the finest standard for quality and clean.
Bringing Together Tradition and Technology
Tradition coupled with excellence permitted Miele to elevate the vacuuming experience. Griggs Vacuums http://www.griggsvacuums.com supports those priorities as well. Were a third-generation, family-owned, customer-oriented operation. Although were no longer only "down the road," we act like we are. The Internet allows us to serve a global marketplace, but we still operate with the same priorities and customer-pleasing policies as weve done for 22 years.
This article is one of a series on redefining "clean." Read them all on our website.
About The Author
Dwight Griggs, Griggs Vacuums We want to be your vacuum store. A full line of vacuum cleaners, sewing machines, parts and supplies Shipped anywhere in the USA. Subscribe to our Newsletter http://www.griggsvacuums.com 800-840-5080
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Keep Your Credit History Clean. Remove A Negative Credit Record From Credit Report – Mortgage
Keep Your Credit History Clean. Remove A Negative Credit Record From Credit Report
Jeffrey Broobin
The three major credit bureaus, Experian, Equifax and Trans Union are similar and feature a "Credit Score", which is created from credit report data submitted to them about you.
But very often your credit report includes inaccurate, wrong or incomplete information credit records.
In this situation you have to prepare and send letters to each of the credit bureaus. Also learn your credit rights by familiarizing yourself with the Fair Credit Reporting Act FCRA.
The FCRA gives you the right to dispute inaccuracies or omissions, and it requires credit bureaus to investigate your complaint generally within 30 days, send you a prompt response and correct any errors. The law also requires the source of inaccurate information such as a bank to correct the record at the credit bureaus to which it initially provided the erroneous information.
Consumers working on their credit reports say many times their letters are ignored by the credit bureaus. Consumer