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Safeguarding Your Carpet - Essential Tips to Prevent Damage   created at May 18, 2009   1,159   To safeguard your carpet,promptly address spills using a clean cloth and appropriate cleaning solution,avoiding harsh chemicals or excessive scrubbing.Regular vacuuming,especially in high-traffic areas,removes dirt and grit that can abrade fibers.Protect y...

How do I Avoid the Shower Curtain sticking to me?   created at May 16, 2009   1,252   No one really knows exactly why this happens when you run a shower. Though there are a few theories knocking around no one has the exact answer (yet). Anyway to stop this you can buy shower curtains with magnets sewn into the hem of the curtain (or add you...

Do new shower curtains give off toxins?   created at May 16, 2009   1,169   No, new shower curtains are not toxic, no matter what material the are made of. There is quite a trend in buying natural cotton and hemp shower curtains lately - and they look great - but there’s no need to buy them for safety reasons. Not sure where this...

How Should I Care for Shower Curtains?   created at May 16, 2009   1,148   Avoid mildew by airing off your shower curtain every time you take a shower. This involves nothing more than opening out the shower curtain fully to let it dry rather than leaving it all gathered together at one side of the bath. If shower curtains start t...

Is it true that some patterns and colors can actually make us feel better?   created at May 15, 2009   1,211   Yes, the key is to recognize your personality traits and complement them with the right color and pattern. If you find yourself feeling stressed out at the end of the day - then decorate your resting space, i.e. your reading room, bedroom, or den, in paler...

How can wallpaper make a small room look bigger? What are the best patterns?   created at May 15, 2009   1,256   In general, light colors add a feeling of spaciousness. In particular, striped wallcoverings are a sure bet for adding height to a room. Stripes visually raise the height of the ceiling by drawing the eye upward. At the same time, pastel colors broaden the...

Types of Wallpaper   created at May 15, 2009   1,689   The most popular types of wallpaper you will find at your local wallpaper retailer or home improvement store are: Vinyl Coated Paper - this wallpaper has a paper substrate on which the decorative surface has been sprayed or coated with an acrylic type viny...

International Wallcovering Symbols   created at May 15, 2009   1,130   Here’s the international wallcovering symbols used as standard.

Wallpaper Pattern Matching   created at May 15, 2009   1,236   All wallpapers, except some textures and murals, have a pattern repeat. The repeat is the vertical distance between one point on the pattern to the identical point vertically. This pattern repeat is an integral part of the design. The repeat can range anyw...

Wallpaper packing and sizes   created at May 15, 2009   1,191   Wallpaper comes in different lengths and widths and, although usually priced by the single roll, it is packaged either as double or triple rolls. People may find this packaging versus pricing situation hard to understand. However, wallpaper is packaged thi...

Wallpaper pattern and run numbers   created at May 15, 2009   1,182   A pattern number and dye-lot or "run number" is printed on each roll. A pattern number identifies a particular design and color way of a pattern. The dye-lot number represents a particular group of rolls that are printed on the same print run. Different dy...

What are the latest trends in wallpaper design?   created at May 13, 2009   1,275   Every year there are new colours and designs in every product area responding to global and local influences, cultural and lifestyle trends and changes. Wallcovering manufacturers regularly bring out new colours and designs too; sometimes subtle variations...

How do I work out how much paper I need in a room?   created at May 13, 2009   1,122   Most wallpaper rolls are about half a metre wide and 10 metres long, so that will give you about 3 drops given the standard wall height of 2.4 metres—about 5 square metres per roll. A normal-sized living room would take around 7 rolls, generally speaking ...

Are there ‘test-pots’ for wallpaper?   created at May 13, 2009   1,100   Yes, in a way—your retailer will provide you with a good-sized sample piece of the wallpaper you like so you can try it at home. Just tape or pin the sample on the wall and see how it looks.

Can I wallpaper a room myself or is it too difficult for a beginner?   created at May 13, 2009   1,138   Yes you can and no, it isn’t.  It’s much easier now, with pre-pasted papers and new technologies like non-woven backings. Retailers will advise you; they have instruction leaflets and videos / DVDs that show you how.  A great place to start is ...

Is it true that if I wallpaper it will be hard to remove when I want to change the look of the room?   created at May 13, 2009   1,131   It used to be, but that was then—now there are papers that can be easily stripped and replaced. We make a very effective wallpaper stripper (Metylan Special Wallpaper Remover) that will make the job simple and quick. And if you make sure that the walls ar...

What is psoriasis?   created at May 13, 2009   1,133   Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin condition that shows up in several forms. The two that appear most in children are: • Plaque psoriasis. This is the most common type. If your baby has a raised, red lesion covered with a flaky, silvery-white scale, he may...

What are the benefits of the chicken pox vaccine?   created at May 13, 2009   1,169   It may seem unnecessary, because childhood chicken pox (also known as varicella) is usually a relatively mild illness. And some parents think it's better to let their kids be exposed to chicken pox so they'll have the illness (and the resulting immunity) n...

Can my child be cured of asthma?   created at May 11, 2009   1,111   There's no cure for asthma, although some asthmatic babies who wheeze only when they have colds or upper respiratory tract infections outgrow the tendency to wheeze over time. In general, asthma is thought to be a lifelong condition, although the frequency...

Could my baby's eczema be caused by a certain food?   created at May 11, 2009   1,153   Eczema is not a specific allergy, but in some children, certain allergenic foods can trigger eczema or make it worse. If you or your doctor suspects that your baby's eczema is affected by certain foods, the mostly likely culprits are cow's milk and eggs, f...

What can I do to treat my baby's eczema?   created at May 11, 2009   1,154   Taking good care of your baby's skin is crucial. Here are some tips: Try to keep your baby's skin from becoming too dry. Talk with her doctor about how often to bathe her. Many experts now believe that daily bathing can be helpful for babies with eczema. J...

What other problems happen as a result of sinusitis?   created at May 11, 2009   1,166   I have seen patients with problems like hives which wouldn't get better, they had no other symptoms. The hives got better immediately with treatment of sinusitis. I was amazed. Sinus problems may also cause all kinds of allergies to worsen (it seems that s...

How are head and neck cancers staged and what, exactly, does that mean?   created at May 09, 2009   1,148   A staging system is a clinical evaluation, based on the best possible estimate of the extent of the disease prior to treatment. Head and neck cancers are commonly staged using the TNM system. T describes the size of the tumor. N describes the extent of the...

What is done if I have to have sinus surgery?   created at May 08, 2009   1,186   You should first understand that I am not a surgeon, so this is from the perspective of someone who has seen the surgery, and had the surgery done, but who doesn't do the surgery himself. The surgery, called functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), may ...

When should surgery be considered?   created at May 08, 2009   1,149   A small percentage of patients with chronic sinusitis will fail to improve even with the best medical treatment. In most studies of patients treated by allergists who specialize in treatment of chronic sinusitis, this is less than 10% of patients who have ...

What effect do nasal polyps have on sinus problems?   created at May 08, 2009   1,128   Nasal polyps are not true polyps but rather are probably caused by inflammation in the nose. They look like peeled grapes but are basically fluid-filled sacs. They can be found anywhere in the sinuses or nose and commonly are associated with sinus infectio...

Why do I have to keep my nose clear? I can breathe through my mouth.   created at May 07, 2009   1,215   While you can breathe through your mouth,relying solely on it is less efficient and can lead to dryness and irritation.Your nose filters,warms,and humidifies the air you breathe,protecting your lungs from irritants and pathogens.Keeping your nose clear ens...

Why do we have sinuses?   created at May 06, 2009   1,304   The sinuses are air pockets located inside the bones in the skull. They are located to either side of the nose (maxillary), behind and in between the eyes (ethmoid), in the forehead (frontal), and there is one much further back in the head (sphenoid). (For...

What is the treatment for Lyme disease?   updated at Oct 31, 2025   1,129   Key Points about Lyme Disease Treatment?:Antibiotics are the Primary Treatment: The standard treatment for Lyme disease is with antibiotics.Early Treatment is Crucial: Antibiotics are most effective when started as early as possible after infection.Prompt ...

Side effects of vulvar cancer surgery   created at May 05, 2009   1,348   The consequences of curative surgery can be psychologically devastating, as vulvar surgery can result in lifelong anatomic alterations. Sexual dysfunction is common because of loss of clitoris in some clinical situations and in general because of alteratio...