That's right: It's time to tackle some spring-cleaning — a process that has the potential to also clear out your budget, not to mention suck up your time. So we scoured the web to bring you our favorite, low-cost (and low-elbow-grease) DIY cleaning …

Taking her pitch as a carpet cleaning company's way to get their name out and wanting to get her out of the cold, I invited her in and said, yes, if it would help get her quota, she could clean a room. OK, great, she said. Well, SHE wouldn't clean the …

He pointed out that the betterment principle applies to cleaning issues too. 'If a carpet was stained and marked at the time of check-in, a landlord can't expect the tenant to pay for carpet cleaning at the check-out, no matter how long the tenancy has …

However, where the Powerbot really let itself down was the carpet cleaning, turning in the poorest result of all the robot vacs we have tested to date. Much of this is due to the Powerbot's inability to get up onto the test rug on every occasion it …

As a Cal Poly student, he owned a screen-printing business and a carpet-cleaning company. “I loved working, learning and trying to improve things,” he said of his various ventures. “When you run your own business, you reap what you sow.” Technology …

These were concealed in terracotta pots, carpet cleaning products or falsely declared as metabisulphite, which is used as a disinfectant. An accurate estimate of the size of this illegal market is impossible, but it is in the billions of dollars. A …

Where some carpet cleaning methods use chemicals to brighten the surface of the carpet, which can have a negative impact of your family and pets, steam cleaning minimizes the chemicals used in the cleaning process so there is less chance of harmful …

You get five additional tools for tackling different challenges. The standard crevice tool and upholstery brush come supplied with a clip to attach them to the hose, and the soft bristles can be removed from the latter to allow for some ad-hoc carpet …