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Wall-to-wall carpeting used to be thought of as an ideal status symbol from the 1950s. Older carpets can be more harmful than newer ones because many contain chemicals now banned.

Wall-to-wall hazard

Do you love the “new” smell? That interior of a new car, a freshly painted room or a newly installed carpet? Experts are discovering that that new smell carries chemicals that you are breathing can be harmful to your health.


 
 

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A renovation should never be undertaken without a written contract that clearly spells out the roles and responsibilities of both the homeowner and the renovator.

Always nail down a contract for renos

The website for Canadian House & Home magazine profiles its stylish president as "one of Canada...


 

Mike Holmes, the entrepreneurial contractor with a big heart and a strong moral side, is planning to start building eco-friendly houses.

Holmes to build eco-friendly homes

Mike Holmes is an industry unto himself. He hosts the wildly popular TV show Holmes on Homes, he's ...


 
 

Of the 65,000 requests he had last year, Mike Holmes says he managed to help 13 families, including one in Canmore, above. It is one reason he plans to shift from renovating to fix others' mistakes to building homes he plans to guarantee.

Well-built homes should be environmentally friendly

Mike Holmes has gone green. No, he doesn't have a new pair of overalls. The 44-year-old reno expert...


 

US actor Brad Pitt is pictured before pink stand-in structures (BACKGROUND) where 150 ecologically sustainable homes are to be built 03 December 2007 in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana. Pitt is spending USD12 million with his 'Make It Right Project' to build the homes where levees broke and floodwater pushed houses from their foundations during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

Pitt to build eco-homes in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS - Actor Brad Pitt said yesterday he wants to build 150 environmentally friendly homes for...


 
 

Mike Holmes talks about his home reno TV show Holmes on Holmes during TLC's 2008 summer television critics' press tour at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Hurricane Holmes

Hurricane Holmes tore through the immaculately manicured lawns of Beverly Hills the other day, and ...


 

Mike Holmes.

Mistakes to avoid

Don't jump. "Sit back and think about what you're doing," says Mike Holmes. "People don't realize that...


 
 

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Holmes in New Orleans

HGTV: Holmes in New Orleans

HGTV: Holmes in New Orleans


 

Mike Holmes

HGTV: Holmes in New Orleans - Mike's blog

HGTV: Holmes in New Orleans - Mike's blog


 
 

Solar panels

HGTV: Holmes in New Orleans eco features

HGTV: Holmes in New Orleans eco features


 

The Holmes Foundation

The Holmes Foundation

The Holmes Foundation


 
 
 
 

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