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Thank you for visiting Home-Smart, a program of the Minnesota Building Industry Foundation. Please read these terms of use carefully before using this site. Your use of this site means that you agree to these terms of use. If you do not agree to these terms of use, do not use the site.

This site contains intellectual property owned by Home-Smart, the Minnesota Building Industry Foundation, and others. No material from Home-Smart may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, without the prior written permission of Home-Smart, except that you may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, noncommercial home use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of Home-Smart's copyright and other proprietary rights.

Content on the home-smart.org site is provided at the sole editorial discretion of the Minnesota Building Industry Foundation. Home-Smart does not accept paid advertising or content. If you have a content suggestion, please contact us.

This site is controlled and operated by the Minnesota Building Industry Foundation from its offices within the State of Minnesota, United States of America. Anyone who accesses this site from other locations does so on their own initiative and is responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

Disclaimer
This website offers suggestions for how you should properly maintain and operate your home. However, you should always refer to your builder warranty, maintenance and homeowner manual documents for the specific operation and maintenance requirements for your individual home and its equipment.

The materials in this site are provided "AS IS" and without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Home-Smart does not warrant that the functions contained in the materials will be uninterrupted or error-free or that defects will be corrected. Home-Smart also does not warrant that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components.

Links are provided for reference purposes only. Home-Smart has not evaluated the information provided on every site it links to, and their appearance here does not constitute an endorsement of any organization.

While Home-Smart strives for accuracy, it does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information or database on our service. Neither Home-Smart nor any of its information providers shall be liable in any way to you or the other parties for delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions in the material published on Home-Smart.

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