While this may be true for those of us blessed with more tolerant immune systems, medical professionals often advise people with severe allergies to remove wall-to-wall carpeting.

Carpet: If allergies are severe, consider removing carpeting and using hardwood floors.

Instead, she said, it might sometimes be better to remove worn carpeting completely, assuming there are hardwood floors underneath, and settling for some cheerful scatter rugs instead.

Others may mean changes to your home and furnishings-such as removing carpeting or adding an air-conditioning system-that can be costly or difficult to do.

Remove rugs and wall-to-wall carpeting.

A New Beginning At Mr. Myerson's new firm, workmen have begun removing the Naugahyde furniture and moth-eaten carpeting bequeathed by the prior tenant.

To pinpoint the location of a noise, first remove carpeting or other covering, and then step slowly onto each tread.

But these should not prove onerous, said Mrs. Alpi, being most often limited to removing clutter, getting rid of pet odors, cleaning or removing soiled or worn carpeting and painting a shabby room.