This month, almost 40 years ago, "Days of Our Lives" premiered on TV, and like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our carpets. After a few years of heavy traffic, bad weather, kids and dogs, they begin to show wear and dirt. You get them professionally cleaned from time to time, which is fine. Yet you still notice edges becoming darker and darker. They simply don't get clean when the carpet guy comes. The problem is dirt that gets into your carpets from below, through tiny cracks and open seams under your carpets where walls meet floors and on stairs. Over the years air passing through leaves dirt on your carpet. Seal all open cracks and seams with a good bead of caulk before new carpet is installed to keep it looking great for all the "days of its life." And that's the On The House tip for today.