Fall Home Maintenance Items That You Can’t Ignore
After years of working in the home repair business, I’ve whittled down the most common causes of expensive, yet preventable home repairs to a few basic maintenance categories. Just like the common wisdom of nutrition, sleep and exercise for our personal health, the following three items addressed in the fall will improve the long term health of your home.
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Gutter Cleaning Video
Gutters: Cincinnati, like most Midwest areas of the US, gets hit with frequent heavy rain showers from thunderstorms. Clogged, leaking, incorrectly sloped, or improperly routed gutters are responsible for a range of wood rot problems to water intrusion in lower levels and basements. Clean the gutters and have them inspected for proper flow and drainage. WATCH VIDEO: Gutter Cleaning is Critical for the Health of Your Cincinnati Area Home
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Battery Backup Sump Pump Video
Sump Pump: Most of us in the Cincinnati area have a basement. Unless the basement was built with a gravity-drain footer, you’re likely to need to pump ground water out now and again to ensure your lower level doesn’t turn into a swimming pool. Regular followers of my blog know that I’m a huge advocate of battery backup sump pumps. If your basement would be significantly affected by water damage (i.e. it is finished) and you don’t have a battery backup system installed… well, I’ll just say it… you’re foolish. The cost for these systems are often less than an insurance deductible and provide tremendous peace of mind. WATCH VIDEO: Prevent Basement Sump Water Flooding with a Battery Backup Sump Pump
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Door Frame Rot Repair Video
Caulking: Failure to prevent water intrusion into wood trim, doors, windows and other gaps in your home will eventually lead to wood rot and a variety of other water-related damage. One of the most overlooked areas to caulk is the door frame and threshold. Failure to do so leads to moisture penetration into door trim, sills, and framing, causing expensive door frame repairs. WATCH VIDEO: Door Frame Repair
Download a Home Maintenance Checklist
While the above items aren’t a comprehensive list of home maintenance items, if you are short on time and budget, at least address these three major items to improve tour chances of experiencing Home Repair Horror Story.
For a more complete overview of home maintenance items, down load my free checklist, Home Maintenance Checklist and Log .
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Bleeding the sediment out of the bottom of the water heater is another bad one to ignore. If the sediment corrodes the bottom of the tank and creates a crack the disaster of could be very bad.