Springtime Home Maintenance

• Clean your gutters and make certain your gutter extensions are clean and allowing water be turned away from your house
• Investigate each window and simply caulk and / or seal any cracks; windows for stone or brick homes commonly have small spaces across the intersection with the window allowing water along with pesky insects to get inside. Synthetic stucco homes usually are susceptible to water intrusion around windows; be sure all the interruptions and / or crevices are properly water tight. This is an excellent time to look at your windows for moisture inside the glass and fully clean all of your windows
• Inspect all of your exterior entrance doors including the garage area service entrance to ensure that they are shutting and latching completely; you should search for damaged weather seals and / or any wood damage, mostly on the patio door trim at the lower part and make any needed repairs
• Cut shrubs and plants back away from the home, particularly around the HVAC unit
• Trim overhanging tree limbs away from your residence especially when there're in contact with your house or roof; trees and shrubs will cause significant problems and permit pesky insects a new way directly onto the home. Don't forget Safety First
• Clear any trash off your roof top or all-around the chimney, and then be on the lookout for nail pops as well as any type of missing or loose roof shingles
• For those who are adding any kind of mulch; be certain it's not coming in contact with your exterior siding and wood or composition type trim, this will create a large amount of issues which includes wood rot and termites
• Test outdoor faucets or garden hose bibs; particularly frost-free faucets, if the barrel bursts water is going to flow in the wall any time the faucet may be turned on. An easy method to check without any tools; just turn your water on a bit, then attempt to hold the water back just using your hands then listen to see if you can hear water spraying in the walls and look to see if any water running out of the wall
• Make certain deck and porch hand rails are secured. Repair any loose or damaged deck boards, and drive any screws or nails which happen to have backed out.