7 Tips for Winter Home Maintenance
Here are 7 tips we found for winter home maintenance. Winter is tough and its especially difficult on your home. However, there are things you can do to protect your home. You can prepare it for winter to avoid costly problems. Follow these 7 tips to maintain the exterior of your home this winter.
Before the winter gets here, doing these things for the outside of your home will help you smoothly sail right into fall without any problems.
1. Maintain Those Gutters
You want to make sure the gutters on your home are clear of debris. It gets especially bad after all the leaves fall from the trees. Make sure you wait until most of the leaves have fallen off. before the gutter cleanup. If you don’t clear your gutters, then you’ll likely end up with standing water around the home and damages to the soffit and fascia. Gutters can loosen and pull away from the home. This wreaks havoc on everything, even right down to the foundation of the house. So don’t let this minor inexpensive task slip through the cracks.
Gutter guards might be a good investment so you can avoid the ladder.
2. Trim Your Trees and Branches Back
Anything that is too close to power lines you want to trim back, especially if it’s a dead branch. You don’t need trees falling on your electrical cables during the winter and leaving you without power.
3. Make Your Walkway Safe
When winter gets here it’s going to be hard enough to navigate slippery sidewalks without having to worry about the wobbly loose handrail falling off or stepping in a large crack or hole. If you mend these problems now, then you will save yourself damage or injury.
4. Inspect Your Roof
Make sure there are no worn, cracked areas or missing shingles. If you’re in an area that gets a lot of snow, the last thing you want is a roof collapse. Making sure your roof is free of major damage will help to prevent that from happening. Look for loose shingles, gaps in the flashing (where the roof and siding meet), and damaged mortar around the chimney. Call a professional and get any problems repaired ASAP.
5. Inspect the Walls
Look for cracks or loose or crumbling brick or stone mortar. Check the windowsills for cracks and rotted wood. These will only get worse if left untreated, so get it looked at as soon as possible.
6. Paint or Wash the Siding on Your House
Depending on what’s on your house, repainting is a great way to protect the wood on your home. If you have siding on your house, then getting all of the stains and debris off the home will not only make it look beautiful, but it is also good for the siding to be cleaned every so often.
7. Don’t Forget the Lawn
Making sure the final cut is done and that you have added plenty of seed to prevent the grass from getting unhealthy will give you the nicest, greenest, thickest lawn in the neighborhood.
It is so important to do all of these things to your home before the start of winter. If you don’t, then not only are you looking at potential high-cost repairs in the future. So, make sure your home is ready for another harsh winter by using these 7 tips.
