Spring Home Maintenance Checklist

Spring Home Maintenance Checklist

Spring cleaning is a household tradition for many American homeowners. If you’re planning on welcoming the spring by cleaning up your home and doing some rearrangements, it’s also a great time to dive a little deeper with home maintenance and ensure your home is ready for the summer months. While many homeowners are concerned with the cleanliness of their homes’ interiors, it is very important to pay attention to the outside of your home. The following checklist includes a few basic spring maintenance tasks for the exterior of your home that should be on all homeowner checklists.

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Is All Siding Created Equal?

Is All Siding Created Equal?

When your house’s siding starts to warp, crack, and rot, it’s time to replace it with new material. Choosing which kind of siding can be a little complicated, because there are several types of siding, and they each offer benefits and disadvantages.

The type of siding you choose depends on your budget, aesthetic, and the effort you’re willing to put into maintenance. Popular choices include stucco, vinyl, fiber cement, and wood.

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What is the Best Material to Use for Gutters?

What is the Best Material to Use for Gutters?

Gutters on a home are a small but mighty feature that don’t always get the attention they deserve. After all, their job is to sit there and channel water away from your home daily with little fanfare. But when they aren’t functioning correctly, they can cause big problems. This includes everything from water damage to your home’s foundation to creating an ice dam in the winter. The good news is that when assessing your roofing needs, there are many different materials you can use for gutters, and each one comes with its own set of benefits.

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Maintaining Brick and Stone Exteriors

Maintaining Brick and Stone Exteriors

Brick and stone are incredibly durable building materials. Part of the reason homeowners love installing masonry as siding is because it is relatively low-maintenance and long-lasting. Durable does not equal indestructible, however, and if you want to keep your home’s exterior for good, it’s important to follow these tips to protect your investment for years to come.

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Can I Replace My Roof In The Winter?

Can I Replace My Roof In The Winter?

While summers are often full of cabin time, sunshine-filled activities, and fun in the water, the winters are usually less hospitable. Though many of us have adapted to the harsh climate, winter can still be significantly challenging both physically and emotionally.

Your home undergoes a lot of stress during the winter as well. With more people forced indoors, your house sees a lot more action in the wintertime than it likely does in the summer. No matter the season or the level of activity, it’s important to make sure that you take care of your home.

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Should Gutter Downspouts Touch the Ground?

Should Gutter Downspouts Touch the Ground?

There are many details going into the Rain Gutter Installation process. One of them is figuring out the best placement for gutters and downspouts to guarantee your end goal: redirecting rainwater to a safe area, away from your property and its foundations. Your gutter’s performance will be affected by the location and conditions of your downspout, which is why downspouts are seen as an extension of the gutter itself.

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Insulated Vinyl Siding: Is It Worth It?

Insulated Vinyl Siding: Is It Worth It?

An insulated vinyl siding contains a laminated vinyl panel using foam core backing, giving a straight-looking siding panel. This make of vinyl is good as it takes care of all factors of the environment like; hail, ice, and baseballs. It has some insulation that is bonded to vinyl at the lower part, known as expanded polystyrene. With all these efforts, it has insulation that increases its capacity to retain heat as well as reducing noise in a proper range.

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Freezing Rain: How to Protect Your Roof

Freezing Rain: How to Protect Your Roof

From shoveling snow to dealing with icy roads and bad weather, winter can be a challenging time of the year. One of the most problematic weather conditions that can occur is freezing rain. This can cause danger to people and to their homes as well.

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Winter Gutter Maintenance

Winter Gutter Maintenance

One of your home’s most important structures is the gutter system that carries water and melted snow off your roof and away from your home’s foundation. This winter, one of the best steps you can take toward preventing serious water damage around your property is taking the time to ensure your gutters are ready to handle the cold season’s challenges.

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