7 Tips to Winterize Your Home

photo by Lillian Nelson

“As Fall as surely arrived and is settling in, creating longer and darker days that lead you to increasing hibernation at home, you should really make sure that your house is safe and properly winterized for the cold season.”

November Home Maintenance Tips

November is the time to do the last of the home maintenance projects required to prepare your home for winter ~ things that should have been done in September & October. Beyond this, there are several other home maintenance projects that help protect your house from rain and fire. Good maintenance means both safety and [...]

October Home Maintenance Tips

Summer is probably still here, but Fall is luring around the corner. Now is the time to do any off-season home maintenance projects, and to truly prepare your home for winter. October Home Maintenance Projects After weeks of playing in the sun, you may wish to do some home maintenance on a cloudy afternoon. Here [...]

September Home Maintenance Tips

Summer is probably still here, but Fall is luring around the corner. Now is the time to do any off-season home maintenance projects, and to truly prepare your home for winter. September Home Maintenance Projects After weeks of playing in the sun, you may wish to do some home maintenance on a cloudy afternoon. Here [...]

August Home Maintenance Tips

Summer has to be the ideal time to prepare your home for winter. August Home Maintenance Projects After weeks of playing in the sun, you may wish to do some home maintenance on a cloudy afternoon. Here are some projects that are ideally undertaken in or around August: 1. To minimize water hammer, a banging [...]

July Home Maintenance Tips

We’re moving into summer, the ideal time to prepare your home for winter… July Home Maintenance Projects After weeks of playing in the yard, you may wish to do some home maintenance on that cloudy afternoon. Here are some projects that are ideally undertaken in or around July: 1. Check operation of attic fans and [...]

Easy Tips to Get Your Home Clean, Green, and Mildew Free

Simple tips for reducing mildew growth in your home by using a healthy and environmentally friendly approach. A clean home is a comfortable home, but there is nothing clean about mildew. Mildew growth is unsightly, can produce an unpleasant odor, and, if not addressed has the potential to pose health risks over time. Most desire [...]

June Home Maintenance Tips

Spring is the time of preparing for summer, repairing damage done in winter, and with a sense of renewal, give new sparks and sparkles to tools and equipment year-long in use. June Home Maintenance Projects These projects that are ideally undertaken in or around June: 1. Clean and inspect rain gutters for rusted or damaged [...]

May Home Maintenance Tips

Spring is the time of preparing for summer, repairing damage done in winter, and with a sense of renewal, give new sparks and sparkles to tools and equipment year-long in use. May Home Maintenance Projects These projects that are ideally undertaken in or around May: 1. Check furnace filter. Clean or replace if necessary. Do [...]

Women – Getting Down and Dirty!

Well done women! You did not sit and cry for a man’s help when the plumbing leaked! According to two recent surveys, you have successfully embraced the do-it-yourself market. Yes, more women than men are now shopping for builder’s supplies and more women than men are planning and tackling home improvement projects. Research published in [...]