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Home Maintenance Tip: Get an Air Conditioner Check-Up
Posted on May 02, 2014

Winter has slowly turned into spring and summer will be here soon. It’s time to service your air conditioner check-up before summer rolls in with those hot, humid days. You may wonder what a typical pre-season air conditioner check-up involves. A service technician will likely perform the following activities: Check for proper refrigerant levels. Clean

How Trees Can Harm the Foundation of Your House
Posted on April 25, 2014

Landscaping that includes trees and shrubs can certainly add to the beauty of a home. But, builders don’t usually put much thought into the type or the location of trees or shrubs they plant around a house. Typically, trees and shrubs are planted too close to the house. When the house is new, the plants

Home Maintenance Tip: Breathe Easier and Protect Your HVAC Equipment
Posted on April 18, 2014

Changing the HVAC filter for your heating and air conditioning system is a chore that is easy to forget. Yet, it is one of the most important ways to maintain the health of your family and the health of your expensive equipment. Clogged filters don’t allow adequate air to circulate through your heating and air conditioning

Home Maintenance Tip: Too Much Mulch Can Harm Your Foundation
Posted on April 03, 2014

  Mulch is a great way to keep moisture in the soil, moderate soil temperatures and keep weeds from getting out of control. Mulch can also prevent erosion of the topsoil allowing rainwater to enter the surrounding soil. But problems can occur when too much mulch is used. It’s not helpful for your plants and

Home Maintenance Tip: Test your Smoke Detectors and Replace Every 10 Years
Posted on March 25, 2014

Did you know that on average  seven people die in the United States each day and 12,890 people are injured each year from house fires according to the National Fire Protection Association?  It’s why homes are required to have smoke detectors.  Smoke detectors may be battery-powered or can be hardwired into the electrical wiring of

Home Maintenance Tip: Prune Shrubs and Trees to Protect Your House
Posted on March 14, 2014

Besides presenting a neat, pleasing and welcoming look for your house, there are plenty of reasons to Prune shrubs and trees that are adjacent to your house. Overgrown trees and shrubs can damage your house.  1.  Even though building materials such as siding, brick and trim, are expected to get wet from rain and from

Home Maintenance Tip: Clean Your Gutters to Protect Your Foundation
Posted on February 22, 2014

You may be wondering what your gutters have to do with your foundation. Gutter function to direct rain water from the roof to downspouts that discharge the water away from the house foundation. When gutters are full of leaves and other debris, rain water from the roof can’t enter the gutters. Instead, rain water running

Foundation Issues Found When Renovating a House
Posted on January 28, 2014

When you are renovating a house, the foundation might be at the bottom of your list. A foundation that needs repair can lead to cracked walls, uneven doors, and problems throughout the interior of the entire house. By just patching over foundation problems now and not addressing the underlying problems, you may end up spending

Foundation Problems with a New Construction House
Posted on January 21, 2014

A new construction house can be an exciting time when move-in day arrives.  It’s clean and new and you are proud to call it your home.  After a while a few cracks become noticeable; a stair-step crack that breaks a brick, block or solid concrete, horizontal cracks, wide cracks (the thickness of your fingernail or

Protect your foundation by waterproofing
Posted on January 09, 2014

Incursion by surface water is one of the most costly repairs a homeowner can face, and the vast majority of time an insurance company will deny this type of damage. In the current fluctuating climate and with the threat of flooding, heavy rains, and sinkholes in the news on a daily basis, there has never