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PROFITABLE HOME MAINTENANCE TIPS
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Home maintenance is a green exercise, but additionally can also preserve the capital value of your property.The essential elements of home maintenance should be followed routinely. Proper home maintenance, not only saves you money, but helps the environment. The waste produced from your neglected house, is filling up the landfills when this could be prevented, by following simple home maintenance procedures.Prevention of damage is far cheaper then repairing damage.Here is a basic list: 1. Here's something that's simple and easy to do, but most homeowners try to avoid. Fix anything that is damaged or broken, non functioning. 2. Turn your air conditioner and heating system on, and make sure that it is working properly. This would require listening for any strange noises and to check the return air filter to see if it's dirty, clean or replace the air filters on a monthly or bimonthly basis, depending on usage. 3. If your home has an attic or crawlspace, grab a flashligh
t, poke your head inside the access hole and give these areas a quick visual inspection. This should be done every six months or at the minimum, annually. 4. Check your washers for any corrosion around the water pipes and the condition of the hoses as they have a habit of exploding at the most inconvenient time, and is a very common occurrence and can be the cause of thousands of dollars of damage.5. Check dryer vents. Make sure the dryer vents are clear and not blocked with lint. To check this, simply turned the dryer on, placing your hand over the dryer vent which will be located on the outside of your house to make sure that air is coming out. If there isn't any air coming out, you will need to clean out the dryer duct venting pipes. Similarly check your range hood ducting. Do the filters need cleaning, is there a good airflow throughout the ducting. 6. Make sure your lawn sprinklers are working properly. Simply turn the sprinkler system on and make sure that ever
y sprinkler is watering in the right direction and working properly. If your sprinklers are spraying excess water onto your home, driveway or sidewalk, you should consider changing the sprinkler heads or lowering the water pressure on each individual sprinkler.For winter time in cold climates you may need to blow out the water to save pipe bursting from freezing stagnant water left in the pipes.7. Clean and inspect your kitchen appliances. This should be done on a monthly basis. Keeping kitchen appliances clean and properly maintained isn't only good home maintenance, its good hygiene and keeps the cockroach/rodent population down. 8. Make sure all electrical outlets and switches are operating properly on an annual basis. Look for any discolouring around the electrical switches or outlets. This could be the sign of electrical damage and should be repaired as soon as possible, to prevent possibility of shorts, which could have disastrous results. 9. Inspect the exterior of
your home. You will be looking for any water, termite or mould damage. If you have timber fascias checked the corners to see if they are opening up. Check for any signs of water penetration and deal with these pronto as this can be a costly repair if left unattended. 10. Your roof should be checked, on an annual basis at the minimum. You will be looking for any loose, damaged or broken tiles, to prevent roof leaks from damaging your home's interior. Metal roofs check the flashing are in good shape and not showing signs of rust. Any lead flashing need to be inspected for signs of deterioration.. 11. Make sure that your doors and windows open and close easily and with little effort. Sometimes a little bit of graphite or grease can prolong the life of your windows and doors. If these elements of our would and are of a paint finish, you need to keep right on top of any paint peels or blistering otherwise a much bigger bill will be waiting to you. 12. Get a yearl
y inspection done of your home, even by a professional builder and work out your maintenance program over the next months or years to suit your budget and set asides meshing in with job urgency. This home inspection exercise, can save you money and the environment, so quit procrastinating and get on top of your investment. Being proactive is much more efficient than being retroactive when it comes to home maintenance.
PROFITABLE HOME MAINTENANCE TIPS
www.all-builders.com.au/Blog/profitable-home-maintenance-...
Home maintenance is a green exercise, but additionally can also preserve the capital value of your property.The essential elements of home maintenance should be followed routinely. Proper home maintenance, not only saves you money, but helps the environment. The waste produced from your neglected house, is filling up the landfills when this could be prevented, by following simple home maintenance procedures.Prevention of damage is far cheaper then repairing damage.Here is a basic list: 1. Here's something that's simple and easy to do, but most homeowners try to avoid. Fix anything that is damaged or broken, non functioning. 2. Turn your air conditioner and heating system on, and make sure that it is working properly. This would require listening for any strange noises and to check the return air filter to see if it's dirty, clean or replace the air filters on a monthly or bimonthly basis, depending on usage. 3. If your home has an attic or crawlspace, grab a flashligh
t, poke your head inside the access hole and give these areas a quick visual inspection. This should be done every six months or at the minimum, annually. 4. Check your washers for any corrosion around the water pipes and the condition of the hoses as they have a habit of exploding at the most inconvenient time, and is a very common occurrence and can be the cause of thousands of dollars of damage.5. Check dryer vents. Make sure the dryer vents are clear and not blocked with lint. To check this, simply turned the dryer on, placing your hand over the dryer vent which will be located on the outside of your house to make sure that air is coming out. If there isn't any air coming out, you will need to clean out the dryer duct venting pipes. Similarly check your range hood ducting. Do the filters need cleaning, is there a good airflow throughout the ducting. 6. Make sure your lawn sprinklers are working properly. Simply turn the sprinkler system on and make sure that ever
y sprinkler is watering in the right direction and working properly. If your sprinklers are spraying excess water onto your home, driveway or sidewalk, you should consider changing the sprinkler heads or lowering the water pressure on each individual sprinkler.For winter time in cold climates you may need to blow out the water to save pipe bursting from freezing stagnant water left in the pipes.7. Clean and inspect your kitchen appliances. This should be done on a monthly basis. Keeping kitchen appliances clean and properly maintained isn't only good home maintenance, its good hygiene and keeps the cockroach/rodent population down. 8. Make sure all electrical outlets and switches are operating properly on an annual basis. Look for any discolouring around the electrical switches or outlets. This could be the sign of electrical damage and should be repaired as soon as possible, to prevent possibility of shorts, which could have disastrous results. 9. Inspect the exterior of
your home. You will be looking for any water, termite or mould damage. If you have timber fascias checked the corners to see if they are opening up. Check for any signs of water penetration and deal with these pronto as this can be a costly repair if left unattended. 10. Your roof should be checked, on an annual basis at the minimum. You will be looking for any loose, damaged or broken tiles, to prevent roof leaks from damaging your home's interior. Metal roofs check the flashing are in good shape and not showing signs of rust. Any lead flashing need to be inspected for signs of deterioration.. 11. Make sure that your doors and windows open and close easily and with little effort. Sometimes a little bit of graphite or grease can prolong the life of your windows and doors. If these elements of our would and are of a paint finish, you need to keep right on top of any paint peels or blistering otherwise a much bigger bill will be waiting to you. 12. Get a yearl
y inspection done of your home, even by a professional builder and work out your maintenance program over the next months or years to suit your budget and set asides meshing in with job urgency. This home inspection exercise, can save you money and the environment, so quit procrastinating and get on top of your investment. Being proactive is much more efficient than being retroactive when it comes to home maintenance.