Home Maintenance Advice

Colorful garden flowers are beautiful and enhance the enjoyment of your home. Make sure to trim away wilted or dead flowers that make the garden look unkempt. If everyone keeps their garden in tip top shape, entire neighborhoods can become places that delight the eye.

Proper garden maintenance requires the removal of trash and dry branches from the shrubs around your house. This is one of the simplest and least expensive things one can do to manage a yard’s appearance.

Need help finding good tradesmen? The Franklin Report is the ultimate guide to home maintenance and renovation. The evaluations and reports on service providers in the Franklin Report are based on information from the providers themselves, publicly available information, and in depth customer reviews. Each service category opens with a…

The space behind an air conditioner is a neglected area where leaves and debris can build up. It is important to keep this area clean for several reasons. Ask your gardner to blow this area clean as part of his weekly property maintenance tasks. Keep the area behind your air…

Don’t let trees touch the roof. When trees come into contact with your roof, it’s detrimental to the structural integrity of your home. Here are some reasons why it’s bad for trees to touch your roof: Roof Damage: The branches and tree limbs can scrape against your roof, damaging roofing…

Hydrostatic pressure describes the pressure caused by standing water pushing against an object or surface that blocks it. In the picture here, water that has no where else to go is held in the dirt behind this wall. The water has to get out somehow, and in this case it…

Make sure your crawlspace vents are properly sealed. Vent covers often get damaged by plumbers, electricians and the cable TV/telephone line installers while working at your house. Damaged foundation covers allow pests, such as rats, direct access into your substructure. Maintaining vent covers helps keep your house pest free.

Weather vanes show wind direction and are typically located at the highest point of a vintage home. Although functional, weather vanes are considered a decorative architectural feature. Installed on many homes built between 1900 and 1960, they are part of our architectural heritage and can be maintained with WD-40 and…

Keep shrubs and grass properly manicured and don’t allow them grow over the sidewalk. Shrubs and grass need to be cut off at the property line. When everyone’s home is properly maintained, your house looks better and the whole neighborhood benefits.

Maximize your house painting dollars by using high quality paints and beautiful colors. Do research and select a good paint company and use their premium line of products. A skillfully applied paint job will look good and last a long time. Pictured here is Backdrop Paint’s curated palette of trending…