Home Maintenance Advice

When painting the exterior of your house, use top quality exterior paints. These paints adhere better, are more flexible, and last longer than ordinary paints. On an amortized basis, expensive paints cost less than cheap paints. All paint manufacturers have top of the line products. Pictured here is Emerald, Sherwin…

Check your house regularly for leaky faucets. Faucets are located in showers, bathtubs and sinks in bathrooms, and in sinks only in kitchens, laundry rooms, and wet bars. Leaky faucets send unused water down the drain and cost you money which is reflected in your water bill. Each leaky faucet…

Check your dryer vent regularly to prevent dangerous lint build-up. Pictured here is a before and after photo of a dirty and clean clean dryer vent. Keeping your dryer vent clean also reduces drying times and saves money on utility bills.

Pictured here are Penofin’s beautiful Penetrating Oil Finish colors. Penofin stain and sealer offers an easy to use, quality product to protect and enhance the beauty of exterior wood decks, siding, and fences.

Weeds growing from driveway cracks are visually unappealing. They make a house look improperly detailed. Check and remove weeds from your driveway cracks and joints every few months to keep your driveway looking sharp.

One of the first things your guests interact with when they visit your home is your doorbell. A doorbell is a small but important detail item on a house. A broken doorbell button makes your house look run down. Make sure to replace or repair broken doorbell buttons to keep…

Many homeowners forget to clean inside their microwave. Food and sauces often spatter inside the microwave and leave a mess that is difficult to clean. Prevent unsightly and hard to remove food build-up by regularly checking and wiping down microwave surfaces.

Roofs are where many mechanical items go in and out of a structure. A hole must be made in the roof sheeting for each of these items. It is at the transition between the roof and appurtenances that leaks happen. Openings cut into the roof need to be properly sealed….

Enhance the enjoyment of your front and backyard by planting colorful flowers and trees. Not only are the colorful plants beautiful, but they encourage bees, butterflies and birds to visit your garden.

One of the worst things you can do for your wood porch, railings, beams, posts, eaves and fascia is to allow vines grow on them. Pictured here is a massive vine growing on a house. Vines eventually rot out wood members and they encourage mildew growth; necessitating costly repairs involving…