Home Maintenance Advice

Check the leaves on your plants regularly for signs of vitamin deficiencies. Plants show what nutrients they are lacking based on their appearance. Yellow leaves and stunted growth are some of the ways plants tell us what they need. Keep your garden beautiful and healthy by properly maintaining your plants.

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…

A front door welcomes guests into your home, and sets the tone for what to expect when someone enters. Ideally, it should be both eye-catching and welcoming. Painting your front door a new color is an easy way to upgrade the look of your home. These Sherwin Williams greens are…

Choosing paint colors can be a chore. With so many shades and hues available, it’s difficult to imagine how they’ll look when applied to your home. That’s why painting large samples on your exterior is a good idea. Large color samples provide the following benefits: Accurate Color Assessment: Paint store…

Cracked and weathered pool deck joint sealant makes a pool look run down and it allows water to penetrate and damage the cement deck and coping. Keeping pool deck joints properly sealed saves costly hardscape repairs and keeps pool areas looking sharp. PIctured here is cracked deck joint material needing…