Home Maintenance Advice

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…

Kitchen faucets have a lifespan of approximately 15 years. Check faucets regularly for mineral deposits and scale. Unsightly mineral deposits are a sign that your faucet needs to be replaced. Replace faucets properly by using a qualified plumber.

Providing your home with maximum long-term protection requires regularly scheduled maintenance. Maintenance includes inspection of painted areas, cleaning painted surfaces and either touching them up or repainting them completely. Performing regular home maintenance tasks is a wise and inexpensive way to prevent costly repairs in the future.

Standard paint store caulk is white; Loxon Polyurethane Sealant Colors come in a variety of colors. Colored sealant is handy when caulking surfaces of varying colors. Loxon sealants are for residential and commercial use on: Window frames, skylights, doors, fascia, siding cementitious board, masonry, stucco, concrete, vinyl and aluminum. Loxon…

People usually focus on floors, countertops and bathrooms when cleaning a house. They rarely notice that items above their head also need cleaning. Ceiling fans attract dust which collects on the blades. Deep cleaning a house properly includes cleaning ceiling fan blades. Clean blades can make a fan look like…

Paint that has lost its adhesion will peel off. To get the longest lasting paint job, all failing paint must be completely removed down to bare wood. The bare wood must be primed with an appropriate exterior latex primer before being painted with two coats of high quality water based…

Dry brown patches on your lawn is a sign that your grass is stressed. Grass typically dries out when it doesn’t get enough water. Check your lawn regularly for dry spots. A broken sprinkler valve or a malfunctioning auto-timer can deprive your lawn of much needed water. Make sure your…

The unsightly black and gray discoloration on these eaves is mildew. Most types of mildew can be removed from a painted surface by simple cleaning. Once the surface is clean, there is often no need to repaint, just a yearly mildew wash can keep eaves and other painted surfaces looking…