Home Maintenance Advice
All Los Angeles Painting Company, Inc.
A well maintained house can make you the envy of your neighborhood and give you a tremendous sense of pride. There are hundreds of ongoing tasks involved in the proper upkeep of a house and yard. Learn about them here.
Sherwin Williams Cashmere Paint
Sherwin Williams Cashmere is a mid/upper level quality interior paint. It’s priced competitively and considered a good value. It is low odor and is a good option for painting occupied residences.
Managing Landscape
Overgrown shrubs and bushes make a house look unkempt and diminish its curb appeal. Keep landscaping trimmed to proper proportional size to enhance a home’s beauty. A properly maintained yard is a crucial part of a beautiful house.
Termite Droppings
A telltale sign of termite infestation is their droppings. Termites make small exit holes in wood to expel their feces. The droppings appear like light to dark brown grains of sand. Newer droppings are often lighter in color. They can be found on, around, or under interior and exterior wood items of a home.
Termite Damage
This picture shows termite damage that was hiding inside a painted wood beam that looked completely normal. The only clue termites were there was some tiny holes in the beam. With a small amount of scraping, this damage was revealed. A yearly inspection, by an experienced home maintenance provider, can spot early termite activity so…
Oils and Polishes
Howard Products has a variety of antique restoration, fine furniture, metal and appliance care products to keep your household items looking fresh. These oils and polishes are excellent for dusting, cleaning, and conditioning surfaces such as kitchen cabinets, tables, chairs, desks, metal, hardware, door knobs, hinges, appliances, paneling, antiques and more.
WD-40
WD-40 is great to have around the house. It has thousands of uses as a penetrating oil, lubricant, cleaner, degreaser and solution to protect against or remove rust.
Painter’s Pal Tool
This is a Painter’s Pal. It is a wonderful tool for sealing, priming, and painting the bottoms of doors or wood trim that is close to the ground without having to remove the doors or trim. It has a flexible metal handle that can be shaped or bent to apply paint to hard to reach…
Parkway Maintenance
The parkway is the area between the sidewalk and street. It is the homeowner’s responsibility to maintain this area. Keep your parkway grass, watered, cut and clean. Ignoring your parkway makes your house look run down and is an insult to your neighbors.
Rafter Tail Maintenance
These rafter tails were ignored for years and needed extensive repairs. Saving money by not maintaining your home ends up costing money. Keep your house in top shape by performing yearly maintenance. It is an economical way to avoid costly repairs.
Maintaining Picket Fences
Homeowners should allocate a set sum of money each year for home maintenance and use it. There are many reasons to keep a property looking good. A property includes not just the house itself but site walls, garden walls, trellis and garage structures. This home has a dilapidated front yard picket fence. Run down properties…