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.
Original Wood Ceilings
Most mid-century homes often have attractive old growth cedar hiding under paint. Homeowners can enjoy the look of their original wood ceilings in mid-century homes by removing the paint or stripping the paint off their ceilings. All Los Angeles Painting Company, Inc. is a skilled paint removing company.
Milkweed Plants in the Garden
Make your garden a special place with butterfly attracting Milkweed plants. Milkweed is a perennial with elongated green leaves and orange, yellow and red flowers. It is the required host plant for monarch butterfly caterpillars. It reproduces easily with wind carried seeds that sprout everywhere. Milkweed plays a critical role in the monarch’s life cycle…
Remove Dead Hedge Leaves
Hedges can contain large amounts of dead leaf build-up and trash. This debris accumulates inside the hedge structure from natural leaf drops and from regular landscape hedge trimming. Have your gardener or maintenance staff keep hedges healthy and your home beautiful by removing dead leaves.
Poorly Sealed Garage Door Bottom
Rats often find easy access to a house through poorly sealed garage door bottoms. Check garage door bottoms to make sure they are tight to the ground. Adjust the garage door to properly fit the opening, or add a rubber gasket to block the opening.
Wrought Iron Gate Corrosion
Corrosion is the deterioration of unprotected metals by interaction with the environment. It appears first as unsightly brownish rust on iron or steel. If not properly primed, painted and maintained, rust will destroy metal surfaces. Check metal surfaces regularly for early signs of rust.
Crawl Space Cover Opening
This crawl space cover is open just enough at the bottom to let a rat in. And it did. A plumber working on the house a few months earlier bent the frame and didn’t properly replace the crawl space cover. That allowed just enough room for a rat to get under the house and then…
Appliance Touch-Up Tubes
Krylon’s appliance touch-up tubes are a quick and effective way to repair scratches and chips on appliances. The 2 in 1 applicator has a fine tip for precision and a brush for larger chips. Keep your appliances looking like new. Available in several colors.
Clean Roof
When trees overhang a roof, leaf and plant debris builds up on the roof surface. Regularly removing debris from the roof does the following: Prolongs the roof lifespan. Keeps the roof looking clean. Prevents bugs and other pests from living in the undisturbed plant debris.
Broken Porch Light
Broken porch lights are an easily overlooked item that make a house look run down. You see them everyday, but don’t notice that they are falling apart. Repair or replace them to keep your house looking sharp.