Category: Home Improvement

Your home checklist for spring

Many people think of Spring and their minds immediately go to cleaning. While spring cleaning should be a large portion of your spring home maintenance, maintaining other household areas such as the various systems, appliances, and structures is even more important. For example, during annual spring cleaning homeowners are likely to devote time to ensure their windows are spotless, but how many check their roofs for any damage from weather? If you want to be well prepared for spring, check out the following maintenance spring checklist to make sure you’re checking every area of your house. Windows Your windows will almost certainly require some maintenance after the winter weather. Cleaning the windows of your home is a common spring cleaning task that you can easily complete on your own. You only need a bucket, a clean microfiber cloth, white vinegar, water, and a squeegee. Dip the cloth into a solution containing white vinegar and water and scrub the glass to wipe the grime away. When the window is clean, the squeegee will help you remove any residue from cleaning so your windows are clear as day. When you’re cleaning your windows be sure to check for drafts that could affect

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Home improvement jobs for the pros

Not all home improvement projects are created equal. If you’re changing up the color of your walls you can go ahead and paint those without any serious issues. If you’re replacing carpeting with tile floors, that is another job you can do yourself if you’re really so inclined. But there are some jobs that no homeowner should attempt to do both for safety and legal reasons. Jobs for the Pros Say last year the mighty oak in your front yard was struck by lightning and it has since died, leaving you with Paul Bunyan’s tumbleweed in your front yard. Cutting that rotting hunk of arboreal coral down is not something that any homeowner can just decide to do themselves one day. The possibility for massive damage to not only your home, but your neighbor’s home, your cars, and any power lines nearby, necessitate the need of a professional. They will come and cut the tree down not in one fell swoop usually, but branch-by-branch first and then by cutting the trunk down a dozen feet at a time or so. Another project you cannot attempt yourself is the pumping of your septic tank. Why anyone would want to do this

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