Tips to Keeping Your Home Safe Against the Rain – Infographic

If you happen to be in the areas of the US that are experiencing heavy rains, you might be in a position to walk your home. By walking your around the permiter of your home, you can check for damage. Constant rain can cause damage to a home due to its consistency. Rain can hurt walls, roofs, grading and more around the home. All of these issues can lead to bigger, more expensive issues.

There are some steps you can take to avoid any further damage to your home due to rain and storms. Walking around your property to check the grading of your home will be helpful in making sure water is not running into your home. Water needs to run away from your home. Checking your roof for leaks will protect your walls, ceilings and floors. Cleaning Read More

4 Fall Home Maintenance Tips that can Prevent Fires

fire-preventionA home fire occurs every 86 seconds in the US and in 2014, there was an increase in home fires resulting in $11.6 billion in property damage. Here are some fall home maintenance tips that can help you prevent any risk of fire in your home and protect your family. Read More

Home Maintenance Tip: Chop Wood for Wood Burning Fireplaces

HomeZada Chop Wood for Wood Burning FireplacesWith the weather still nice and a great way to continue with the summer workouts, chopping wood for the winter can be that very task. First, you will need a supply of wood for your wood burning stove or fireplace to start this process. Fall weather is a great time and provides a great opportunity to secure your word and getting the chopping completed before winter and the need for the solution. Some of you are lucky enough to have wood already delivered and chopped, but for those of you who are not, it’s time to get busy. Try to create a relatively dry place to store the wood that is also relatively accessible to the home during the winter. A dry area like under a covered deck or porch near a door is a great location for wood storage.  Read More

Drain Cleaning: What Every Homeowner Should Know

Drain CleaningGuest Blogger: Joel Cordle

If you leave a clogged drain for too long you could be opening a door to a whole host of problems that will end up causing you more harm than good. Having a clogged drain should be dealt with as soon as possible to avoid further costs and issues from arising in your home, and we have some insightful drain cleaning information here on everything from how to unclog a drain, a toilet and whether you really need professional help to get the job done. Read More

The Importance of Home Maintenance

couple working on a wall outsideLet’s face it, doing the little home maintenance tasks around the home are not on top of most people’s fun things to do on the weekend.  But with your home being your largest asset, it is important for a number of reasons to stay up to date on these tasks. Read More