It’s always a good idea to prepare your home for each season before it actually starts. With summer coming to an end, it’s the perfect time to start prepping your home for the fall weather. This recent article from The Huffington Post shares 8 simple fall home maintenance tips for both the interior and exterior of your home!
Interior:
Home Safety
Before you close up your house and turn on the heat for the first time, you should make a point to check all of your safety devices to ensure that they work properly. Replace the batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors and make sure your fire extinguishers aren’t expired.
Schedule Furnace Maintenance
Once the cold season strikes, your HVAC service is likely to be busy on service calls. Instead, schedule a furnace check in late August to ensure that your furnace is functioning optimally. Late summer is the ideal time to catch small furnace problems before they cause large ― and expensive ― problems during a cold snap.
Exterior:
Check for Cracks
Look for cracks in your home’s foundation and seal them properly to prevent cold drafts from getting inside. Cracks in your foundation or near windows also function as an entryway for unwanted critters like mice.
Check Your Roof
It’s important to check your roof for problems before cold weather hits. Check for loose shingles and make any necessary repairs before the autumn storms arrive. Don’t forget to check your gutters while you’re on the roof. Although you’ll likely have to clean your gutters after the leaves have fallen, you can still remove any leaves, branches or nests in late summer to ensure optimum drainage.
Reinforce Doors and Windows
Before the cold weather hits, set aside a day to replace your door and window screens with storm windows. You can also add weather stripping to doors and windows to help keep cool air from seeping inside.
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