Homeowner maintenance includes cleaning the leaves and debris from the roof’s valleys, gutters and downspouts. . . . → Read More: Maintaining Your Gutter System
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Homeowner maintenance includes cleaning the leaves and debris from the roof’s valleys, gutters and downspouts. . . . → Read More: Maintaining Your Gutter System The winters in Colorado Springs can be very dry and the humidity levels in your home so low that wood floors and wood furniture will shrink or contract. During My Home Inspections I come across many different types of humidifiers which are attached to the return air duct work at the furnace. Humidifiers should . . . → Read More: Central Humidifiers What is a Sump Pump? Sump pumps are self-activating electrical pumps that protect homes from moisture intrusion. They are usually installed in a corner of the basement or in a crawlspace. They are designed to to remove rising groundwater and surface runoff before it has a chance to seep into the home. Water can . . . → Read More: Sump Pump Maintenance I wrote this article because during my Home Inspections in the Colorado Springs and Denver areas, I get many questions about maintaining the different parts or aspects of a home. Your Home is such a large investment so to protect your investment I have assembled a list of items which should be maintained or . . . → Read More: Annual Home Maintenance
Colorado Springs has a variety of soils, the Briargate area has lots of sand while other areas have lots of clay. Sand allows rain water to peculate or drain easily while clay does not and some clays are expansive or swells when wet. In my Home Inspections it is not unusual to to . . . → Read More: Concrete Movement at your Driveway Here in Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region has been a beautiful and wet spring and summer. The grass is tall and green and the wildflowers tall and beautiful. I hate to say it, but fall is on the way and with the changing of the season. All the tall green grass and . . . → Read More: Your Defensible Space |
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