Managing Homes with Confidence!
Homeowners assume after a few years, that they've learned how to care for houses. Home maintenance might be similar when you buy a home with similar characteristics, in the same part of the country but there are many differences between homes in California and New England -- different siding, …
Continue Reading about Water Damage: When Ignorance is Not Bliss
Wood trim is vulnerable to wood rot because it sticks out from your house. This means it's exposed to more wind, sunlight, rain and other elements than most of your home. If you don't inspect and paint any exposed wood consistently, then water is able to penetrate the wood and wood rot …
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Decks are supposed to be beautiful and they are when designed, installed and maintained properly. Many decks have problems when they were not designed or installed/extended properly, often after as an add-on after a home is built. When the customer called initially, he was looking for some …
When siding repairs are deferred as the house at left illustrates, the repair costs increase significantly. The home owner claimed they didn't realize the damage was there until finishing a basement bedroom for their daughter ... and there was a hole the size of a fist, open to the outdoors? The …
Wood windows need a lot of care and you probably don't realize how many windows your home has. My condo has 26 windows, fewer than my Victorian which was quite a bit larger, so you probably have more than you realize. If you calculate even 20 minutes of maintenance per wood window each year, that …
Continue Reading about Wood Rot Series: Windows & Other Wood Trim
Water damage can continue for many years before a customer realizes there's a problem. Many of the jobs my handyman company handles start out repairing a "small" water problem, and it quickly turns into a much bigger job. Siding replacement may be one the top of the remodeling projects (highest …
Continue Reading about Wood Rot Series: How Dry Is Your Home?
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