water faucets: Salem Oregon Style home winterization - 01/12/11 12:29 PM
Many posts have been written about how you should prepare your home for the winter months. Here in the willamette valley our

winters are not all that extreme. It does stay wet, however we don't get much snow on the valley floor and our temperatures very rarely dip much below freezing.  These moderate temperatures do have their own set of maintenance issues:
1. Gutters: Gutters, gutters, gutters. Did I mention gutters? Seriously, gutters. The manner in which we receive rain requires properly functioning gutters. For around 8 months we stay wet. Not huge downpours, just steady and wet. Every drop of rain that … (4 comments)