Fall Check-Up for your home In And Around in Springfield, Mo

Fall Check-Up for your home In and Around in Springfield, Mo is key for any home-owner.   As a Home-Owner, a detailed check up of your home is like a visit to the doctor's office for a physical.  You can access everything and know what is OK and what is not.  You also want to take measures to fix things that need fixing before they get out of hand and then need to be replaced.  Here is a fall check list that may be useful for all home-owners in maintaining a healthy home.

1) Make sure your garage door opener is auto reversing (going back up if it senses an obstruction) and adjust it if need be. 

2) Clean out the window wells and gutters, it is just good housekeeping.

3) Check your window and door weather stripping for damage and tightness of fit, if you see light you need to make a quick repair.

4) Check and lubricate your window hardware, after a winter of being closed up, windows are sometimes hard to open.  

5) Drain outside water lines and hoses, it cost me $150 a few years ago, to make the repair to my outside faucet.  

6) Sweep debris from flat and low sloped roofs; be careful, it is cheaper to pay someone to do this instead of hurting yourself.

7) Evaluate the roof for future replacement.   Roof leaks definitely have destroyed more than one house.    

8) Check vents, louvers, chimney caps and housings for birds’ nests and other debris, otherwise you may be at risk for a fire.

9) Inspect plumbing system components that are easily accessible, mainly your flush valves, faucets, hose bibs, supply and drainage pipes, including those in the basement or crawl space.

10) Examine all joints in your ceramic tile and similar surfaces, if there are cracks you need to have an inspector look at bracing your flooring.   Sooner is cheaper than later.

11) Replace batteries in Smoke detectors and buy your supply for remotes and kid’s toys.

Need a Roofer, Plumber, Structural engineer, in Springfield, Mo and the surrounding area, contact me, I have a list of great referrals.  

It is definitely cheaper to do a Fall Check-Up for your Home In and Around in Springfield, Mo than to get hit with expenses that hit your pocketbook later in time.