Posts Tagged: Fall Maintenance

How Gutter Guards Protect your Home

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The gutter system installed on your home plays a vital role in protecting the structural integrity and value of your house. Problems will occur when your gutter system clogs with twigs, pine needles, and leaves. Gutter guards are designed to protect your gutter from filling with annoying debris. It is also much safer to install… Read more »

Don’t Just Rake; Go Green and Compost Leaves this Fall

Rake Leaves. Compos Leaves. Fall Maintenance

  Every fall we spend hours raking our yards.  That’s because leaving the leaves can be damaging to the grass.  It also makes the yard look messy.  Growing up, we raked the leaves and stuffed them into big black plastic bags to set out with the garbage.  Now that we understand the importance of recycling,… Read more »

Winterize your Deck. Preparing your Deck for Winter

Winterize Deck. Prepare Deck for Winter this Fall. Protect Deck from Winter

The fall is a season for celebration of the harvest, but also a time to prepare.  The latest home improvement trends lean toward a focus on outdoor living. With our outdoor living spaces so near and dear to our hearts, we have to care for them throughout the seasons.  Even though patios and decks are… Read more »

Best Practices for Cleaning the Gutters

Cleaning Gutters

The falling leaves remind us that it’s time to clean the gutters.  Cleaning gutters is an annoying rite of passage for all home owners.  Your gutters reroute rain, creating a funnel that directs the water to the ground and away from the home’s foundation.  Without them, the rain trickles down the roof and runs down the… Read more »

5 Fall Maintenance Tips  

Home Maintenance

  With the change of season comes the itch to rejuvenate our households.  Spring and fall are even more motivating times of year because they represent a transition into extreme heat and extreme cold respectively.  They are innovating seasons in which we prepare for the next.  With the fall rapidly approaching, we wanted to share… Read more »