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Roof Rain Gutter Downspout Maintenance & Cleaning Tips
The amount of the roof rain gutter downspout maintenance depends mostly on the rain gutter maintenance and the downspout bottom end / its extension condition.
There's not much to worry about if you're living in a tree-free neighborhood,…
How to Clean Gutters and Other Gutter Cleaning Tips
Rain gutter maintenance is one of the most important house maintenance tasks to perform on the exterior of your property. Neglecting gutter maintenance might result in damage and costly repairs of the soffit, fascia, house wall (exterior…
House Roof Asphalt Shingles Maintenance Tips
House roof asphalt shingles maintenance process can be divided into three steps and performed twice a year – fall, and spring (unless you notice something alarming in between the roof maintenance checkups). This will give you a more…
Garage Door Sensors & Overhead Door Opener Sensor Troubleshooting
Garage door sensors, also called photoelectric sensors, are designed to protect people and their belongings (not just cars) by constantly checking for an obstruction in the path of an automatically closing overhead door. As soon as…
Why Plumbing Vent Flashing Does Not Work with Roofing Cement
House plumbing vent flashing is required around the pipe at its roof surface penetration. Without it, or if improperly installed, rain water or melting snow will seep around the vent and damage the roof decking material, sometimes making…
3 Useful Patio Sump Pump Tips & Tricks
House walkout basements opening to a patio (or just a patio located below the grade) sometimes require a dedicated drainage system. A combination of a drain tile and / or sump pump ensures that moisture intrusion will not threaten the…
Crawlspace Venting: How Many Foundation Vents, Requirements & Beyond
A quick answer would be yes for the crawlspace venting and not-venting. However, there are many supplemental conditions that would support each “yes” answer, and there are ways to make any condition favorable to either – the only thing in…
Importance of Attached Garage Firewalls & Garage To Room Entrance Safety
Garage fire wall / separation wall between the house and an attached garage is very often mistreated by the home owners.
I’m assuming that they are simply unaware of the fire safety requirements and how critical it might be to gain those…
Garage Door Opener Safety Manual Bottom Line
Garage Door Opener Safety Manual Bottom Line There is one extremely important reason for presenting you this garage door opener safety manual.
Because it is a mechanical device, and if improperly installed , combined with a 400 pounds…
Garage Door Springs Safety, Avoiding Serious Injury
Garage Door Springs Safety Usually, the largest mechanical thing around your house is the overhead garage door – the one you’re driving your car through, sometimes without even opening it – I know that you do.
The…
