Home Maintenan

ce

Do you have your own house? Do you have your own maid to clean your house? Home maintenance is somewhat related to home repair. In home maintenance, you need to make sure that your house has no problems. It is also to make sure the safety of your family. From the root word “Maintain” you need to maintain the status of your house like cleaning and repairing your house. Some of home maintenance works are very easy, but there are also that are time consuming and can only be done by a professional. Most home owners are very busy on their work that is why they hire a maid to clean their house and a Small Construction Company for the repairs. Repairing some problems in your house is not improving your house. It is just maintaining the value or good status of your house. If you are willing to do maintenance in your house and you lack of ideas, you should read some tips below.

Here are some things in your

House that you NEED to

Repair and Clean

This is the first part of the house that you need to check. Roof is one of the important parts of the house because it serves as shade from the sun and protection from rainfall. You need to check if there are problems on your roof like if there are broken or curling shingles. Check also if there are small holes that made by nails. It is to avoid water from rainfall coming inside your house. When going up on the roof, make sure your roof is dry. You also need to walk on nail lines in order to avoid stepping on soft part.

Roof

You should also check your fireplace. The first thing you need to do is check the damper if something is blocking it. Sometimes animals usually stay there because it is warm. Sometimes there are also fallen leave on the damper. If there is something that blocks the chimney, you should immediately call a professional. You should also clean the firebox, remove the ash, debris or dirt. Always remember to burn clean materials, it is not a good idea to burn materials like coal, rubber, garbage or plastic because the produce toxic fumes.

Fireplace

Make sure to clean the tiles on your bathroom, kitchen and other areas on your house. When dirt stays on your tiles it will definitely stick and will be hard to remove especially if your tiles are light colored like white. If your tiles are stained, use a wet mop and if you can’t remove the stain by mop use a brush. There are many ways to maintain the cleanliness of your tiles. Just don’t be lazy.

Tiles

If you have fire extinguisher, alarm system or fire sprinkler in your house, you need to check them too. Check the fire extinguisher if it is still working or not same also to fire sprinkler. It would be a big problem if your house burn and you don’t have tools to extinguish the fire. You also need to check your alarm system if it is working properly. You definitely don’t want robbers or intruders to enter your house and steal all your belongings when you are asleep. If you don’t know how to check them, you should let professionals to check your safety tools.

Safety tools

These are the most important parts of the house that you need to check. You should check your windows and doors if they are in good condition. If the bolts in your locks are getting loosen, tighten them up by using a screw driver. You should also check if the material you use in your door is still in good or bad condition. If your doors or windows are weak, intruders can easily break in by force. You should also clean the glass in your windows, dirt can possibly stick in the glass and it will be hard to remove. You can also put oil in the hinge of your doors in order to open and close it properly.

Windows and Doors

Also check if your faucets are working properly. If you open your faucets and the water flow is very slow, check if there are some leaks on your pipes. If there are problems in your water pipes, your water may definitely become dirty. You also need to check your sink especially if it is not working properly, there might be something blocking it. Usually, dirt from washing plates blocks the sink. If you don’t know how to clean your sink or repair your faucets, you need to call a plumbing company.

Faucets/Sink

To avoid house fire and power shortage, you need to check the electrical system in your house. Check your breaker switch if it is working properly. Check all the electrical outlets in your house if there are some that needed to be repaired. If the electrical system in your house has no problem, the next thing you need to check is the electrical appliances. Check the plugs of your appliances if there are some open wires. If your lights are not turning on or blinking, you need to check the fuse.

Electrical System

You need to clean gutters at least twice a year. If heavy rain falls and you notice that the water flow in the drainage is very slow, there must be a problem on your gutter. Go on the roof and remove the dirt on the gutter, you can easily remove dirt by just using your hands. If your gutter is rusty, you can use a sandpaper to remove the rust. If the gutter is totally eaten by rust, you need to replace it and buy a new one. If your gutter is rusty and it already created a hole or it is already leaking, rainfall or water can possibly enter inside your house.

Gutters

Home maintenance if very important, it can prevent the parts of your house from totally getting destroyed and also prevent accident. If you don’t know how to do maintenance on some other parts of your house, I recommend Macro Building Solutions because they provide a high quality service. They can also provide renovation and construction.

• Don’t use your hands on handling burning logs.• Don’t use vacuum on removing ashes, live coals may remain

on the ashes.• When checking your electrical system or repairing or other

electrical appliances, make sure to turn of the electrical supply.• Birds will possibly build their nest on the gutters; you need to

remove their nest too.• Also check the bolts on the hinge of your door if they are

getting loosen.

Additional Tips