1. Property and Home Inspection
The best start to your line of fall home improvement projects this year is a thorough evaluation done by a qualified professional. This step will prove to be worth more than your money's value. By discovering damages early on, you will save yourself from grave surprises instead of them finding their way to you and your house from silently deteriorating. Weather-Tite Interior and Exteriors provides free damage inspections for all Charlotte homes and areas. 704-909-2800
2. Roofing
Being among the areas most exposed to damaging elements, natural and not, your roofing should be the first area to look into when considering fall home improvements. Especially storms on the way, patching whatever roofing problems would be crucial. Things to look for include:
· missing or damaged shingles,
· slits between flashes where the siding and roof joins with flues and vents,
· damp and moldy spots,
· and broken mortar surrounding the chimney especially at caps joints, and washes.
3. Clean and Tune Up
Simply cleaning your surroundings and tuning up important systems can take your efforts for fall home improvements a long, long way. The seemingly harmless accumulation of dead leaves and branches on your gutters can easily bleed you financially. If your gutters got clogged and standing water freezes, this could not only impair the existing gutter system but could also affect efficiency and condition of basement, foundation, walls, crawl spaces and even landscaping. Consider the installation of gutter guards that prevents debris from getting into your gutter system. Also make sure that your drain and gutter system efficiently draws water away from your house.
Other fall home improvements that fall under this category include:
- Sweeping chimneys
- Mowing and removing leaves and dead branches on your lawn to avoid snowmolds
- Checking and maintaining furnace
- Winterizing lawn by nitrogen fertilizing
- Avoid freezing by adding insulation to pipes
- Checking thermostats and considering a programmable one to replace your old thermostat
- Making sure that no pests can sneak into your home, or worse, have already made a home of house.
