Husky Maintenance

Painting the interior of your home is no small task. It requires a lot of planning, preparation, work, money, and time, which are all valuable resources that we shouldn’t spend carelessly. And what’s more, the work can be time-consuming and tedious. Of course, the result is often worth the work, but still, painting can be a difficult experience. It’s no wonder that most people avoid painting their houses at all costs!

March means there is an onset of warmer weather right around the corner. The weather in Utah has been somewhat unpredictable, but we are hopeful that the slightly warmer weather we’ve had the last few days will lead to less cold days in the future. Once the temperature becomes a little more moderate, it’s the perfect time to get outside and get started on some annual spring maintenance. Not sure where to start?

Listen, we all want to save a little money. That’s a no brainer. Although weather is still cold, warmer weather is fast approaching, and spring will be here before we know it. With the coming onset of spring, comes spring cleaning, and with that, home maintenance projects. Ideally, homeowners should check their home and perform routine maintenance twice a year. At the beginning of spring before the heavy rain, and again at the start of fall. Making sure that you are on top of your home maintenance will save you money on costly repairs down the road.

During the coldest months of the year, your pipes at risk of freezing. The real risk of your pipes freezing is that the water trapped inside of them will expand, causing the pipes to burst. In fact, burst pipes are one of the most common causes of property damages during the winter and can cost upwards of $5,000 to fix.

  Your faucet is one of those household objects that you take its everyday functionality for granted. You forget to appreciate it until it’s incessantly dripping, leaking, or even spraying water across the room when you attempt to turn it on. It often feels like your faucet begins leaking with absolutely no prompting, as if one day it simply decided to stop functioning properly. This is rarely, if ever, the case. There are many actions and a lot of time leading up to your faucet actually beginning to leak and drip.

The general population has a love/hate relationship with wallpaper. Some people love it, and some people hate it, and there’s rarely an in between. For some people, moving into a home that already has wallpaper, can be a deal breaker. The idea of tackling the task of painstakingly removing the wallpaper, is daunting. The good news is, wallpaper isn’t permanent. The process to remove the wallpaper may be difficult, but not impossible.

No one wants to think about the possibility of needing a fire extinguisher in their home. Everyone always thinks that nothing bad could happen to them or in their home. Some people feel like preparing for a disaster is welcoming the disaster to happen, or admitting that it’s possible that they could experience a fire in their home. However, being prepared for bad situations just helps you minimize the damage in the event of having a fire or small disaster occur inside your home.

Winter can be an incredibly difficult time for your home. The harsh elements of a snowy winter can be quite destructive for anyone’s property (especially when it decides to snow here, in Utah). For this reason, it is important to be vigilant and keep an eye out for winter-caused destruction around your home. Many winter-related damages are the type of things that only get worse, the longer you wait to deal with them. Here are some common winter home damages to look out for...