Home Repair Tips - Water
By Steve, Proud Ground's Home Maintenance Specialist
You can drastically reduce your maintenance costs, preserve your health, and increase your resale value by keeping water where it belongs.
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Water belongs in the bathtub but it does not belong in the wood under the bathroom floor. By spending ten minutes and a few dollars on caulking this area a couple times per year, you can save hundreds of dollars on a new bathroom floor. Learn how at http://tr.im/water1
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Water belongs in the shower, boiling pots, and outside but it does not belong on your walls. Keeping your exhaust fans operating properly and using them for a while after showering or cooking will greatly reduce the risk of mold forming in that area and throughout the house. Learn how at http://tr.im/water2
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Water belongs in your dryer and the outside vent but it does not belong in the area around your dryer. By keeping the dryer vent unclogged, un-kinked, and attached properly, you can push that moisture outside rather than keeping it in your home where it increases the presents of dust mites and mold. Learn how at http://tr.im/water3
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Water belongs in your gutters and downspouts but it does not belong under your home or spilling over as a result of clogged gutters. By keeping your gutters clear enough to allow the water to flow properly you can reduce the water that gets in the wood behind the gutters, under the roof, and other places that will rot if they get wet repeatedly. By keeping the downspout water flowing away from your foundation you will reduce the moisture under your home which will help keep your home healthy and reduces the potential for costly rotten wood under the house. Learn how at http://tr.im/water4
These are just a few of the simple maintenance tasks that Steve Whitson, our Home Maintenance Specialist, can show you how to complete. Steve has decades of experience maintaining housing and he is available to talk with you on the phone at 503-493-0293 x 14, by e-mail at steve@proudground.org, and he can visit you at your home for a confidential walk-through. Feel free to contact him or he may be calling you in the near future to offer tips, advice, instruction, and a free tube of caulking.
