How to Prepare your Home for the Winter!
Your home takes the greatest toll from the Canadian winters. It is imperative to perform winter maintenance before the snow falls. This will prevent potentially costly repairs down the road.Here are some tips to maintain your home and avoid costly problems- Clean out eaves troughs and spouts and make sure that water will flow where it is intended to- away from the home’s foundation.- Service heating systems and check chimneys and combustion vents for debris.
- Remove dust from around baseboard heaters. Also vacuum forced-air vents to get rid of all dust and debris
- Make sure all windows and doors seal tightly
- store BBQ and patio furniture, wrap up vulnerable shrubs and bushes