It is important to prepare your home before a Northern Arizona winter season. It can be a bit confusing and overwhelming to begin the process when there are a million different things that you need to check on and look over. Luckily, if you break the process apart and tackle it piece by piece, protecting your home before the winter storms hit won’t be too difficult. You’ll then get the peace of mind that comes with a secured house. Not only will this winterization help stop the winter chills, but it can also improve the longevity of your home. You can stop by HomCo Lumber and Hardware to pick up anything you may need for protection or repairs, and you can also shop online and pick it up in store.
How to Prepare The Interior of Your Home:
It is important to get your house warm and winter ready, but there are a few specific things you can do to help make that a reality. The most important thing to do is, of course, make sure the furnace is working properly. Turn your furnace on and make sure that the house is being heated properly. If it is, you don’t have to worry, but if it isn’t you should get it serviced by a licensed technician before the weather becomes too chilly. It is also good to change the filters in your furnace before you begin using it every day. Alongside this, make sure your smoke detectors and CO detectors are also working so that you can prevent any CO poisoning from going undiagnosed. If your primary heat source is a fireplace or stove, make sure that it is also working properly, and stock up on wood before any major snowstorms hit. We have certified technicians here at HomCo who can service your fireplaces and stoves, so do not hesitate to contact us and schedule an appointment.
Other good things to do to prepare your home for winter include covering up your outside air conditioning unit, if you have one, and cleaning out that system. You can also seal furnace ducts in the attic if any of them are leaking. This should help you save on heating costs. You can also reverse your ceiling fans to help push warm air around, and can also help save you a bit of money. Lastly, it is good to have clear access to your water shut-off valve in case of an emergency. You can winterize your pipes by covering them to help prevent breakage, but it is better to be safe than sorry.
How to Prepare The Exterior of Your Home:
Getting the outside of the house winter ready is just as important as servicing your furnace and replacing your filters. If your house isn’t properly sealed or cleaned, you will have a lot of costly issues that will make winter a lot more stressful than it needs to be, so it’s best to prepare rather than fix and replace.
The first thing you should do is protect against ice. Check the gutters and clean them out. Make sure that they’re draining away from the house. If they’re full, the weight of the ice and snow could cause them to crack and break, and if they drain water towards the foundation of your house, it could become cracked as well. Winterize your yard by draining your sprinklers and hoses, and detach the hose from your spigot and put it away for the season. It’s also good to cover your spigot as well, and get your pipes insulated. Make sure that everything is water free, and it will survive the winter freezes.
Another important thing to do is to prepare the outside of your house. Check on your driveway, patio, and/or deck and make sure they’re properly sealed. If they’re not, the ice could crack your driveway and cause a costly repair. It is also good to check on the trim of your doors and windows. If they’re not sealed, it’s good to paint them to prevent the wood from breaking down. Also check if they’re air tight, and caulk or weatherstrip them if need be.
While you’re checking your gutters, you can also look over your roof to see if any repairs need to be made, because the time to winterize them is before they’ll be bearing loads of snow. Also check handrails, if you have them, and make sure that they’re sturdy before ice covers the walkways. Cover your patio furniture and protect them before the storms hit.
You may be tempted to trim branches and hedges before winter, but it is recommended to wait until your trees are fully hibernated before you go about pruning them. The exception is, of course, when a branch could be potentially hazardous to your house. Instead, you can mulch your flower beds to provide a layer of warmth and dig up any bulbs for next year.
These steps should help winterize your home and prepare your home for the storms of winter that we so often get in Flagstaff.
Preparing Your Flagstaff Home For Winter
It is a lot easier to winterize your home and prepare it for winter than it is to deal with a costly repair mid-snowstorm, especially in Northern Arizona. You can take these steps to get your home ready with HomCo Lumber and Hardware. We carry furnace filters, weatherstripping, caulk, even outside hose spigot covers. Whatever you need, you can come in and get started on your preparations. We now offer shopping through our online store as well, so if you need something but don’t have time to spend an hour wandering through the store, you can order it and come pick it up with ease. We also have our certified fireplace technicians to check up on your fireplaces and stoves before the winter storms hit; you can schedule an appointment with them online or through the phone.
Prepare your home for this coming winter with HomCo Lumber and Hardware.
It is important to prepare your home before a Northern Arizona winter season. It can be a bit confusing and overwhelming to begin the process when there are a million different things that you need to check on and look over. Luckily, if you break the process apart and tackle it piece by piece, protecting your home before the winter storms hit won’t be too difficult. You’ll then get the peace of mind that comes with a secured house. Not only will this winterization help stop the winter chills, but it can also improve the longevity of your home. You can stop by HomCo Lumber and Hardware to pick up anything you may need for protection or repairs, and you can also shop online and pick it up in store.
How to Prepare The Interior of Your Home:
It is important to get your house warm and winter ready, but there are a few specific things you can do to help make that a reality. The most important thing to do is, of course, make sure the furnace is working properly. Turn your furnace on and make sure that the house is being heated properly. If it is, you don’t have to worry, but if it isn’t you should get it serviced by a licensed technician before the weather becomes too chilly. It is also good to change the filters in your furnace before you begin using it every day. Alongside this, make sure your smoke detectors and CO detectors are also working so that you can prevent any CO poisoning from going undiagnosed. If your primary heat source is a fireplace or stove, make sure that it is also working properly, and stock up on wood before any major snowstorms hit. We have certified technicians here at HomCo who can service your fireplaces and stoves, so do not hesitate to contact us and schedule an appointment.
Other good things to do to prepare your home for winter include covering up your outside air conditioning unit, if you have one, and cleaning out that system. You can also seal furnace ducts in the attic if any of them are leaking. This should help you save on heating costs. You can also reverse your ceiling fans to help push warm air around, and can also help save you a bit of money. Lastly, it is good to have clear access to your water shut-off valve in case of an emergency. You can winterize your pipes by covering them to help prevent breakage, but it is better to be safe than sorry.
How to Prepare The Exterior of Your Home:
Getting the outside of the house winter ready is just as important as servicing your furnace and replacing your filters. If your house isn’t properly sealed or cleaned, you will have a lot of costly issues that will make winter a lot more stressful than it needs to be, so it’s best to prepare rather than fix and replace.
The first thing you should do is protect against ice. Check the gutters and clean them out. Make sure that they’re draining away from the house. If they’re full, the weight of the ice and snow could cause them to crack and break, and if they drain water towards the foundation of your house, it could become cracked as well. Winterize your yard by draining your sprinklers and hoses, and detach the hose from your spigot and put it away for the season. It’s also good to cover your spigot as well, and get your pipes insulated. Make sure that everything is water free, and it will survive the winter freezes.
Another important thing to do is to prepare the outside of your house. Check on your driveway, patio, and/or deck and make sure they’re properly sealed. If they’re not, the ice could crack your driveway and cause a costly repair. It is also good to check on the trim of your doors and windows. If they’re not sealed, it’s good to paint them to prevent the wood from breaking down. Also check if they’re air tight, and caulk or weatherstrip them if need be.
While you’re checking your gutters, you can also look over your roof to see if any repairs need to be made, because the time to winterize them is before they’ll be bearing loads of snow. Also check handrails, if you have them, and make sure that they’re sturdy before ice covers the walkways. Cover your patio furniture and protect them before the storms hit.
You may be tempted to trim branches and hedges before winter, but it is recommended to wait until your trees are fully hibernated before you go about pruning them. The exception is, of course, when a branch could be potentially hazardous to your house. Instead, you can mulch your flower beds to provide a layer of warmth and dig up any bulbs for next year.
These steps should help winterize your home and prepare your home for the storms of winter that we so often get in Flagstaff.
Preparing Your Flagstaff Home For Winter
It is a lot easier to winterize your home and prepare it for winter than it is to deal with a costly repair mid-snowstorm, especially in Northern Arizona. You can take these steps to get your home ready with HomCo Lumber and Hardware. We carry furnace filters, weatherstripping, caulk, even outside hose spigot covers. Whatever you need, you can come in and get started on your preparations. We now offer shopping through our online store as well, so if you need something but don’t have time to spend an hour wandering through the store, you can order it and come pick it up with ease. We also have our certified fireplace technicians to check up on your fireplaces and stoves before the winter storms hit; you can schedule an appointment with them online or through the phone.
Prepare your home for this coming winter with HomCo Lumber and Hardware.