Category Archives: Maintaining Your Investment

Resources to help you maintain your most expensive investment – your home

Cleaning your deck – Common issues and prevention

By SLS | Published: March 21, 2010
NADRA National Deck Safety MonthAhhh, spring is in the air and everything looks nice and fresh outside except for your deck.  In this article, we are going to cover the basic steps for keeping your deck clean. While many people like to pressure wash their deck, we do not recommend it in most cases. While pressure washing your deck
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Cleaning your wood deck – Primer on using a Pressure Washer

By SLS | Published: March 11, 2010
Ahhh, spring is in the air and everything looks nice and fresh outside except for your wood deck.  In most cases with routine maintenance and a little elbow grease, you will never need to pressure wash your deck. Granted, pressure washing your deck maybe the fastest way to clean it, but it can also do
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March – Early Spring Maintenance Checklist

By SLS | Published: February 25, 2010
MarchMarch and the start of spring, is a great time, as it seems to bring out a new life in everything. The trees start to bloom, the animals that were hibernating are coming back out after their long winter naps, and for many individuals (especially up north) they can finally escape their houses without looking
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Air Sealing: Materials & Methods for sealing common leaks (Part 2)

By SLS | Published: February 19, 2010
In our prior articles on Air Sealing, we covered how to find the leaks inside your house, along with what tools and basic materials required to air seal your house. In this second part of this article, we will be dealing with tips & tricks on how to seal up the air leaks inside your
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Air Sealing: Materials & Methods for sealing common leaks (Part 1)

By SLS | Published: February 18, 2010
In our prior article on Air Sealing, we covered the benefits, the concerns, and how to find the leaks inside your house. In this first part of this article, we will mainly be dealing with the tools, materials and methods required to air seal your house. In the second part of this article, we will
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Air Sealing: Benefits, Concerns, & How-To Find the Leaks

By SLS | Published: February 10, 2010
homeenergyauditsAir can easily leak in and out of a home through cracks, joints between different materials, where holes have been drilled to allow pipes and wire to enter the structure, and many other openings. Some of the popular areas for air leakage is around doors, windows, attic access panels, recessed ceiling lights, electrical outlets, switch
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February – Winter Maintenance Checklist

By SLS | Published: January 29, 2010
FebruaryAhhh February, we are now in the second full month of winter and many people in the northern states and elsewhere are starting to feel run down from a lack of sunshine. If you are starting to feel this way may we suggest that you get out, go visit some friends, go for a walk
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Preventing or fixing frozen water pipes

By SLS | Published: January 5, 2010
who-left-the-fountain-onUpdated: This article was originally posted in early 2010 after the Alabama Department of Health issued the following warning via press release: Prolonged period of cold weather ahead prompts warnings to take winter precautions. While the press release mainly brings up the elderly and methods of preventing hypothermia, I recomend that anyone who will be working
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January – Mid Winter Maintenance Checklist

By SLS | Published: December 29, 2009
JanuaryWelcome to the start of a New Year, and the first full month of winter. This is the time of the year when many individuals try to wipe the slate clean and start fresh with a list of New Year’s Resolutions. Instead of adding to your list of resolutions, we are just simply going to
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December and the Winter Holiday Maintenance Checklist

By SLS | Published: November 28, 2009
DecemberWelcome to the first month of winter, which actually starts on the 21st of this month. I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving and are looking forward to Christmas, New Years or whichever holiday(s) you observe. Seeing everyone is basically scrambling to get ready for all the office Christmas parties, Christmas Eve dinner, Christmas
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