Spring Home Maintenance Tips - Before it Gets too Hot!

Here are 3 Home Maintenance Tips that will help you get through the Summer

1.  HVAC - Heating and Air Conditioning Maintenance:

     There are 2 sets of Coils on every Air Conditioner: Evaporator Coils             and Condenser Coils.  Air is circulated through the Air Filter to the Evaporator Coils and back into your home.  Dirty Air Filters will restrict this flow and make your  HVAC system work harder, reducing its life.  The Condenser Coils provide circulation for your HVAC Compressor, fresh exterior air is circulated over these coils.  Dirty Condenser Coils, make your compressor work harder and shorten its successful life.

What Can We DO?      

1.  Change your Air Filter, in Arizona we live in a dry dust environment our Air Filter can get very dirty.  Changing or cleaning your air filter should be done monthly.

2. Clean your Condenser Coils.  Check out this video:  Cleaning your Condenser Coils  If you're not comfortable with cleaning your coils call a professional for an AC Service.  The cost is well worth it.   

2. Water Heater Maintenance:

In Arizona most of our water supply has sediment, sediment settles in our Water Heater Tanks and shortens the life of the Water Heater.  Due to the design this is a larger problem for Electric Water Heaters.  Newer designs do help.  Primary Water Heater Maintenance is to drain or flush the water heater.  Click here to see a short video.  

3. Exterior Inspection:

This is not difficult but it will extend the life of your home.  Walk around the exterior of your home, you are looking for issues that could affect your exterior envelope.  

1. Do  a Roof inspection from the ground start, look for missing or shifted tiles, if you have shingles look for missing shingles, this is usually caused by strong winds.  Don’t go up on the roof, call a professional if you see anything out of place.  

2. Take a good look at the outside walls, Windows and Doors.  Seal any gaps that you see with appropriate sealer.  Here is a short video on Stucco Repair.      

Please remember, there are professionals that can help you complete these tasks, PLEASE call a pro if you aren’t comfortable.