What Should Be on Your Spring Checklist?

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Today we wanted to take a moment to discuss our spring home exterior checklist. People are always excited to do spring cleaning indoors, but often neglect the outside of their home in the process. A lot of damage can happen to your property over the long winter, so let's run through a checklist to make sure your home is prepared for the summer. 

• Check the caulking and sealing on the cracks in your driveway and see what effects the winter months have had on your concrete.
• If you have stone or mortar walls on the outside of your home, check for cracks. Also, check the seals on your windows for any possible leaks.
• Double check your downspout extensions. Winter weather and high winds can often cause these to become separated. Reconnect them if you need to.
• You definitely want to check the sealing on both your air conditioning and your fresh air exhaust and intake. If they have separated, reseal them with putty.
• Sump pipes can be disconnected. If yours came undone during the winter, you want to get that water away from your foundation. 
• If you have areas of sod that need some sprucing, overseed with a bluegrass/fescue mix and those areas will come back over time.

Over the winter, a lot of things can  happen to the outside of your home. Hopefully, this list will help you have less worry when it comes to getting your home ready this spring. If you have any questions, we are just a phone call or email away!