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6 Must-Do Home Maintenance Tasks for Fall

There’s plenty to keep you busy this fall if you’re feeling ambitious and ready to try your hand at some DIY home maintenance. But it’s also easy to outsource your list if you have the budget—and if you prefer not to spend your weekends installing insulation or trimming back tree branches.

1. Check your home’s insulation

Just as you check the windows and doors for air leaks, it’s important to keep an eye on your home’s insulation to ensure heat isn’t escaping. If your attic or crawl space isn’t properly insulated, your heating system has to work harder during the fall and winter months to keep your home at a consistently comfortable temperature. The more it works, the more it costs you.

Handling insulation can be a little daunting, and it’s never a bad idea to call in help. A Koala Insulation expert can properly assess the materials required for each project, and can complete the job quickly and efficiently!

2. Test your home’s indoor air quality

If your allergies flare up in the fall due to mold, pollen, and dander, “there are some easy ways to reduce those triggers from entering your own home. If you discover poor air quality, you can start with small fixes like changing your furnace filter or adjusting the humidity, or decide if it’s worth investing in a whole-home air cleaner.

3. Trim the trees

Lawn maintenance isn’t fun, per se—a recent survey found that more than a quarter of homeowners loathe lawn care—but this one is important to tackle before winter arrives.  Trimming trees of dead branches can help prevent damage from heavy winds or snowfall this winter.

4. Clear brush and leaves to keep pests out

This isn’t just about aesthetics—keeping your lawn cleared of leaves and debris helps prevent pests from moving in the winter. Most insects will begin to migrate to areas that they can easily harbor as fall turns to winter. If you want to keep the indoors of your homes pest-free, keeping a tidy yard will help prevent that.

5. Winterize your pool

Winterizing the pool is the best way to make sure you won’t run into problems next summer when you’re ready to dive back in. You’ll want to maintain it properly throughout the winter to avoid algae, freezing, or other issues.

6. Prep for power outages

How would you fare if your house lost power for an extended period? Chances are, you don’t want to find out. With storms increasingly and sometimes unexpectedly impacting regions across the country now is the time to have a generator installed.

At Koala Insulation of Gateway West, our experts are well-versed in all kinds of attic insulation and ventilation. Our experts will arrive with state-of-the-art equipment to thoroughly inspect your attic or home and identify any areas in need of repair or improvement. They will provide a detailed assessment of the current conditions of your space and use their years of experience to design solutions that fit your home and budget.

Source:

https://www.realtor.com/advice/home-improvement/must-do-home-maintenance-tasks-for-2021-fall/