I just wanted to take a moment today and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. My team and I hope you enjoy and cherish the time spent with loved ones this time of year.
For our military personnel, we continue to pray for your safe return home to your families. For our public safety personnel, stay safe out there and come home at night.
From the entire Donaldson Team, we wish you the happiest of holidays, and look forward to connecting with you in the new year!
Last time we covered how to prepare for winter on the inside of your home, and in this episode we're going to discuss how you can winterize the outside of your property.
You can start by performing some preventative yard maintenance. This will include raking your leaves, clearing your gutters, fertilizing your lawn, and perhaps even mowing the lawn one last time. Clearing your gutters is important for keeping snowmelt away from your foundation in the spring.
It's also crucial that you drain your sprinkler pipes so that they don't burst during a hard freeze. You might need to hire someone to blow out your pipes if you cannot do so yourself. Right now is also a good time to touch up on the paint covering your siding, decks, and patio.
Something else that is often overlooked is replacing or adding caulk and weather stripping to your doors and windows. This will help insulate your home and will even save you money on your energy bill.
If you have a real chimney or fireplace, have it checked by a professional to ensure that you won't encounter a problem during the middle of a blizzard.
If you have any questions about these issues, please don't hesitate to contact me. I look forward to speaking with you!
Today’s topic is preparing your home for the winter, the indoors edition. This is part one of a two part series, and we’ll cover the outside of your home on the next video. It may not feel like winter now, but it will be here before you know it. To make sure you are prepared for the weather and all that it brings with it, we want to give you some tips today for getting the inside of your home all ready for winter.
Right now is a great time to go through and thoroughly clean the interior of your home. We’re talking sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, and even hiring a carpet cleaning service to steam clean or shampoo your floor. We recommend mopping and sweeping those hardwood, tile, or linoleum floors as well.
One area of your home you should pay special attention to is the bathrooms and the kitchen. Deep clean the countertops to refresh them for the season and get rid of those lingering cold germs.
Now is also a great time to perform preventative maintenance on your heating system. It’s not a bad idea to have a service contract with a company to check your heater a few times a year, which will help prolong its life.
Finally, make sure you check those smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and replace their batteries. Also, check and purge your closets, cabinets, and garage of any unnecessary items and donate them to charity.
If you have any questions for us about winterizing your home, give us a call or send us an email. We’ll be back with part two next time, and we look forward to hearing from you soon!
