home fall maintenance tips exterior

Home Fall Maintenance TipsExterior

Preventive Maintenance Tips

Before the Cold Season

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Climbing the ladder and walking the roof is dangerous.

You must be 100% comfortable with it! 

Get a professional help if necessary!

Remember - Safety First!

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Check house roof surface for any damage and perform repairs if

necessary

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Inspect flashing around roof

penetrations, seal the gaps

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

• Check chimney walls for

deterioration

• Seal its top around the flue

• Install a rain cap if missing

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Seal chimney crown to prevent water penetration and expansion of

cracks

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Install protective screen / wire

mash around the chimney cap 

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Chimney screens prevent birds

from falling into the flue during

the cold season

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Secure and clean gutters and

clogged downspouts

before the cold season

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Seal leaking seams on

gutters

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

• Check soffit, fascia, and house trim for moisture

damage

• Fix damaged sections, scrape, caulk, and repaint

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Check and seal all penetrations

around the windows, doors,

pipes, vents, etc. for gaps &

cracks

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Clean clothes dryer vent, and

its vent pipe

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Clothes dryer vent needs to be

cleaned more often than just

during your exterior fall

maintenance routine

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Make sure that clothes dryer

vent covers have no screens of

any kind / damper or

louvers only

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Make sure that the vent covers have not been

installed up side down

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Replace damaged vent

covers and make sure that

dampers are operating

freely

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Fix siding panels, seal gaps/cracks in stucco, Dryvit, brick, and stone

walls

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Neglecting Dryvit finishes

maintenance can be devastating

and include mold contamination of

the house structure

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Check weather stripping around

exterior doors and adjust

thresholds to prevent air drafts

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Remove, drain, and store garden

hoses, drain exterior water

faucets

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

As an additional protection, you

can install removable

Styrofoam cover over the faucet

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Before the cold season remove

sump pump discharge pipe

extensions resting on the

ground to prevent freezing

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Check exterior electrical outlets

for GFCI protection and weatherproof

cover presence

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Check and seal if necessary

cracked sidewalks and driveways to prevent or at

least slow down further

displacement

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Asphalt driveways require

periodical application of sealer to slow

down their surface

deterioration

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Winterize sprinkler system. Draining it is not enough; you’ll

need a compressor to

blow out remaining water

from lines

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Keep leaves out of the drainage

channels around the property:

basement window wells,

basement exterior entrance,

etc. 

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

Seal or remove (and seal the

openings) window or wall air conditioning

units to minimize air drafts

Home Fall Maintenance Tips - Exterior

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