| Home Maintenance is an art. While it has many | | | | Maintaining the landscape - landscaping is best enjoyed |
| advantages for the occupant of the house, well | | | | when you manage it well. It comes only with |
| maintained houses have a certain premium attached to | | | | experience and starts with a simple guide on how to |
| them when it comes to selling. These houses help you | | | | landscape yourself. |
| earn a premium over and above the market price. You | | | | Maintenance of the swimming pool - Learn those few |
| should be assisted by a tool kit which should always | | | | very simple steps to regularly clean your swimming |
| be handy. You must always be ready with tools such | | | | pool. How you clean the pool depends upon the type |
| as the hammer, screw driver set, nails, tape, penknife | | | | of water to use for your pool |
| and pliers. Once you indulge in a home maintenance | | | | Inlets for fresh air - Make sure you have days when |
| exercise you start enjoying this do it yourself exercise. | | | | the French windows are fully open to help circulation |
| Make sure you follow the following simple yet | | | | of air inside the house. This is best done when you |
| effective tools for basic house maintenance. | | | | have a long and relaxing day in your house. Just get |
| Unblocking the drains - You start with pouring boiling | | | | up and vacuum clean the house. It is a fantastic feeling |
| water into the plughole. If this does not work, you will | | | | and a good stress free exercise to periodically attend |
| have to resort to chemicals such as the caustic soda. | | | | to the cleanliness of the house. |
| You can however avoid drain blockages by regular | | | | While it is always useful to have a do it yourself |
| use of drain cleaners. | | | | approach to the art of basic house maintenance, there |
| Handling the water supply - These are times you need | | | | may be times when you need to rely on experts and |
| to switch the hot and cold supply of water on and off. | | | | professional assistance. Share the phone numbers and |
| You need to be aware of the physical location of the | | | | contact details of such agencies and workmen for |
| stop valve and the cistern for handling the supply of | | | | those emergency situations. In case you are staying as |
| hot and cold water. | | | | a tenant, you must inform the landlord of situations or |
| Maintain the appliances - Appliances such as the | | | | issues which merit his attention. If you are planning to |
| water heating system, air conditioning system and the | | | | move to a new house, it would be advisable to get to |
| electrical systems require high repair costs. You are | | | | know all about the electrical system including the fuses |
| better off to ensure appliances requiring high repair | | | | and the location of the valves and cisterns. Do tell your |
| costs are well covered under an insurance plan. | | | | family members the way you make use of these |
| Always better to insist on regular servicing of high | | | | valves and which knob to turn off or on during those |
| value appliances which would prevent periodic break | | | | emergency situations. |
| down. | | | | |