Prepare Your Home For Fall

Chuck Khiel

Important items to remember with regard to fall home preparation:

Clean gutters and downspouts
Check/service furnace
Change HVAC filters
Switch out your storm door screen panel with glass panel
Check/inspect all screens (window/door/gable vent). Replace if torn.

As Fall approaches, it is a great time to evaluate the existing conditions of your home before Winter sets in. Visually inspect doors, windows, chimneys, flashing, …

How to Prevent Water Damage

Steve Magill

Every day I visit people’s homes. I see over 200 homes a year. My visits typically consist of addressing various issues in my clients homes. The most damaging of those issues is water damage.
Water, if not directed or mitigated properly can be insidious. Insidious is a description one of my client’s used to describe the nature of the damage the water created. It took many different …

Window Inserts Affordably Add Comfort To Your Home

Dan Halpern

Window inserts are interior insulating window systems that take the benefits of an existing window and improve it without compromising the look of the opening.  The additional window creates a significant thermal break as well as 2-1/2 to 3 inches of meaningful dead air space that is much greater than the standard ¾” of dead air offered by new insulating glass panels.  Interior insulating windows can eliminate …