More winter tips for your home

Winter maintenance for your home is vital. We have a project identifying several jobs to be done at this time of year. These include:

• clearing you gutters – we know, no-one likes doing this, but it is worth it if it avoids blockages which could cause water to freeze and cause damage to pipes and buildings
• adding drain tidys to keep leaves etc from blocking your drains
• cleaning paths and patios to avoid them getting slippery and dangerous
• ensuring you have adequate outside lighting, ideally fitting PIR’s which will turn themselves on when they detect movement
• check your roof for missing tiles or damage
• go round the house filling any gaps you find round doors and windows as well as between floorboards

 If you need to get a professional tradesperson in to do any home improvement jobs, you can get free quotes via our Find a Tradesman service, which finds appropriate, insured tradespeople in your local area .