Home &Garden
Winterizing your garden is an essential step that may prevent damages during the frigid months of the year. It is important to prepare a garden for the winter season especially if there are no indications that the house will be sold anytime soon. Winterization of your garden are necessary to maintain the condition of the properties and make still viable for sale. The first step in winterizing a garden takes place during home inspection. This is not the examination conducted by you that needs to be undertaken by banks to assess the condition of properties before listing them. Which Areas Should You Protect the plants of the garden that are most vulnerable during the winter months are the plumbing system, gas lines, and electrical lines. To protect water pond, the trees should be drained and treated with a cover and the main garden should be protected.
Your home should have same procedure should be done with gas and electrical lines. This will prevent the repair of costly damages or the replacement of plumbing and electrical lines when spring comes. After the winter season, these homes need to be de-winterized to prepare them for buyers' inspection. Several home inspection companies offer winterizing services to protect homes. They offer other services like electrical circuit isolation. How to Inspect Winterized Homes Most foreclosed properties will have the broad outlines of the utilities turned off making it difficult for inspectors to determine if indeed these lines are working fine. Some of the things that need checking will be the furnace, the stoves, and the water heating system. Other crucial areas to inspect in a home include the foundation, wall and floor structures, the ceiling and the roof. Checking the basement where most of the main water and power lines pass is necessary. Outside the house, the garden and plant areas that need examination are the decks, stairways, porches or balconies, drainage, and driveways.
