How To Prepare Your Home For Summer Storms
While we all look forward to enjoying a summer filled with warm nights, beaches and outdoor living, summer storms can interrupt these pleasures with high winds, hail, lightening and surges that can leave you with flooding, leaks and damage to your home. In between sips of Iced Tea, preparing for the flip side of summer can help ensure your memories are happy ones.
If you’re noticing torn or missing shingles on your roof, it could be an indication of a problem – what you see on the surface is often evidence of what is going on underneath. Don’t wait for a storm to hit – if you think you may need a new roof, call Major Homes for a free, no-obligation estimate.
Summer storms can also come into your house through old windows that leak or crack when hit by a flying branch. Consider Safety-Laminated-Glass windows from Major Homes – they won’t leak or shatter.
While not Major Homes services, following are some other summer storm preparations to consider:
1. Check your insurance. Make sure you know what your covered for in the event of a storm.
2. Clean out your gutters to ensure minimal build up and leaking.
3. Power outages from Sandy are still fresh in the minds for many of us. Have a back-up generator in the event of a long term power outage.
4. Trim the trees around your house to prevent damage to the exterior of your home.
5. Have a designated “storm section” in your pantry. Store freeze-dried and canned food, bottled water, batteries, candles and flashlights.
Major Homes wishes everyone a happy, and safe, summer!
