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Snow and ice melt
February 22nd, 2007 categories: For Home Sellers, Real Estate News
When our current weather conditions exist, it is a great time to see what happens at your property when the snow and ice melt.
Watch your your yard and see if you have standing water as the snow melts. If so, you should build up your grade (dirt) so that the water runs away from the structures on your property, and to the street drains, or drainage ditch for safe collection.
See if your gutters are holding water, or are they sloped properly to carry the water away from the structure?
Are your downspout drains backing up at the downspout connection? Is it because the drain is frozen, broken, or just clogged with debris?
Look in your attic after the snow has melted from the roof.? This will give you a chance to see if your roofing, or flashings have been damaged during the past freeze. Snow can melt, refreeze, and melt agin causing the water to come in at some very odd locations.
Pay attention to water collection issues on your driveway, and sidewalks. These areas can be much more expensive to address than the cost of dirt. So seeimg small areas of collection, and sealing cracks can help you slow the settlement and erosion which will give you more time to budget for this cost.
see you next week
Ray Starkey, HomeScanUSA.com
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March 10th, 2008
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