Quick! Test your home maintenance IQ, and answer this question: Which of the following items should Minnesota homeowners do each Fall? A. Blow out their sprinkler system (if they have one). B. Remove their window screens. C. Adjust their HVAC dampers for winter (if they have a forced air system with ducts). D. Reverse the...Read More
A/C, Ducts, and Dampers Scarcely six weeks after a 3-day blizzard, 17″ of snow, and single-digit wind chill . . . it’s officially Summer in the Twin Cities! And how: temps locally thru Memorial Day are forecast to breach 90º, with humidity levels more typical of August. Given that blast of heat, area homeowners can be...Read More
Step #1 and Step #2 What’s the easiest (and cheapest) to lighten a Minnesota home — at least between November and May? Start by removing the window screens (step #1). After last night’s hard freeze (lows in the mid-20’s), that’s now timely to do. With the screens gone, though, it can be all too apparent...Read More
Lots of homeowners don’t like to take off their window screens in the Fall because it’s a hassle putting them back on each Spring. Memo to would-be home sellers in January in Minnesota: you won’t be putting them back on . . . the new owner will be. Plus, removing them is the quickest way...Read More
