Maricopa County Home Inspection: Simple home maintenance can save you from disaster.

Simple Home Maintenance tips that can protect against disaster

Maintaining the vegetation around the home can help to preserve the home from major problems. If this tree was properly braced when it was young it would have grown straight up. Now if it isn't removed then mother nature will bring it down on the home.

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Any vegetation that is in contact with the structure will cause problems.
It will:

• Rub against the side of the home, causing the materials to deteriorate more rapidly.
• Grow into the structure and cause damage.
• Becone a bridge for carpenter ants and other insects to get into the home.

Checking the dryer vent can prevent a fire. This flexible dryer vent will trap lint in it. It also has too many turns and kinks which will trap lint. When too much lint builds up it will not let the heat out of the dryer and potentialy cause a fire.

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If you are buying or selling a home in Buckeye, Goodyear, Avondale, Tolleson or the greater Phoenix area and want to find out if there any maintenance issues left undone please give me a call at:

602-326-4061

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