Oklahoma Insurance Tip – Protect the Value of Your Home
Oklahoma Insurance Tip – Protect the Value of Your Home An important maintenance tip is to keep your gutter system working properly. This is something that is easily overlooked but can be very damaging to your home. The gutters should have a slight angle to make sure they are draining properly. The gutter system is designed to keep water running down the spouts and away from the house. Water needs to be directed away from your foundation, basement or crawlspace access. If you have trees around your house, it’s a good idea to clean your gutters in the fall and spring. You can...
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Grease Fire Tips for Homeowners It’s easier to be prepared in advance of a grease fire instead of trying to figure out what to do while you’re in a panic. I once had the bottom burner of my oven catch on fire. Thankfully I caught it just as it started. I turned off the oven, left the door closed, pulled the stove out of its place then unplugged it. Thankfully that solved the problem. I’m not sure if the fire started as a result of grease on the burner or if it was purely electrical. Either way, I can say I was in a bit of a panic since the fire took at little time to...
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Here’s a few plumbing tips for your home. First know your pluming. I can remember working on an older house when a water pipe going to the washing machine broke. Guess what? It took us a while to shut off the water. The water was freely pouring into the house while we were scrambling about looking for the main shut off. We found the main shut off under the house, in the crawl space, in the furthest corner from the entrance. We ended up shutting the water off outside from the water department access. Luckily, it was summer time so it was easy to locate it. I was glad this...
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