Gutter Cleaning – Spring Home Maintenance

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The southern west coast of British Columbia is well known for it’s significant rainfall amounts each year. Typically, rainfall amounts are at their highest from October to March/April. This means that September and April are the ideal months to clean your gutters. Read more

Top 5 Tips for Spring Lawn Care

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Spring is such a promising time of year, with so much colour returning to the land.  Flowers are blossoming, speckling the landscape with pops of colour! Our lawns are also returning to life, and the sound of lawn mowers is present in many neighbourhoods on the weekend. Read more

April Home Maintenance

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April brings showers, which reinforces that nicer weather is on it’s way with May flowers. April is a time to embrace the {slightly} warmer weather, and prepare your home for summer.  Read more

March Home Maintenance

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SPRING IS HERE! March 20th officially marks the beginning of Spring with the equinox, and we’re happy to see it! The new season brings a sense of change in the air, and you can feel that summer is hot on its heels. Read more

Clean Greasy Range Hood

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If you’ve been following along with our monthly maintenance schedule, you’ll notice we recommend to clean your range hood filter monthly. You may not need to clean it as often, depending on how much greasy cooking you do. When you do decide to clean it, where do you begin? Read more

February Home Maintenance

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For those of us on the west coast, February marks the transition into spring, even though we know we’ll likely get another cold snap before the season is truly here. Alberta’s groundhog, Balzac Billy, declared an early spring for Canada’s western provinces for 2016! Read more

January Home Maintenance

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January is here, a time for new beginnings. Gone are the hustle and bustle days of the holidays, and for many of us, we face the New Year with a new outlook, or with intention. We make promises to ourselves; get back to healthy eating, resolve to be more active, and more. Why not make a promise to your household as well, a promise to perform simple duties each month to keep it operating at its best? Read more

December Home Maintenance

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December brings an air of festivity to our daily lives. Throughout the month, you will find people gathering with friends and family more, purchasing special treats for their loved ones, and baking fresh goodies for all. However, your home still needs a bit of attention to keep it happy. Read more

How-to Flush a Water Heater

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In the November Home Maintenance post a few weeks ago, one of the things we recommended you do this month is flush your hot water tank and remove any sediment build-up. Read more

November Home Maintenance

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November is certainly a change-over month. Gone is Thanksgiving and Hallowe’en, the warm weather from summer is a memory, and thoughts are turning to Christmas. This should be time for your home to have some changes too, so it can be ready for the coming winter. Home-ownership is an important responsibility, and even if you’re a renter, there are certain tasks that should be done regularly to keep your home running smoothly.

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