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Protect your Home

Protect your home from aging

Protect your home from the elements, and it will never age. This can be accomplished by sealing the exterior materials. Thankfully, the interior of your home isn’t exposed to weather; just wear and tear. To upgrade it, we paint or stain. We replace old appliances with new. Upgrading the exterior facade isn’t quite so easy, and is very costly

Few people realize it, but the exterior materials can be protected from weather simply by spraying it with a good sealant. Siding, be it wood or vinyl can be sealed. Roofing, no matter the material, can be sealed. Concrete porches, or walks, concrete, or asphalt driveways, wooden decks, brick or stone walls. No matter what materials or products your home is constructed with, it can last more than a lifetime if it’s sealed

Your home can last a lifetime

There are several good all purpose sealants on the market today. Do it yourself, or hire a handy man, but if you choose the latter, make sure you have insurance to cover accidents

Depending on your location, and the product you choose, your home will need to be sealed once a year, to every five years

Consider a Custom home design

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Passive Cooling System

Passive cooling system is the best kept secrete

Passive cooling system provides a low cost means of keeping cool in the summer. Affordable to operate, it’s also reasonably simple to install. Some people use this method exclusively to cool their homes.

Include it in the plans for your new home, or add it on to your older home. The ductwork (approximately 10″ dia) is buried three to five feet beneath the earth, depending on the weather in your location. The hotter the summers; the deeper the the channels

Solar powered cooling system

The ducts can be a part of your standard heat and air ductwork, or separate, however, the layout is the same, with vents located against the walls in the rooms you want to cool. Locate the vents in the floor or ceiling

Point of entry should be filtered, and easy to access. Vents should be operable, as well as the point of entry, or capped to close keep cold air from entering the channel in colder seasons

An electric powered, or solar powered fan is used for pulling air into and through the house

Consider a Custom home design

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Author: Brenda Rand