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5 Home Safety Essentials

by homegauge | Mar 18, 2019 | Community, Home Maintenance, Homeowners, Safe & Healthy Home

Home Safety: Features You want to keep your home and family as safe as possible. Protecting both can be as simple as being well-prepared for an emergency situation. Equip your home with the following home safety essentials. Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors Working...

8 Steps to Improve Indoor Air Quality at Home

by homegauge | Feb 18, 2019 | Community, Home Inspection, Home Maintenance, Homeowners, Safe & Healthy Home

Many people are familiar with pollution in outdoor air. However, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, air pollution is more concentrated indoors than outdoors. The good news is there are steps you can take to improve indoor air quality at home. 1....

5 Tips for DIY Garage Storage

by homegauge | Jan 17, 2019 | Community, Home Maintenance, Homeowners, Safe & Healthy Home

Storage is an essential part of your living space. All of us store things that aren’t used on a daily basis somewhere in our homes. The garage often ends up collecting many of these things, becoming an unorganized mess over the years. Here are five tips for DIY garage...

4 Ways You Can Heat Your Home Efficiently To Save Money And Energy

by homegauge | Dec 17, 2018 | Community, Home Inspection, Home Maintenance, Homeowners, Safe & Healthy Home

During the winter months, most people face higher utility bills from heating their homes. While keeping your home warm is vital to your family’s comfort, it doesn’t have to break the bank. There are simple ways to heat your home efficiently so that you can...

Four Critical Signs That You Need a New Roof

by homegauge | Oct 17, 2018 | Community, Home Inspection, Home Maintenance, Homeowners, Safe & Healthy Home

As a homeowner, you do your best to keep your home well-maintained at all times. But no matter how diligent you are about home maintenance, there comes a time when you are going to need a new roof. The effects of time and weather take their toll on a roof. You may be...

6 Tips on How to Clean Your Rain Gutters in the Fall

by homegauge | Sep 18, 2018 | Community, Home Inspection, Home Maintenance, Homeowners, Safe & Healthy Home, Seasonal

It’s common in the fall for your rain gutters to get clogged with leaves, pine needles, twigs, and other debris. It’s also the beginning of the wet season in Oregon. If you don’t clean your rain gutters in the fall, they will not do their job of...