Your new home may look absolutely perfect on the outside, but that doesn’t mean that there is no need for maintaining your new home, from attic, to basement. There are things that you don’t want to happen in your home, because of a lack of maintenance on your part. We’re going to show you how you can perform maintenance on your new home’s basement, whether it is finished or unfinished.
- See if the float switch triggers the motor, by pouring water into the sump pump chamber.
- Always have a back-up power source or a back-up sump pump in place.
- See if there are any water trails or stains on the floor or on the walls and try to source the origin of those trails.
- Take a look through the ducts and make repairs to broken seals, cracks, faulty insulation and deteriorating tape.
- Clean up the drain pain on your air conditioning and heating system.
- Inspect all pipes that are in your basement to ensure that there is no leaking. If you see spotty condensation and they are left untreated, this can result in mustiness and mold growth. You should insulate the pipes in an effort to help you save money on your bills.
- Take a look at the overhead floor penetrations from the drains and the phone lines to see if there is any moisture. If there is, you should seal and repair them quickly.
- Be sure that if there are any vents from your dryer, furnace, water heater or exhaust fans work well and are channeled outdoors.
- If you see any deteriorating seals with moisture on openings through basement walls, like the plumbing, the dryer vent, electrical outlets and more, you should clean and repair them.
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