Home Maintenance Tips for the Fall Season

Fall is a perfect time to get on top of home maintenance before shorter days are here. If only all you needed to do to prepare for fall was to go apple picking and buy everything pumpkin spice flavored. And while those are both important fall traditions, there are a lot of important things you should prepare for, especially as a homeowner. Fall is the time to start considering everything you need to do before your house has to start dealing with chilly fall nights (and eventually the lower temperatures of winter). At Fix-it Rite in Sacramento, we are homeowners who understand the need to have a properly functioning home.

The most important maintenance for a homeowner to do in the fall would be trimming back trees. Sure, during fall, trees lose their leaves, but cutting back branches will help you keep things neat. During this time of year, trees go dormant and are less likely to catch a disease. This will also be a way to lower the number of leaves you will have to inevitably rake up, no matter how scenic leaves look when they are blanketed on the ground. Larges leaves, especially when wet, can suffocate the grass below and lead to all kinds of disease problems. Once most of the leaves have fallen, they will not only have to be raked up, but you will have to clean out gutters and downspouts. When gutters are clogged, overtime, rain can cause water to build up, which can damage your roof. Trimming dead branches off trees can also prevent damage from occurring in a winter storm.