Top 6 Tasks To Prepare Your Arizona Home for Monsoon Season
Monsoon season brings a mix of torrential rains, strong winds, and dust storms. While the much-needed moisture is a welcome relief from the scorching summer heat, monsoon season puts your home at risk if you’re ill-prepared. There are six essential tasks every Arizona homeowner should complete to prepare for the challenges of monsoon season: Schedule […]
12 Electrical Safety Tips for Christmas
Decorating for Christmas is a fun tradition for many! While lights and other holiday decorations can add a festive appeal to your Arizona home this Christmas season, electrical safety should always come first. Minimize the risk of fire and electric shock with these 12 electrical and lighting safety tips for Christmas. Buy the right tree […]
Why Install a Sump Pump in Your Arizona Home?
If you’ve ever experienced basement flooding in your Arizona home, especially during the peak of monsoon season from June to September, installing a sump pump could provide the peace of mind you’ve been dreaming of. Basement flooding can cause tremendous and expensive damage to not only your floors and walls, but your personal possessions as […]
Signs You Need an Electrical Panel Upgrade
While the electrical panel in your home may often be overlooked and underappreciated, it actually plays a pivotal role in your home’s comfort and safety. This gray or white panel brings electricity into your home and routes the currents to where they are needed most. It’s important to note that your electrical panel is sensitive […]
Annual Home Maintenance for “Snow Birds”
Preparing Your Phoenix, AZ Home for an Extended Absence If you, like many homeowners in the Phoenix area, tend to migrate into town during the cooler months, and then return to your northern home when the threat of winter is gone and the thaw of spring has begun, then you are what is commonly known […]
Why Does My Central AC Smell Bad?
Here in Arizona, you can’t live comfortably without an AC during the hottest months of the year — but a bad smell coming from your vents can have you debating whether or not you should have to sacrifice your nose for cool air. If your air conditioner smells whenever you turn it on, there are […]
National Fire Prevention Week: Fire Prevention and Detection Tips
In case you didn’t know, this week (October 9–15) is Fire Prevention Week, which was created to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. A lot of mythology surrounds this disastrous event that “killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres” (nfpa.org). Local legend blames a cow who […]
Fall Plumbing Inspection
With fall here, the Phoenix weather around us is changing. Although your plumbing equipment and plumbing appliances may seem to be “working fine,” it’s worth a plumbing inspection just to make sure. Fall weather can take its toll on your equipment and when winter rolls around, your plumbing may not be ready. We always recommend an annual […]
Home Air Scrubbers: Cleaning the Air Inside Your Home
Allergies, particularly seasonal allergies, can be devastating. They are frustrating, difficult, and won’t always go away with medicine or time. In fact, sometimes they grow over the years and increase in their intensity, which is only more cumbersome for allergy sufferers. One way in which allergy sufferers can attempt to alleviate their irritation is to […]