The rainy season is the time in a year where your property and its content need an extra care. Failure to protect your home from rain can result in damage or loss which need costly repair or sometimes difficult to repair. The moisture or mold can be a threat to you and your family members health. Moisture in building or penetrating rainwater in wall or building structure can be prevented if you prepare your home for the rainy season.
To make sure that your house will be as safe and dry as possible during any rainfall, don’t forget to carry out these helpful tips.
1. Head up to the roof and check for cracks and holes. Replace missing shingles and seal any holes or replace portions of the roof that are beyond repair.
2. While you’re up there, have a look at your rain gutters and see to it that they’re free of leaves and twigs that can cause blockage. When you get down, check outside drains for clogs, too.
3. Inspect the caulking around your windows and doors. Cracks can let in moisture and leakage, so any chipped and cracked caulking should be reapplied.
4. If there are trees in your yard, check it for old branches that can fall and cause damage or harm, and cut them down before the rains come.
5. Gardening tools, garbage cans, bicycles and other things that can be lifted by strong gusts of winds should be put away in the garage.
6. If there are areas in your home that are lower than the rest of the house, consider placing sand bags around them to keep water out.
7. Doors, windows and other parts of the house made of wood can sustain water damage if it’s constantly absorbing water, so remember to apply a fresh coat of waterproof varnish to protect them.
8. If your basement displays signs of moisture and leaks, cover up the holes using concrete sealer.
9. Check your ceiling for signs of leaks like warping or discoloration, and have them repaired immediately.
10. If you have a swimming pool, remember to drain it halfway so that its water won’t overflow and ruin your landscape or enter your home.
Common areas in apartment that need maintenance prior to monsoon
Generator: Regular maintenance and inspecting components or parts of generator for wear and tear could prevent major breakdowns. Maintenance by professional or trained personnel would ensure quality power and increase service life of the generator.
Swimming Pool: Swimming pool need to be cleaned from floating debris, living organism and other organic matter. Clean the pool periodically and test the quality of water regularly. Need to provide safety measures in monsoon to avoid slip or fall. Children need to be given more care when playing in or around swimming pool.
Leakage and crack: Leaks in wall and ceiling is one of the common problems during the monsoon season. It is best time to repair your building or apartment to protect your apartment from leakage and crack during heavy rainfall. You can seek service of professional or civil engineer to tackle this problem.
Lift or elevator: It is very important to maintain lift or elevator regularly for the safety of residence in the apartments. All moving parts should be greased and ensure smooth moving to avoid burnout of motors or electrical systems associated with it.
Maintaining Your Apartment In This Monsoon
Common area is normally maintained by association of apartment. The expense will be divided equally by owners and residence in apartment. But you need to maintain the area which is owned by you. Here are some tips for maintaining and protect your apartment in this monsoon.
Ensure no leakage and cracks:
In past few days you might have experienced leakage or seen the cracks in your building. It is best time to repair them now before it rains heavily. Ensure no leakage or crack with assistance of a professional or good civil engineer.
Inverter:
Inverters is battery run device which can be used as source of power supply. Battery charges when there is power and automatically switch on when power fails. During monsoon, it is common there is power cut or break down of generator. Install Inverter to ensure or avoid power failure during night or during study time of your children.
Cover windows and balcony with tarpaulin sheets:
During monsoon water enters into living room and other rooms. Close the windows and doors during raining and if water enters into your room or bedroom even after closing doors and window, cover your balcony and windows with tarpaulin sheets. Ask your maintenance person or cleaner to cover windows and balcony with tarpaulin sheet before rain starts.
Swelling wooden door:
Swelling of wooden door due to moisture in the atmosphere is common during monsoon. It may be because of loose hinges or wrong fixing of door. In such case door can be removed and fixed again. Varnishing, painting or sandpaper the part of the door that gets stuck with the frame can solve this problem.
Safe wiring:
It is important to take safety measures from electrical appliance and wiring. Properly cover the joints and ensure quality wires for your household items. Proper earthing and separate fuse for each power board is essential. Never over load and avoid unnecessary or excess power during transmission. Seek experts or professional service to ensure safety of your apartment.
Dampness in cupboards:
The cupboards in your apartment need attention too! Chances of increase in dampness and pests inside your cupboard are more during monsoon. Henceforth, to avoid dampness put camphor in your cupboards and neem leaves, cloves to keep silver fish and other insects away.
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