Creating A Functional Home

Are you tired of spending so much time taking care of your home? Luckily, there are a few things you can do to reduce your maintenance chores without sacrificing the condition of your home. Consider doing one or more of the following suggestions:

1. Sign Service Contracts

An excellent way to reduce maintenance needs for your home is to have the professionals take care of many aspects of the place for you. Instead of inspecting and cleaning the HVAC system yourself before each season changes, you can have a contractor do the legwork without having to even call and make an appointment. A service contract allows you to create a custom maintenance plan for the coming year or longer and schedule all of your appointments at once, so you don't have to worry about remembering to clean out your roof and gutters or service the water heater as time goes on. Many types of providers offer service contracts such as:

• Electricians

• Plumbers

• Roofers

• Landscapers

• Painters

Even handymen offer service contracts for a number of basic maintenance tasks that you may not necessarily need an expert to do for you.

2. Update Your Windows

Updating your windows is another effective way to minimize the number of maintenance tasks you'll have to tackle in the coming years. Windows not only provide the interior of your home with natural sunlight, but they can be the cause of damage inside due to harmful UV ray exposure. Luckily, there are a few things you can do to minimize the damage and fading done to things like your floors, furniture, and walls in your home.

All you have to do to update your windows is apply solar insulation film on all of them. This type of film will not only protect the inside of your home from ultraviolet rays, but it will also help reduce heat gain and loss throughout the year so you can reduce wear and tear on your HVAC system and save some money on your energy bills.

Install Vinyl Siding

If you haven't already installed vinyl siding on your home, now is the time to consider doing so. Not only is vinyl one of the most affordable siding options on the market, it can be easily cleaned with a pressure washer and will hold up well to wear and tear for many years to come. Vinyl siding also happens to be insect proof, so you don't have to worry about things like termites chewing it up and breaking it down as time goes on.

And vinyl siding comes in a variety of colors and styles, making it easy to create a custom look and feel for your property. And if damage does develop, you don't have to replace all of the siding to repair it – you can just replace the one or two pieces that are damaged and leave the rest in place.

Talk to a professional contractor, such as Allstate Gutter & Siding, to talk about entering a service contract for those tasks around the home you don't necessarily want to DIY anymore.