Home Beauty Starts With Home Health

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Home Beauty Starts With Home Health

When you’re first starting to create a truly beautiful home, you will need to make sure your home is first as healthy as possible. Even the most beautiful home can have structural integrity issues, and that can lead to serious concerns for your home and your family’s health. If you’re worried about the potential for structural integrity concerns in your home, here’s a home health checklist to fill you in on a few of the things you should pay attention to.

Foundation

Foundational concerns are definitely among the most serious concerns for people to encounter. Although they’re not exactly extremely common, that doesn’t mean they’re problems you can just ignore. Even though some of these may seem like regular elements of owning a home, they could actually be signs that something else is going on.

  • Nail Pops
  • Wall Gaps
  • Floor Gaps
  • Uneven Floors
  • Drywall Cracks
  • Sticking Doors and Windows
  • Bowed Walls, Especially in the Basement
  • Chimney Cracking
  • Sinking Foundation
  • Vertical, Horizontal, or Stair-Step Cracks
  • Cracked Bricks
  • Cracked Block Foundation
  • Cracks in Concrete 

Not all of these may indicate a serious structural concern. Some of them may have less serious reasons for popping up. However, they’re all potentially showcasing a structural problem. If you see these problems, you might need to contact a foundation repair expert to learn more about fixing them.

Basement

The basement tends to be a hosting place for home problems explicitly because many people don’t spend a lot of time in their basement. If you don’t regularly check your basement for problems, you’re not going to notice when those problems start up. These are a few of the warning signs, both aboveground and in the basement itself, that you might notice: 

  • Poor Drainage
  • Musty Smell
  • Leaking Water Heater
  • Leaking Windows
  • Leaking in Basement Cove
  • Sump Pump Issues
  • Swelling or Warped Doors
  • Water Stains
  • Efflorescence
  • Wet Walls
  • Wet Floors
  • Wet Carpet
  • Wet Drywall
  • Condensation on Windows or Doors

This is clearly a pretty long list, but it’s important that you think about it every time you go into your basement. Remember, a “musty basement smell” isn’t just a normal part of having a basement. It’s a potentially dangerous symptom of basement concerns that you should tackle as soon as you can, even if you’re not seeing many other problems.

Crawl Space

DIY crawl space encapsulation may seem like an easy or stress-free task. But in reality – crawl space encapsulation isn’t as easy as a five-minute video online says it is. Without the proper experience, DIY crawl space encapsulation can take weeks to complete and there is a very low chance that it can be done right.
Even in many homes without basements, there’s still a potential for problems under your home. That’s because most homes have a crawl space, which is a small space underneath the home that provides access to things like piping and foundation inspection. If you’re experiencing any of these concerns in and around your crawl space, it may be time to talk to an expert:

  • Standing Water
  • Floor Joist Problems
  • Wood Rot
  • Condensation
  • Wet Insulation
  • Foundation Cracks
  • Open Crawl Space Vents
  • High General Indoor Humidity
  • Sagging Floors
  • Mold
  • Unpleasant Odors
  • Poor Air Quality
  • Rodent or Bug Issues
  • High Electric Bills 

Some of these can be tough to trace back to the crawl space. High electric bills, for example, aren’t always indicative of crawl space issues. The real problem comes when you start having a number of the problems from this list all at once. From there, it can be a pretty surefire shot to assume the crawl space has an issue. Still, it’s important to have a crawl space expert come in and diagnose the issue.

Conclusion

Problems can occur all around your home for many different reasons. It’s not always enough to just look at the fact that you’re having problems; you need to make sure that you’re looking at the base reason for these problems. Remember, the most beautiful thing you can have in a home is a strong structure that won’t cause problems for you in the future. Talk to a professional to learn more about your home structural problems and fix them early.

 

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