Why Maintain Your Home?
You should maintain your home for the same reason that you maintain your car. Regular maintenance helps prevent costly repairs down the road. Those expensive repairs can often be prevented altogether with routine maintenance.
Money Isn’t the Only Consideration
Sometimes the difference between life and death is regular home maintenance. Smoke detectors should be properly maintained in order to alert you in the event of an emergency. Please take time to review the following home safety statistics:
- 15,600 dryer fires occur each year resulting in property damage exceeding $75 million dollars. The leading cause? LACK OF MAINTENANCE!*
- 20,000 people are treated in hospital emergency rooms for injuries related to garage doors.*
- 15,260 injuries and 2660 deaths annually due to failure or problems with smoke alarms, sprinklers and fire extinguishers.*
- 38,300 reported home electrical fires including 120 deaths and 390 injuries associated with electrical wiring, circuit breakers, fuses and meters.* and **
- 49,200 heating equipment related home fires.**
- 14,000 deaths occur from radon each year, as estimated by the EPA.
* Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission;
** Source: National Fire Protection Association
HomeCare Maintenance can help prevent your family from becoming one of these statistics. A home in disrepair increases your risk for health and safety issues, increases the cost of utilities because of inefficiency, and results in larger expenditures for maintenance and repair costs. An improperly maintained home also sends a negative impression to friends, neighbors, and potential home buyers.
