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Winterizing Your Home Starts With Education - House Damage Prevention
Tue 01 Dec 2009 - 14:59
Winterizing Your Home Starts With Education - House Damage Prevention
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Greg_Vandenberge]Greg Vandenberge
I have written quite a few articles to educate homeowners about home repair costs, home maintenance and now I would like to talk to you about winterizing your home to prevent any possible home damage. Even if we can't prevent all of the home damage, if we could prevent one incident from happening, we could consider this article to be a success.
One of the first things that you're going to need to know is where your water supply shutoff valve is located. Just in case there was an emergency, someone in the house would be able to turn the water supply valve off safely. This could prevent a lot of water damage, especially if it was a large break in the water supply line.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to explain how your heating, plumbing and electrical systems work in your home, to everyone who has the ability to stop any type of home damage from happening. If you don't know anything about these systems, I suggest that you get a couple of books and start learning.
House damage prevention starts with education. If no one in your house knows where the water supply valve is located or how to turn it on or off safely, you're going to find yourself panicking and running around your house like a chicken with its head cut off.
Once you learn how to deal with the effects of cold weather on your house, it's your obligation to pass this information on to others, just in case you're not home, during any type of home damage emergency. If you're not planning on doing anything that I mentioned in the article, you should at least take the time to understand how to shut off the water, gas and electricity.
The best thing that you could do during any winter home emergency is to know how to handle the situation. If you don't want to find yourself in an emergency panic situation, you're going to need to take a little time out of your busy schedules to learn a little more about your home.
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