Do you do your yearly maintenance?

 

Choice Home Warranty is one of the country’s most trusted, professional home warranty providers in the industry.  Choice Home Warranty can help you stay informed and keep track of maintenance for your home systems and appliances.  How often do you think of the maintenance required to keep your home systems and appliances up and running? If you’re like most homeowners, probably not often enough.

 

Not to worry though, Choice Home Warranty has done the homework for you. Here are several routine CHW maintenance tips for each of your homes major systems and appliances. 

 

WINTER

• Have your furnace serviced annually by a competent professional for efficiency and safety.  Choice Home Warranty contracts require unit to be properly maintained.  Complaints are common with all home warranty providers if consumers fail to clean or maintain their unit.  This is not a scam, read all home warranty contracts carefully.
• Insulate pipes in your home's crawl spaces and attic.
• Clean the clothes dryer exhaust duct, damper and space under the dryer.
• Check the attic for adequate ventilation.
• Clean the kitchen exhaust hood and air filters.
• Check the water hoses on the clothes washer, refrigerator icemaker and dishwasher for cracks and bubbles.

 

SPRING

• Make sure the light bulbs in all your fixtures are the correct wattage.   
• Consider installing a lightning protection system on your home.  Choice Home Warranty does not cover lightening or natural disasters.   
• Protect all your electrical appliances from power surges and lightning.  CHW and most home warranty companies do not cover these types of claims.  A complaint may arise from this type of claim denial. This is not a scam, read your contract carefully.
• Have a professional air conditioning contractor inspect and maintain your system as recommended by the manufacturer.  Choice Home Warranty contracts require unit to be properly maintained.  Complaints are common with all home warranty providers if consumers fail to clean or maintain their unit. 
• Trim shrubs and plants near condensing unit to ensure proper air flow and circulation.
• Check for damage to your roof.  Choice Home Warranty offers roof protection and other optional coverage.  Don't forget to use Choice Home Warranty promo code SAVE75 when receiving your ordering your CHW Warranty.  Be on the look-out for other Choice Home Warranty coupon codes.   
• Protect your home from sewer or drain back-up losses.
• Drain sediment from water heater tank according to manufacturer’s recommendations.  Contact Choice Home Warranty for step-by-step tips on how to go about doing this.  The CHW staff is knowledgeable and friendly. 
• Check the shutoff valve at each plumbing fixture to make sure they function properly.  Choice Home Warranty does not cover faucets or fixtures.  Common complaints are leaky faucets.  This is not a scam, read your contract carefully.
• Clean clothes dryer exhaust duct, damper, and space under the dryer.

 

SUMMER

• Have annual system maintenance service done before the air conditioning season begins. Choice Home Warranty contracts require unit to be properly maintained.  Complaints are common with all home warranty providers if consumers fail to clean or maintain their unit.  This is not a scam, read your contract carefully.
• Keep curtains closed when temperatures are at their peak.
• Use exhaust fans when cooking to remove excess heat and humidity.
• Close registers in rooms that are not being used. To avoid damage to your central heating system, close no more than one fourth of the area of your home.
• Caulk and weather-strip all windows to close any air gaps.
• Set your thermostat at 78 degrees.
• Close the flue when your fireplace is not in use.
• Move furniture away from vents, registers and radiators.
• Change the filter on forced air units. 

 

FALL

• Flush out sediments from your hot water heater and test the pressure relief valve, plus other annual inspection duties should be performed according to the instructions in your manual for the unit.  Contact Choice Home Warranty for step-by-step tips on how to go about doing this.  The CHW staff is knowledgeable and friendly. 
• Have a heating professional check your heating system every year before the winter season.  Choice Home Warranty requires unit to be properly serviced. Complaints are common with all home warranty providers if consumers fail to clean or maintain their unit.  This is not a scam, read your contract carefully.
• Protect your home from frozen pipes.
• Have a certified chimney sweep inspect and clean the flues and check your fireplace damper.   
• Make sure the caulking around doors and windows is adequate to reduce heat/cooling loss.

 

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