home maintenance

Best Shingles for Your Marietta, GA Home

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Choosing the right shingles for your Marietta home is a crucial decision that impacts both the aesthetics and protection of your property. With a variety of options available, understanding the specific needs and preferences of your home is essential. In this guide, we’ll explore the different types of shingles, their benefits, and considerations for selecting … Read more

Roofing Tips to Protect Your Home

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Keep Your Roof in Tip-Top Shape with Our Roofing Tips Most homeowners would agree that keeping a roof in good shape is a worthy goal. Your roof protects your home from damage, helps hold in heat and keeps your home cool, and offers you and your family a healthier, happier place to live. So whether … Read more

When to Call a Professional Plumber

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From time to time, maintenance issues arise in the home, especially when it involves plumbing. For most of these plumbing issues, a simple solution is evident and can be completed by the homeowner with minimal or moderate effort. But, do you know when to call a professional plumber versus trying to do it yourself? 4 … Read more

Your Winter Home Maintenance Checklist

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Action Items for This Winter The first day of winter is just around the corner. And before very cold weather arrives, here’s your winter home maintenance checklist to get your home prepared for the coming season. Check Your Roof Check your roof, gutters and gable vents. Remove leaves and other debris from gutters and downspouts. … Read more

Clean Your Gutters and Downspouts

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Now may be a good time to think about cleaning your gutters. Clogged gutters can wreak havoc on your home. Whether it’s leaves, pine needles or even birds nesting in your gutters, you want the water to flow freely to the downspouts and away from your house. It’s Gutter Cleaning Time When the weather permits, … Read more

Springtime Pest Control

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Tips For Keeping Pests Away This Spring In Georgia, there’s a lot to look forward to as spring approaches. Flowers blooming, birds singing, and all of our favorite spring sports are back in season. Unfortunately, it also means that many pests will be springing up everywhere you look. Because many insects are dormant during the … Read more

SWAT Spring Home Maintenance Checklist 2022

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Spring is Almost Here . . . Spring? Yes, it’s just a little over a month away! So here’s a Spring home maintenance checklist to get your home in order for the upcoming season. From cleaning out your gutters to inspecting your smoke detectors, use this checklist to help prepare your home for spring. Start … Read more

Cold Weather Home Tips by SWAT

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Follow these cold weather home tips by SWAT.It’s no secret that the cold weather has been persistent this winter. And it’s no secret that the cold weather is not so kind to our homes. While you may be generally aware of the problems associated with cold weather and plumbing, here are a few refresher “cold weather tips” to mitigate any potential problems that could affect your home.

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Your Fall Home Maintenance Checklist

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3 Action Items for the Coming Fall Season The recent cooler weather has certainly been a delight. And that’s a clue that the start of fall will soon arrive. So here’s your fall home maintenance checklist to get your home in order for the coming season. Getting your home ready now will keep the critters … Read more

Paint to Protect Your Home

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Paint to protect your home in Marietta GA. Call SWAT.Most people would say that the purpose of house painting is decorative – you paint the house in order to make it look better. And it feels good to have a freshly painted house.

But more importantly, painting can actually help prevent problems from occurring in and around your home. Properly applying and scheduling house painting can keep you home in tip-top shape and will keep your total home repair costs much lower over time. Painting works to protect your home from damage by severe or ongoing weather, wind, sunshine, water, rust, corrosion, termites and other insects and/or mold.

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