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Once winter blows in, houses have to get serious. Roofs must shed rain and snow, windows and doors must reject the cold, and the heating system must keep rooms comfortable. If any of these components don't hold up their part of the bargain, we have to scramble around in the wet, cold, and/or dark to fix them.
So let's get started! By handling these few
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important, reasonably easy tasks now, you can avoid considerable grief later.
1. Inspect the roof-If possible, go up onto the roof to check its condition, but only do this if you can do it safely. Look for cracked or missing shingles, bald spots on shingles, missing or damaged flashing, and other conditions that might allow leaks. If composition shingles look aged, bend back (Continued on page 2)
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