Home improvement ideas: what will help your home sell?

A well-maintained roof is essential to your home’s condition. Even though a snow-covered roof makes a pretty wintertime picture, snow and ice build-up can get heavy and put too much weight on a weak roof. Ice dams,or blocks of icethat form in the gutter or edge of the roof, may prevent proper drainage and cause water to leak into the home’s interior. You can tell if your deck is in need of repair just by feeling it and looking at the wood.

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