Spring Home Improvement Projects

Top 5 items homeowners typically do when spring approaches:

1. Put up a Fence

2. Wash your Siding and/or Deck

3. Clean your Interior and Exterior Windows

4. Organize and Clean your Garage

5. White Wash your Picket Fence

You can obtain a Free Estimate from Fauser Home Improvement by phoning 309/792-3122. Visit us anytime at http://www.fauserhi.com/ and friend us on Facebook!

Sump Pump Care

With spring officially here it’s time to check your sump pump to keep them in working order. Maintaining your sump pump is a much better way to make sure its working properly than finding out once the water levels rise.

·       Checking the pump. Every so often, take the cover off the tank. Slowly pour water into it. This will make the float rise and trigger the pump. If it's working properly, the water level will quickly go down and the pump will shut off.

• Cleaning the tank. It's kind of a groady job, but it needs to be done. To do so,you'll need to scoop out any debris that has collected in the tank. Hose off the tank.

• Cleaning the pump. Sump pumps draw water in through a filter trap. This trap also needs to be cleaned on a regular basis. To clean the trap, you'll need to pull the pump out of the tank. Disconnect it from its power source and the piping, then pull it out of the tank.

Mustache Bash

Please join Fauser Home Improvement at the Redstone Room this Saturday for a viewing of the locally made Mustache Movie. $6 admission, doors open at 6:30, for more information about the movie go to http://www.mustachemovie.com/.

Join us for a party with a purpose at the Redstone Room in Davenport! Come celebrate and spread the *MUSTACHE LOVE* at this exciting fundraising event, featuring live bands, delectable drinks, great food and of course - MUSTACHES!!! Enjoy music from Deluxe Republic, Head Held High, Corporate Rock and Dani Lynn Howe Band.

Isn't it about time you let your mustache hair down to PARTY?! Don't miss your chance to party hard at this one of a kind event. We guarantee your mustache will thank you!

This is also your chance to... see "The Mustache Movie"! Meet members of the cast and crew, and maybe even land a role as an extra in the next film! You heard right, in fact all proceeds go toward making a full-length version of "The Mustache Movie". That means we will need lots of extras like you!

No mustache? No worries! We will have faux mustaches available, as well as other items, so everyone can feel the 'stache love.

GIVE YOUR CASH - SUPPORT A STACHE!!
All of your contributions during this event help support young, local QC filmmakers, benefiting our community. Everyone has their own personal mustached hero... Help support "The Mustache Movie" and YOU will be ours.

**MUSTACHE POWER - MUSTACHE LOVE** Thank you for your continued support!

How to avoid water in your basement

Somehow, watching the snow disappear loses a lot of its attraction when you find out some of the runoff water has ended up in your basement. Here are some steps to keeping your basement dry:

Start by getting rid of the most obvious cause of wet basements: snow piled up around your foundation walls. As the snow melts the runoff goes directly into the ground, and if you have piles of snow against your walls, you're going to end up with water right against the outside of your basement walls. Concrete (both poured or concrete blocks) is permeable, so some of this water will eventually work its way through the "solid" wall and into your basement

Consider another source of runoff water is snow melting on your roof. While runoff from the roof is supposed to be directed away from your foundation by your gutters and downspouts, during the winter, snow melting and freezing could block your gutters and even your downspouts. If the gutters and downspouts are blocked, runoff will simply pour over the edges of your gutters and fall right beside your foundation.
Clearing out your gutters and downspouts will ensure runoff from your roof doesn't end up in your basement. The easiest way to clear your downspouts is to set up your ladder close to the downspout and carefully climb up with a few buckets of water.
Use warm water poured directly down your downspout to melt any icy buildup. If there is any ice built up in the gutters you can also pour warm water into the area of the gutter you can safely reach to help clear them as well.
During the summer ensure the grade of the land around your foundation slopes away from your walls for a few feet. This is especially important in older homes, since over time with planting around the walls the grade may have changed and could actually be sloping towards your home.
Ensure your downspouts extend at least a few feet away from your foundation and be sure they drain onto a solid surface (like your driveway) rather than onto the ground.