Tips to Increase your Home’s Value and Enhance your Curb Appeal

If you don't have a deck or patio on the outside of your home you may want to consider building one. They really help to add value to your home. People love spending time outside on their deck or patio. Even a sunroom added to your home will raise its value. This is a big plus for any home to have is a nice outside area to go to. If you already have a deck or patio. Add more to it like some new lawn furniture, a awning or a bench. Anything you do to dress up this area is a good thing for your home. And will make it look great.

A garage or a shed is another thing that helps to sell a home. And add more value to your property. This is a big deal to home buyers to have a place to put their extra stuff in including their car and all their outside lawn equipment and other things they own. A lot of people will not even look at a home without extra storage space for these items. People prefer a garage but a storage shed will do well at times if no garage is available. Having both a garage and a storage shed is ideal for a home. These are just a few exterior home improvements for your home that can really pay off and also make your home look its best.

Put a spark in the front door of your residence

The front door to the house should gleam, since it is the entryway to the inside. Polish the door fixtures surrounding light fixtures, and the door frame. Refinish or repaint the front door if necessary. Finally, remove any custom plaques or signs with the family name on it, and buy a plush doormat.

The Right Kind of Glass

In frontier days people used to put a piece of waxed paper into an opening in the wall of their cabin to let in some natural light.  This would have some disadvantages such as you can't see through, it has no insulating value and cold and heat can easily move through it, so it wasn't used for long. Let Fauser Home Improvement show you how to pick the proper window glass for your home windows will let lots of light in, allow you to see out and even save you money and energy.

 

Double and Triple Panes:

Air is a good insulator so having an air gap helps minimize heat transfer from through the window (and also helps block noise). In addition to minimizing heat loss, a warmer window on the inside means less condensation forms on the inside window, so there is less potential damage to inside window frames.

 

Low E:

Low E glass (also called solar low E or "spectrally selective glass" ) has been covered with a very thin metallic coating  that makes it "low emissivity" meaning it reflects light back from the surface thus reducing UV rays in your home as well as keeping heat in during the winter and out in the summer.

 

Spacers:

Spacers separate and maintain the "air gap" between the glass panels so they are actually touching glass. Aluminum (metal) spacers used to be standard however, less conductive materials are now more common in well built windows.

Low conductivity spacers can improve the performance of gas filled, lowE filled windows by as much as 20%.

How to Clean Vinyl Siding

Wash vinyl siding with a soft cloth or ordinary long-handled, soft bristle brush. For textured surfaces, use only a soft bristle brush to keep the grooves in the texture stain-free. For best results, start at the bottom of the house and work up and rinse the cleaning solution completely before it dries. If your house has brick facing, cover the brick so that it is not affected by the runoff.

Vinyl Siding Cleaners
General cleaners (e.g., Simple Green®, Nice & Easy®, Armor All®, etc.) can be used to clean dirt, bird droppings, and spider webs. Stain-specific cleaners are listed below. Rinse all cleaners with water before they dry.
Stain	Cleaners*
Bubble Gum	Fantastik®, Murphy Oil Soap®, solution of vinegar (30%), water (70%) and Windex®
Crayon	Lestoil®
DAP (oil-based caulk)	Fantastik®
Felt-tip Pen	Fantastik®, water-based cleaners
Grass	Fantastik®, Lysol®, Murphy Oil Soap®, Windex®
Lithium (car) Grease	Fantastik®, Lestoil®, Murphy Oil Soap®, Windex®
Motor Oil	Fantastik®, Lysol®, Murphy Oil Soap®, Windex®
Paint	Brillo® Pad, Soft Scrub®
Pencil	Soft Scrub®
Rust	Fantastik®, Murphy Oil Soap®, Windex®
Tar	Soft Scrub®
Top Soil	Fantastik®, Lestoil®, Murphy Oil Soap®

Softball 2011

This week's blog is dedicated to both the Coed and Mens spring softball teams. The coed team won 1st place in East Moline's League Consolation while the men's team won 2nd Place in the overall tournament. Fauser Home Improvement was pleased to sponsor both teams, here's to you guys!

The 2011 Fall League begins Sunday, September 11th. If you are interested in playing please give us a call at (309) 792-3122 or email us at FauserHI@yahoo.com.