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How To Solve Uneven Home Cooling

Uneven home cooling is a common issue for multistoried buildings. All of us expect that the system we installed as our central air conditioning should cool the entire area properly. But the cooling efficiency reduced for many reasons and the system is not able to cool properly. Ductwork problems, system age, etc are the most common factors for uneven cooling. So here are a few easy and simple solutions to solve the uneven home cooling issue. Use Air Vents If there is any air vent and that is blocked by furniture, dust, and debris or anything else, then please free the air vents. A blocked air vent can contribute to uneven cooling. But if you want to redirect your cool air to some specific place then you can block some of your vents. This technique is useful when you redirect to the second floor and beyond. Air Duct Maintenance Air duct maintenance is important in this case. A small leak can lead your home to uneven home cooling. You can get some help from professional service provider

Few Common Mistakes That Put You At Risk - Home Wiz Guy

As we all know no one is perfect. We all make mistakes. But if the mistakes come to your home security then it can be a huge risk. A simple home security mistake can lead us to a huge loss to our property. For example, the chance of burglary will be increase if we aren't secure our property. Or if there is no fire alarm system installed in our home or other property then when fire hazard strikes we have no idea about that and we can't do anything to protect our home or business place. So to avoid that at Home Wiz Guy, I have made a list of common mistakes that we do when it comes to home security. I know that those are not intentionally but at least knowing them will help you in the future. Showing Valuable Things to Outsider I know this is very common for everyone. When you have something valuable then you have the intention to show it to others. Not to show-off but to show your joy. This is not a bad thing at all. You can share your joy with others by showing your valuable t

Commercial Water Damage – Top Reasons – Home Wiz Guy

Water damage is disastrous, we all know that. But commercial water damage is much more disastrous than residential water damage. It is crucial to act quickly to mitigate the water damage. And this is the most important reason to all business owners and commercial place managers to know the common causes of commercial water damage. Top Causes of Commercial Water Damage Faulty Plumbing – There are so many reasons that you have faulty plumbing. In winter freezing pipes and bursting pipes are common. So whatever the reason is you have to check for those. There are few well known ways to identify those. If the plumbing pipes are visible then you can easily check those and take necessary actions. But if those are not visible then what will you do is check if the building walls, floors or ceiling, cracked or loose tiles have any kind of stains or not. Also check for moisture on them too. If you detect any of them, don’t wait and call professional damage restoration service provider immediate

Fire Damage – Common Causes of Home Fires | Home Wiz Guy

Fire is a destructive force of nature. Either it is caused by natural disasters or major accident, the best action on that time is leave your property as soon as possible. At-least it can save lives. When you feel that you are safe from that fire hazard then immediately call for help. As you know that fire damage is devastating it is better to know the common causes of home fires. There are so many things in our house that can cause the fire and potential damages to our property. So it is important to know common causes and how to take precautions. Fire Damaged Kitchen Carelessness Carelessness is one of the most common and most silly reason for the home fires. We all know that no one is perfect. Mistakes can happen anytime. So we can consider that. But negligence is not mistake. It is not tolerable in case of potential fire hazard. We need to be more careful about this. Being careless in kitchen area like not storing the matches and lighters in safe ares, not turning off the gas tank

Sump Pump : How to test | Professional Tips – Home Wiz Guy

Hey guys. Welcome to another new blog post from Home Wiz Guy. From the title you may got the idea what I am going to talk about. Yes my today’s topic is sump pump. What is Sump Pump Sump Pump Unit So if you are not familiar with sump pump then let me explain you what it is. A sump pump is nothing but a pump which is used to remove the water accumulated in a water collecting sump basin. Sump Pump very commonly found in the basement or in crawl space of your home. It is installed below the floor so that the sump basin can easily collect the water. How it work Hope you understand what is a sump pump is. But another big question arise which is “How it works?”. The mechanism is very simple. The pump is equipped with a sensor that can sense the increasing water levels or the water pressure. When the water level gets too high or the water pressure is too much, then the pump starts automatically and pumps out the excess water out of the basement using a discharge pipe that may be connected to

Is Foundation Issues Affect Home Value? – Expert Opinion From Home Wiz Guy

May be you want to sell your home and already start preparing for that. Or just want to increase the overall value of your home. Whatever the reason is the only thing that can add huge, tremendous value to your home is Foundation. Yes, I am talking about the Foundation or Basement of your home. We all know that very well, foundation repair is not a cost effective or easy to do. It can easily drag a couple of hundreds to thousands dollar bill. But trust me it will really add a lot of value to your home when you go for selling it. 10% – 15%. Yes, you read that right. 10% – 15% value will be reduced if there is any kind of foundation issues in your home. Wherever you are living right now in USA the amount will be $7500 to $12000 for those 10% – 15%. This is huge amount of money right? But, now the question is how exactly does the state of your home’s foundation affect its overall value? Cracked Foundation Repair Cost A foundation repair bill may cost you anywhere from few hundred to coupl

Smart Doorbell : Top 3 Benefits of It – Home Wiz Guy

Hey guys, welcome to another new post from Home Wiz Guy. My today’s topic is smart doorbell. You may already know what is smart doorbell is, but this is for those people who don’t know what is a smart doorbell is and what are the benefits of this advance device now a day. As you all know here in home wiz guy I am trying to give you a short description of the topic and also try to explain how it works. My previous articles were related to damage restoration and basement repair related. So now I thought why not write something about home security. So here I tried to gather some information about smart doorbell and also try to explain how it works with its benefits. Lets get into this. Smart Doorbell A smart doorbell is a beautiful security device that comes with a Video Doorbell Camera, disguised in the form of an ordinary doorbell. There are lots of home security service provider companies are now providing the customers with a Smart Doorbell that is powered by industry leaders like Qol