During the rainy season in California, heavy rain, strong winds, and occasionally power outages are possible. There are many precautions you can take before the next storm that can help you with keep your home safe and avoid those costly repairs.
Steps:
1) First, clean out your gutters, downspouts and the storm drains that would be filled up and covered with leaves and all the debris. When those drainage systems are all clogged up, the water can pool and fill up around the roof or any foundation and not flow and move away from the house safely. Also Making sure that the downspouts are not draining onto the house and your yard drains are kept completely clear.
2) Look for any damaged roofing materials. That could be any gaps or last year's leaks on the roof, also windows and exterior doors. Small problems getting tackled early can help to avoid a lot/ all the entry of water during heavy rain.
3) Remove and or tie down all the branches that are weak or hanging down on trees that might fall in a high wind. On top of tying down or removing any loose outdoor furniture or decorations.
4) Homeowners should also be ready to go if there are any power outages. Having standby ready flashlights, batteries and even portable chargers will really help you out until the storm passes. Valuable items are also extremally important like any papers and files should be kept in a dry and guarded area.
5) Last but not least, online you can see if your home is in a flood-prone area, and go register for area alerts so you know ahead of time.
Just a few couple tips and steps before the rain starts can really help to make your home, family and property safer throughout the rains and bad weather.
Click Here for the flood map check Website.
