City of Virginia Beach Pattern Book
to maintain his/her home it increases the pride people feel in their neighborhood, the sense of safety people feel in the neighborhood, and the level of trust and confidence residents place in their neighbors. Code Enforcement enforces maintenance
the city's ordinances
http://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/housing- neighborhood-preservation/homeowners/pages/property-
maintenance.aspx .
Home Maintenance, Repairs and Improvements – What’s Difference?
repairs and improvements. Periodic the
First, it is important to understand the relationship between home maintenance,
maintenance
relates to inspections, adjustments, cleanings, or replacements that should be performed on a regular basis to ensure proper functioning of all the systems in a house. When the right amount of home maintenance is performed on a regular basis, it should minimize the likelihood that a home owner will have to make more substantial repairs to the home.
Examples of home maintenance activities include: annual testing and adjustment of alarm systems, and central heating or cooling systems; replacement of water treatment components or air-handling filters; purging of heating radiators and water tanks; refilling dry floor-drain traps with water; cleaning out rain gutters, downspouts and drains; touching up worn house paint and weather seals; caulking cracks; patching
drywall; power washing the accumulated creosote out of chimney flues.
Pattern Book Chapter 4: Home Improvements
When a home owner is confronted with a major and very expensive repair, sometimes it is more cost-effective to invest in a full-scale improvement. Obsolete home systems are a good example. The cost of continually repairing an air conditioner that is more than 10-15 years old, plus the electricity costs for running an inefficient machine, might be greater than the cost of upgrading to a new air conditioning system.
Stay aware of signs that you may be overloading or otherwise misusing home systems. For example, continually having to replace fuses or
siding; and cleaning
if you find that you are flip
the switch on circuit
breakers in your home, it could indicate you have overloaded one or more electrical receptacles or that it is time to improve (upgrade and replace) the electrical system in your home.
citywide. For more information
property visit
Home repairs can be thought of as more substantial types of home maintenance. Home repair can relate to problems that may arise either when home maintenance has not been performed on a regular basis; when components in the home wear out after their useful life and need to be replaced, periodically; when a component needs to be restored to a useful condition (such as, replacing leaky faucets, or cleaning out plumbing traps); and also when home components simply break unexpectedly.
The first step of home repair is to notice or identify a problem that needs attention. The second step is to diagnose the problem. That is – to determine what needs to be done in order to fix the problem. The final step is taking action to repair and resolve the problem.
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