Home guides
Seasonal tips for keeping mountain homes, cabins and rentals in good shape.
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Guides for mountain homes
Practical, season-by-season advice for homes, cabins and rentals in Summit and Wasatch counties.
Fall home & cabin checklist
Gutters, drafts, hose bibs, decks and rental close-downs before the first snow.
Winterizing a cabin or second home
Frozen pipes, heat tape, ice dams, snow, drafts and rental turnovers for vacant mountain homes.
Ice dams on mountain homes & cabins
Why ice dams form on mountain roofs, how to prevent them and what to do when one shows up.
Preventing frozen pipes at cabins & second homes
Where cabin pipes freeze, how to protect them while you're away, and what to do if you arrive to a frozen line.
Drywall cracks & nail pops in new homes
Why new homes in Heber, Kamas and Promontory crack and pop as they settle, which cracks are normal and when to fix them.
Drafty doors, weatherstripping & door sweeps
How to find and stop drafts around exterior doors in mountain homes and cabins: weatherstripping, sweeps, thresholds and adjustments.
Sliding patio doors that stick, leak or ice up
Why sliding patio doors drag, leak and freeze shut in mountain winters, and the fixes for rollers, tracks, seals and drainage.
Heat tape & roof heat cables: fall checks
What to check on roof and gutter heat cables and pipe heat tape each fall, how to test the GFCI, and when it's a job for an electrician.
Getting a nightly rental ready for ski season
A pre-season checklist for Park City, Deer Valley, Canyons, Hideout and Midway rentals: arrival path, ski rooms, safety, heat, tech and the guest notes that prevent midnight calls.
Storm doors in windy towns
Closers, wind chains, bent hinges and choosing a storm door that survives Coalville, Oakley, Peoa and Heber Valley wind.
Garage door winter problems
Frozen bottom seals, worn weatherstripping, stiff tracks and rollers, and which garage door jobs belong to a garage door company.
Smoke & CO detectors in mountain homes
Where detectors go in cabins and lofts, expiration dates, gas fireplaces and snow-buried vents, chirps in empty cabins, rental checks, and when to call an electrician.
Anchoring furniture & TVs so they can't tip
How to anchor dressers, bookcases, bunk-room furniture and TVs into wood studs, old plaster, concrete basement walls, steel studs and log walls.
Basement moisture before patching or finishing
Snowmelt, grading, window wells, radon and the drywall gap above the slab: how to find and fix moisture before you patch or finish a basement.
Snow stakes, plow damage & spring yard repairs
Which markers to set in November, how to place them, protecting mailbox posts and fences along plow routes, and what to repair after the melt.
Hanging holiday lights without damaging gutters or heat cables
Clips instead of nails and staples, protecting gutters and heat cables, ladder safety on cold mornings, outdoor outlets and timers, wind, and taking lights down before ice dams.
Getting your home ready for holiday guests
A walk-through for the weeks before company arrives: safe entry steps, heat and drafts, guest bath and bedroom fixes, altitude and dry-air comforts, smoke and CO alarms, and which jobs go to a pro.
Mudroom and ski-gear storage
Benches, hooks, boot trays and wet-entry layouts that keep ski gear, boots and meltwater off the living-room floor in Park City, Kamas, Heber and Midway homes.
After a windstorm: damage checklist
What to check, photograph and secure after a big November wind in Kamas, Oakley, Park City and the Heber Valley, and who fixes what.
Local service pages
Town-by-town details for specific jobs:
- Gutter cleaning in Park City
- Snow-season prep in Kamas
- TV mounting in Heber City
- Snow-season prep in Park City
- Gutter cleaning in Heber City
- TV mounting in Park City
- Deck repair in Midway
- Snow-season prep in Oakley
- Rental turnovers in Park City
- Gutter cleaning in Kamas
- Snow-season prep in Coalville
- Drywall repair in Heber City
- Rental turnovers in Midway
- Deck repair in Kamas
- Door repair in Coalville
- Snow-season prep in Heber City
- Furniture assembly in Heber City
- Fence and gate repair in Oakley
- Painting touch-ups in Park City
- Gutter cleaning in Midway
- TV mounting in Hideout
- Snow-season prep in Midway
- TV mounting in Jeremy Ranch & Kimball Junction
- Drywall repair in Park City
- Door repair in Kamas
- Door repair in Park City
- Fence and gate repair in Peoa
- Furniture assembly in Hideout
- Painting touch-ups in Heber City
- Gutter cleaning in Coalville
- TV mounting in Kamas
- Door repair in Oakley
- Rental turnovers in Hideout
- Snow-season prep in Samak
- Drywall repair in Jeremy Ranch & Kimball Junction
- Door repair in Heber City
- Deck repair in Wanship
- Fence and gate repair in Charleston
- Door repair in Midway
- Drywall repair in Kamas
- TV mounting in Coalville
- Snow-season prep in Woodland
- Hardware and fixture swaps in Park City
- TV mounting in Silver Creek and Promontory
- Gutter cleaning in Oakley
- Hardware and fixture swaps in Heber City
- Picture, art and poster hanging in Park City
- Gutter cleaning in Hideout
- Hardware and fixture swaps in Midway
- Furniture assembly in Park City
- Carpentry in Kamas
- Carpentry in Park City
- Carpentry in Heber City
- Furniture assembly in Kamas
- Carpentry in Coalville
- Gutter cleaning in Silver Creek / Promontory
- Fence and gate repair in Kamas
- Furniture assembly in Coalville
- Hardware and fixture swaps in Kamas
- Hardware and fixture swaps in Coalville
- Carpentry in Midway
- Carpentry in Oakley
- Drywall repair in Midway
- Cabin and rental turnovers in Kamas
- Deck repair in Park City
- Picture, mirror and art hanging in Heber City
- Deck repair in Heber City
- TV mounting in Oakley
- Cabin and rental turnovers in Heber City
- Carpentry in Woodland
- Deck and porch repair in Coalville
- TV mounting in Midway
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