{"id":22707,"date":"2019-12-12T03:41:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T03:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chesmar.com\/?p=22707"},"modified":"2019-12-12T03:41:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T03:41:35","slug":"prepare-to-winterize-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/12\/prepare-to-winterize-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare to Winterize Your Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><em>Once again seasonal changes are here!<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Time to perform a few winterizing maintenance items in your home!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22714 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/chesmar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Winter-Chesmar-Logo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wrap or cover<\/strong> your exterior pipes to protect them from freezing, don\u2019t forget above ground irrigation valves!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flush<\/strong> your water heater to keep sediment from collecting on the bottom reducing efficiency<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reverse<\/strong> the ceiling fans to a clockwise direction so they push hot air along the ceiling to the floor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Replace<\/strong> air filters<\/li>\n<li>Have your heater or furnace <strong>checked<\/strong> by a professional prior to winter use<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clean<\/strong> your gutters to remove fall leaves and prevent possible damage<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clean<\/strong> your fireplace and have your flue checked by a professional if you have used your fireplace extensively<\/li>\n<li>Check your door weather stripping and door sweeps to make sure you are getting a good seal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22709 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/chesmar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Fireplace-winter-socks-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22722 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/chesmar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/WINTER-home-scarf-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7345 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/chesmar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Jeff-Schneirder-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Written By:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/chesmar.com\/team-members\/jeff-schneider\/\">Jeff Schneider<\/a>, Customer Service Manager<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">San Antonio Division<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again seasonal changes are here! Time to perform a few winterizing maintenance items in your home! Wrap or cover your exterior pipes to protect them from freezing, don\u2019t forget above ground irrigation valves! Flush your water heater to keep sediment from collecting on the bottom reducing efficiency Reverse the ceiling fans to a clockwise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}