How to Protect Your Home From Natural Damages

Home safety should be one of your top priorities. Although there is often little that can be done to prevent a natural disaster, people can take steps to reduce the effect that of natural disaster on themselves and their property. It is important to know how to prepare for the several threats from nature. Not only will this save your property from damage, but it may also help to save the lives.  (  Taruchaya Residency  )

How to protect your home from cyclone

• ·               Brace your garage door to prevent more-extensive damage.
• ·            Broken windows can let in wind and rain, and they can also increase the pressure under the         roof.
• ·                Protect your roof .inspect your roof tiles or shingles to make sure they are secure
• ·                 Trim your trees. Make sure that there are not any dead sections on your trees threatening the home
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Wind

• ·         Cover windows and doors.Consider installing steel or aluminum storm shutters on your windows.
• ·         Remove trees too close to the home.Make sure trees sit far enough away from your home to prevent damage if they fall.

Water

• ·         Check hoses on a regular basis.  checking hoses that lead to your washing machine, dishwasher, and   refrigerator on an annual basis.
• ·         Check showers and tubs. Make sure the caulking around your showers and tubs are watertight.
• ·         Know where and how to shut off your water main. If a pipe suddenly bursts in your home, it is important to know how to shut off the water supply.
• ·         Install floor pans. Consider installing floor pans under your appliances.

lightning

• ·         Protect Electronics from Severe Weather. lightning hits your house or nearby power lines, it can follow the wiring or phone lines into your home.
• ·         Reduce the Risk of Fire.You might want to consider protecting an entire building. Lightning rods protect a building from catching fire, not from electrical surges.
• ·         Understand Lightning.When lightning hits the ground, a tree, a tower or even a building, it doesn’t go straight down but usually spreads along the ground first

flood

•   Safeguard in-home electrical and climate systems .Modify your water heater and any other        anchored indoor equipment so that it sits above your property's flood level.
•   Modify water valves. install an interior or exterior backflow valve.
• ·         Determine how water flows around your house

 Other tips of protection

• ·         Clear gutters, drains and downspouts.
• ·         Move furniture, rugs, electronics and other belongings to upper floors, or at least raise them off a ground floor.
• ·         Shut off electricity at the breaker panel.
• ·         Elevate major appliances onto concrete blocks if they're potentially in harm's way from flooding.