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30 July, 2018

Simple Techniques to Secure your House from Humidity this Monsoon

Tips & Advice

Is your wall paint cracking & falling off? Are there puddles of water in your living room and corners of your bedroom or maybe inside your kitchen? After the heavy shower of monsoon, are your wooden doors suddenly got swollen? If yes, then we are going to let you know this is all because of the humidity in the monsoon season. Today we are going to give you some really useful ideas to get your house secure from the humid walls this monsoon.

Here’s a list of something useful that’s all you need to do:

Puffy doors!

In this season of monsoon the wooden doors get swollen easily due to humidity. In such situation these doors suddenly turns into disturbing noisy labor. This is the time when, you need to sand down the unbalanced length of your door and smoothen it out on all the sides that get swollen. This easy remedy will enable the door to fit rightly in its frame without any disturbance & noise. Here’s one point that is considerable, the door would need polishing. But it would be better to wait out the monsoon weather because as more rains will definitely affect your doors again and again in this season. And this will make your activity redundant.

Polish your metal surfaces

Basically it includes each & everything that has a metallic surface. If opened to rainwater, these will lose their shine, and in case if they’re not made from stainless steel their color will get fade. You observe rust & the unusual cloudy surface is a result of this exposure, it is a normal occurrence during this season. Humid weather disrupts the fine & smooth surfaces of furnishing. What you need to do is get them polished professionally, or you can use simple & easy home remedies. Before starting polishing just wipe clean all surfaces and get the best results.

Make your house free of bugs!

After a dry & hot summer season, everyone want to open their windows in monsoon season. But no-one wants mosquitoes and diseases to follow with it, everyone follow the safety precaution and get thick wire gauze fixed on all windows and doors. This will make the resistance to any unwanted pests also you can spray the insect killer twice a week in the corners of your bedroom, Lounge and kitchen. As we all know that the monsoon is the breeding season for most of the insects & pests and you must keep your family safe from them.



Check for leakage points

Water puddles in the middle of the rooms are the most awkward thing you seen when you wake up in the morning. Often it happens in the monsoon season because water comes from windows that don’t shut properly or have gaps.

These gaps must be properly sealed and get any wire gauze layers checked for holes to prevent the water puddles and cracking wall paint. At times, during heavy rain shower, water pressure causes the wire gauze and window fittings to fall out of place. If it happens, get professional contractor to fix it. Once the fillings will be done it make your windows last longer. Your windows need a cover of fiberglass or any other shades otherwise the rainwater will seeps in.

You need to check all the leakage points in your house because sometimes, electrical sockets leak too. Checking for their external points and make sure has these plastered.

We hope these blog will help you to get your house secure from this monsoon humidity season.

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