Springtime Lessons

It often seems we humans have certain impulses hardwired in our DNA and Spring provides some good examples.

Whether it's buying a motorcycle, new dresses for little girls, white shoes for women OR home remodeling projects, we feel we "Must obey the call." While breaking out the white shoes too early could be a "social disaster" for some women, remodeling too soon could have a negative impact on your bank account. Why, you might ask? It's fairly easy to understand once you think about it.

The clay soil our homes rest on expands and lifts up when it absorbs a lot of water and late Winter/early Spring is when we get lots of rain. The other fact to keep in mind is "what goes up must come down" and this takes place as the soil dries out during our infamous Summer heat waves. The problem is, our homes tend to go the way of the soil. Therefore, if I rush to lay new floor tile, put up new wallpaper OR build that new game room over the garage before the soil dries out, I could be setting myself up for heartache.

In my experience, Springtime is the best time to address all known foundation related problems, or to have a foundation expert out to determine if there are any problems which could have a negative impact on my remodeling projects. At the very least I recommend waiting until July or August to launch any remodeling projects, as long as no foundation problems have shown up during the dry out. This helps prevent that new slate floor tile from cracking or that imported French wallpaper from tearing.

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