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Homeownership 101 - Home maintenance tips for new homeowners - YouTube
Channel: Georgia Coast Homes by Karin Carr
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Today's video is all about homeownership
101. Hey welcome back everybody, I'm Karin
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Carr, a Realtor with Keller Williams
Coastal Area Partners here in Savannah
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Georgia. Che Georgia coast Homes team
loves to help first-time buyers and if
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you've always been a renter you probably
don't know some of the basics of
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maintaining your home so today we're
going over homeownership 101 the things
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that you need to do to maintain your
house so that you keep it looking great
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let's start with caulking so here is an
example this gray silicone caulking
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that's all around the back of my sink as
water splashes on it it starts to
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degrade and periodically it needs to be
replaced so you can buy a tube of
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caulking at the hardware store you want
to get the one that is made for wet
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areas your bathrooms and your kitchens
it comes in different colors so
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sometimes you can buy a different color
for your backsplash or your counter
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rather than just white but periodically
when you see that the caulking is
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starting to pull away from the wall like
this is it's time to replace it alright
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so come with me and let's check out the
screens on the underside of the
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microwave
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ooh they're not nearly as bad as I
expected them to be these get coated
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with grease because when you're cooking
on the stove all of its going up into
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that vent underneath the microwave these
are dishwasher safe so just pop them out
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and chuck them in your dishwasher every
now and then
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if you have a glass cooktop stove they
are very very delicate and they can get
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scratched the number one thing to
remember is as soon as you are done
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cooking wipe up any spills if they
harden on to that cooktop it is so much
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harder to clean them up later my
favorite thing to use is bar keeper's
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friend or baking soda if the glass
cooktop is just a little bit warm you
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sprinkle it with some baking soda or the
bar keeper's friend rub it with a magic
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eraser
wipe it all down and when it's clean you
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can spray it with Windex to get the
shine back but you don't want to use
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anything super abrasive so none of those
green scrubby sponges
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let's talk about sealing your granite
counters granite is a natural stone and
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it is extremely porous which means if
you spill orange juice all over it it
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can seep into the granite and it will
stain ask me how I know this stain on my
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bathroom counter is because my daughter
was cleaning the bathroom she used a
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toilet bowl cleaner that was green and
she just set the container on the
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counter when she was finished and
unfortunately it leaked it leaked down
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the side of the container it leaked into
the granite and by the time I put this
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thing away after it had been sitting
there for 24 hours the cleaner had
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soaked into the granite I have bleached
it multiple times I've used baking soda
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I've used every cleaning product I can
think of and it is helping it's getting
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lighter it's not green anymore it's kind
of yellow but it's very very very
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difficult to get out so make sure that
you seal your granite counters
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periodically they say at least once a
year you could even do it every six
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months if you wanted to be on the safe
side the sealer usually just comes in a
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spray bottle and it's literally just
spray the counter and then wipe it down
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but you have to do it periodically
because if you wait until the sealant
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has worn off then you're at risk for
getting stains in your granite counter
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let's talk about something really
exciting bugs yes we deal with bugs here
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in southern Georgia we have palmetto
bugs we have spiders we have all kinds
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of creepy crawlies because we live in a
subtropical climate so what do you need
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to do I use a pest control company they
come about once a quarter so every three
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months they're gonna show up and spray
the outside of your house if you're
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having a problem inside with spiders or
other creepy crawlies
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they will come inside and spray as well
but I have had such great luck with them
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they only have to do the outside they'll
tell you in advance when they're coming
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you can make sure that the dogs are
inside so that they can just go out
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spray the perimeter of your home and a
little bit of preventive
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maintenance is well worth it I would so
much rather have them spray four times a
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year and not have to deal with finding
spiders and palmetto bugs in the
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bathroom it's just that's the grossest
what about air filters well air filters
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should be replaced at least every six
months and probably every three if you
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are an allergy sufferer or you have pets
you get a lot of dust and hair and all
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kinds of allergens stuck in the air
filters so find out what size you
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require and then I just find them on
Amazon in by the case so if I have a box
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of six of these in my hall closet always
ready to go as soon as I'm ready to
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replace the air filter I always have a
backup waiting for me I figure it's
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easier to buy a case once a year then
have to order them every single time you
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want to change it plus I always forget
what the size is let's be honest so if I
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just keep the box that it came in says
the dimensions right on the box then I
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don't have to go look it up every single
time I need to order a new one so how do
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you do it
you find out where your air return is
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there will be some little thumb screws
like this it allow you to just swing
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open the grate pull the air filter out
look at how disgusting it news and how
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dirty it is and put in a brand spankin
new clean one shut the grate and then
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set a calendar alerts for you to do it
the next time if you just do it at the
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beginning of every quarter or even once
every six months put it on your calendar
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so an alert pops up on your phone you'll
never have to think about it again thank
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you so much for watching a home
ownership 101 today if you're thinking
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about buying your first home in the
Savannah Georgia area go ahead and click
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this link and watch our video series
that's completely for free all about how
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to buy your first home ever thanks so
much for watching and we'll see you on
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the next one
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