{"id":563,"date":"2020-01-14T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/?p=563"},"modified":"2020-01-09T10:23:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:23:57","slug":"how-to-prepare-your-home-for-winter-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/announcement\/how-to-prepare-your-home-for-winter-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prepare Your Home for Winter Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Customer_Satisfaction_iStock_000028486816_Full_800x455.jpg\" alt=\"hand drawing check box on a white background\" class=\"wp-image-564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Customer_Satisfaction_iStock_000028486816_Full_800x455.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Customer_Satisfaction_iStock_000028486816_Full_800x455-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Customer_Satisfaction_iStock_000028486816_Full_800x455-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure your home is ready for the cold that\u2019s on the horizon.\nHere are a few things that you can do to help your home in the upcoming weeks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Schedule an HVAC Maintenance Appointment<\/strong>:\nIf you skipped out on a heating maintenance appointment this fall, it\u2019s not too\nlate to rectify the problem. You can still call us and have us tune up your\nheater to perfection. <\/li><li><strong>Change Your Heater\u2019s Filter<\/strong>: Changing the\nfilter in your heater is one of the easiest ways to ensure that you get great\nheating. A fresh filter for the winter season ensures that you get clean air,\nhigh efficiency, and low-cost heating services. <\/li><li><strong>Insulate Your Pipes<\/strong>: It\u2019s important to pay\nattention to your pipes in your crawlspace, basement, or attic. Pipes in these areas\nare at a higher risk of freezing. <\/li><li><strong>Check-In on Your Smoke Alarms\/ Carbon Monoxide\nDetectors<\/strong>: Take the time to make sure your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide\ndetectors are up and running in your home. Now is also a great time to pop in a\nnew set of those back-up batteries.<\/li><li><strong>Have Your Water Heater Maintained<\/strong>: It doesn\u2019t\nmatter if your water heater is tank or tankless\u2014you\u2019re going to need maintenance\nto ensure that you\u2019re getting piping hot water this winter. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Contact Kennihan Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning today to <a href=\"\/contact\/schedule-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">schedule an appointment<\/a> with our team. We can get your home primed for winter. We treat your home like it\u2019s our grandma\u2019s home.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few simple ways that you can help your home this winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[127,125,126],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement","tag-announcement","tag-winter-heating-preparation","tag-winter-home-preparation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":567,"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions\/567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}