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Maintenance Suggestions
Your Palo Verde Home has been built with the best available materials and workmanship. Its well-
planned design includes modern conveniences to provide you and your family with many years of
pleasant and comfortable living.
This section was prepared to help you maintain and add value to your new home, to increase your
enjoyment of it, and contains valuable information on taking care of the “little things” that occasionally
need to be done in any home. Read it…Study it…by heeding our advice to perform routine
maintenance work, you will not only avoid most major repair problems, you will save yourself a lot of
money.
There are literally thousands of component parts in your new Palo Verde Home. Many materials are
from natural products. As in the case of the automobile, a little care and common sense used during
the “breaking-in” period will assure more satisfaction and joy in the end. A general knowledge of the
materials used in the construction of your home will enable you to more fully understand the matters
of shrinkage, expansion and contraction - - all of which are to be expected in any new home.
Since you have a foundation, steps and walk of poured concrete, remember that concrete expands
with summer heat and contracts with winter cold. Due to this expansion and contraction, as well as to
the natural shrinkage that takes place in concrete when it obtains its final set, cracks may appear.
These cracks will not affect the foundation’s structural strength in any way; nor will they impair the
structural integrity of your home.
The structural lumber used in your home has been designed with sizes and lengths to provide a
safety factor beyond what is necessary. The shrinkage of the wood sometimes causes the joints in
the woodwork to open, doors to warp, and cracks to appear in drywall - - especially at corners. You
may also hear popping sounds. This shrinkage is inevitable. It can be minimized by keeping the
house interior at a reasonable temperature even when you are away.
When you had your final walk-through prior to close of escrow, various literature left in the home for
your reference was pointed out. These papers should be kept in this binder along with the other
information for the care and upkeep of your new home. This information covers all of the appliances,
water heater, heating, air-conditioning and smoke alarms.
We have listed in each relative section, easy care instructions for items in your new Palo Verde
home.
Enjoy your Palo Verde home. It is planned to bring you great comfort and pleasure. As a valuable
investment, this home deserves your care and consideration. In return, you will receive greater
satisfaction and a greater return on your investment.
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