Home maintenance in Hilliard, from someone who lives here.

What I see in Hilliard homes

Every house is different, but the same few things come up again and again in Hilliard.

• Original furnaces and water heaters reaching the end of their run.A lot of Hilliard housing went up between 1995 and 2008. The equipment that came with the house is now 15 to 30 years old. A water heater that old is the single most likely thing in the house to put water on the floor, which is why the membership puts a leak sensor under it on the first visit.
• Sump pumps that nobody has tested since move-in.Nearly every basement in the newer subdivisions has a pit and a pump. Most run only during heavy rain, so a failed float or a stuck check valve goes unnoticed until the one storm that matters. Every visit, water goes in the pit and the pump runs.
• Frost free outside faucets with no inside shutoff.Common in homes built after the mid 1990s. They are fine as long as the hose comes off before the first hard freeze. A hose left on is how they split.
• Finished basements with the main shutoff behind drywall or a drop ceiling.If you have never found yours, the first visit includes finding it, making sure it turns, and tagging it so anyone in the house can shut the water off in a hurry.

Serving Heritage Lakes, Brookfield Village, Lakewood, Hilliard Green, Old Hilliard, and the neighborhoods along Scioto Darby and Cosgray Roads.