Monsoon Care tips for your Apartment

Monsoon is one of the seasons when the area receives majority of rain. Common problem during monsoon is water stagnation, crack in building, power cut, leakage in building etc. If you prepare or take precaution steps prior to heavy rainfall you can keep your apartment safe and enjoy the beauty of rainfall in your apartment or house.

It is best time for fixing the leaks and cracks in your building. Last few days you might have seen the appearance of rain but rain has not yet picked up its tempo. It is expected to start heavy rain by the end of this week. Here are few areas in your apartment that requires regular maintenance.

Common areas in apartment that need maintenance prior to monsoon

• Generator: Regular maintenance and inspecting components or parts of generator for wear and tear could prevent major breakdowns. Maintenance by professional or trained personnel would ensure quality power and increase service life of the generator.

• Swimming Pool: Swimming pool need to be cleaned from floating debris, living organism and other organic matter. Clean the pool periodically and test the quality of water regularly. Need to provide safety measures in monsoon to avoid slip or fall. Children need to be given more care when playing in or around swimming pool.

• Leakage and crack: Leaks in wall and ceiling is one of the common problems during the monsoon season. It is best time to repair your building or apartment to protect your apartment from leakage and crack during heavy rainfall. You can seek service of professional or civil engineer to tackle this problem.

• Lift or elevator: It is very important to maintain lift or elevator regularly for the safety of residence in the apartments. All moving parts should be greased and ensure smooth moving to avoid burnout of motors or electrical systems associated with it.

Maintaining Your Apartment In This Monsoon

Common area is normally maintained by association of apartment. The expense will be divided equally by owners and residence in apartment. But you need to maintain the area which is owned by you. Here are some tips for maintaining and protect your apartment in this monsoon.

• Ensure no leakage and cracks: In past few days you might have experienced leakage or seen the cracks in your building. It is best time to repair them now before it rains heavily. Ensure no leakage or crack with assistance of a professional or good civil engineer.

• Inverter: Inverters is battery run device which can be used as source of power supply. Battery charges when there is power and automatically switch on when power fails. During monsoon, it is common there is power cut or break down of generator. Install Inverter to ensure or avoid power failure during night or during study time of your children.

• Cover windows and balcony with tarpaulin sheets: During monsoon water enters into living room and other rooms. Close the windows and doors during raining and if water enters into your room or bedroom even after closing doors and window, cover your balcony and windows with tarpaulin sheets. Ask your maintenance person or cleaner to cover windows and balcony with tarpaulin sheet before rain starts.

• Swelling wooden door: Swelling of wooden door due to moisture in the atmosphere is common during monsoon. It may be because of loose hinges or wrong fixing of door. In such case door can be removed and fixed again. Varnishing, painting or sandpaper the part of the door that gets stuck with the frame can solve this problem.

• Safe wiring: It is important to take safety measures from electrical appliance and wiring. Properly cover the joints and ensure quality wires for your household items. Proper earthing and separate fuse for each power board is essential. Never over load and avoid unnecessary or excess power during transmission. Seek experts or professional service to ensure safety of your apartment.
• Dampness in cupboards: The cupboards in your apartment need attention too! Chances of increase in dampness and pests inside your cupboard are more during monsoon. Henceforth, to avoid dampness put camphor in your cupboards and neem leaves, cloves to keep silver fish and other insects away.

  Timely maintenance to fix these problems is important!

You need to take precaution steps to keep your apartment or building safe in this monsoon. Nature has its own law and monsoon is important for recharging groundwater, provide adequate water in pools, lake and river for existence of living beings. Farmers need rain for irrigation purpose. If manage and take precautions steps, you can protect your building from cracks, leakage and water getting stagnant. If you are looking at fixing that leaking ceiling or crack in the wall, now is the best time to do it.