{"id":95,"date":"2016-11-30T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.safechoicemn.com\/blog\/?p=95"},"modified":"2016-12-21T10:57:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T10:57:45","slug":"winter-home-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safechoicemn.com\/blog\/winter-home-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prepare Your Home for Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It can be easy to overlook the cold winter ahead while it&#8217;s warm and you&#8217;re still thinking about the fun times you had with all those cookouts and picnics. But whether we&nbsp;like&nbsp;to admit it or not, Old Man Winter&nbsp;is just around the corner, and especially in Rochester,&nbsp;MN! Here&#8217;s how you can prepare for his chilly visit with these tips from your friends at Safechoice Insurance Agency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Winter Tip #1: It&#8217;s never too early to start.<\/h2>\n<p>There&#8217;s a reason why the birds start flying south and the squirrels gather food long before it gets cold &#8211; if you start your prep when the first snow falls, it&#8217;s already too late. Act now to clear out your gutters and care for your yard, and you&#8217;ll have peace of mind&nbsp;when the weather outside is frightful.<\/p>\n<h2>Winter Tip#2: Give Your Furnace a well-deserved checkup.<\/h2>\n<p>Furnaces are an essential part of living out&nbsp;here in Minnesota. Take good care of your furnace, and it will take care of you! Keep the airways clean by changing your filter once a month, and have a professional inspect it for a clean bill of health.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Winter Tip #3: A sealed-up home is a snuggly warm home.<\/h2>\n<p>You might have heard that sealing up the cracks in your home saves a lot on the energy bill, but did you know that it blocks out moisture, too? A home kept dry prevents a multitude of problems that include costly&nbsp;structural damage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Ready, Set, Prep!<\/h2>\n<p>Get&nbsp;ahead of Old Man Winter this year by prepping your home now. If&nbsp;you have any questions about winter-related damages with your home insurance in Rochester, MN, our staff at&nbsp;Safechoice&nbsp;Insurance Agency is here to help. Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can be easy to overlook the cold winter ahead while it&#8217;s warm and you&#8217;re still thinking about the fun times you had with all those cookouts and picnics. But whether we&nbsp;like&nbsp;to admit it or not, Old Man Winter&nbsp;is just around the corner, and especially in Rochester,&nbsp;MN! Here&#8217;s how you can prepare for his chilly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-insurance","tag-safechoice-insurance-agency"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safechoicemn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safechoicemn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safechoicemn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safechoicemn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safechoicemn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.safechoicemn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96,"href":"https:\/\/www.safechoicemn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safechoicemn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safechoicemn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safechoicemn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}