THINGS TO DO THE DAY
YOU LEAVE
Turn water heater down to the lowest setting.
Turn your air conditioner up in summer. You want to reduce your
bills, but you may have to keep the house from getting too hot to
protect your pets and electronics.
Turn your heat down or off in spring or fall. Be sure to leave
the house warm enough in the winter. You may want to reduce your
bills, but you may need to keep the house from getting too cold to
protect your pets and water pipes.
Leave shades or drapes as you normally do.
Plug a cheap radio into a timer so you can have some noise in the
house during part of the day.
Lock all doors and windows including basement & garage.
Unplug electronic items, such as, your computer to protect them
if you have a storm while you’re gone. Remember to unhook your
phone line from the modem. Unfortunately, you may have to leave it
all hooked up if your computer is your only answering machine. Make
sure your surge protectors are properly installed.
Pack the car inside the garage, with the door down, so people
driving by won’t find out you’re leaving.
Disconnect the garage door. Unplug it if you can, don’t pull
the fuse for the garage door until you verify the fuse isn’t
hooked up to something that needs to stay on, such as, your
refrigerator or maybe a freezer in the garage.
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