ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL & SECURITY Winter Season Suggestions

By: Linda Callahan, Architectural Control Department Manager

The TKPOA Architectural Control and Security Departments would like to remind you of a few tips for keeping your home and family protected now that the cold weather has arrived.

• When you are not at your home, keep your thermostat on 55 degrees. Broken pipes are quite common this time of year.

• Sprinklers and any landscape irrigation should be shut off for the season once the nightly temperature consistently dips below 30 degrees.

• Carefully check all windows and doors before leaving your home, even if you’re just running errands. High winds can cause a window to blow open.

• Be sure your crawl space is sealed off and secure. Bears are looking for a cozy spot under your house to hibernate. Pine Sol is the best deterrent.

• Please keep your friends, family, and pets off the ice in the lagoons. It may seem thick enough to walk on, but with fluctuating temperatures it is not.

• If you are leaving a boat in the water all winter, please winterize and adequately secure your boat to the dock. Sinking and/or drifting boats are not uncommon this time of year. Also, only white shrink-wrap is allowed if the boats are to remain docked.

Thank you and have a safe winter season.