When you buy a new custom Florida home from ICI Homes, you’ll quickly discover that the sprinkler system is one of its important exterior features. Luckily, Florida’s sub-tropical and tropical climate comes with Mother Nature’s sprinkler system — those typical summer showers and occasional tropical downpours. But, like most climates, Florida also has a drier …
Smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors are much more than another addition to your homeowner maintenance to-do list. In fact, it’s not a bad idea to move them near the top of that list, to be safe. Guarding your household is exactly what they’re designed to do, so read on to discover how to keep …
Aside from architecture and building materials, paint likely makes the most significant design impact on your new custom Florida home. Its colors and finishes help shape a home’s exterior and interior appearances. And, like all home-construction elements, paint eventually requires a little maintenance help. Periodic touch-ups help keep your painted surfaces looking as pristine as …
Comfortably cool interiors are one of the best aspects of a new custom Florida home, but as with any mechanical system, a bit of regular upkeep helps keep your air conditioner humming along. Luckily, maintaining your air conditioner is an easy task for ICI Homes homeowners. Read on to learn how to incorporate two such …
Where would any new custom Florida home be without its top-notch electrical system, right? Occasional minor power outages do happen, and we at ICI Homes are here with a monitoring tip that’s a valuable addition to your household checklist. Your new custom Florida home is equipped with multiple ground fault interrupters in its electrical system. …
A garbage disposal is one of the hardest-working appliances in your new custom Florida home. It makes quick work of meal-prep trimmings, safely chews up old leftovers and other discarded foodstuff, and its efficiency even reduces the amount of garage that goes into your kitchen can. But, with the volume of work it does, your …
Plumbing is a critical system in your new custom Florida home. If you’re settling into one built by ICI Homes, do your part to make sure it stays in tiptop shape by tackling several easy plumbing maintenance tasks yourself, one of which is aerating your faucets. If that sounds weird, keep reading. Aerating a faucet …
Rest assured your new custom Florida home from ICI Homes is stout, strong, and ready to welcome you with every structural component. We build EQ Factor homes, using the latest technology, building techniques, and materials. Combined with our crews’ and contractors’ skill and experience, this ensures a tighter building envelope and a more energy-efficient, environmentally …
Imagine a much smoother, lighter, and more spreadable cement. That’s stucco. But it’s tough-as-nails just like cement and forms a neutral and durable exterior surface. Construction crews apply stucco over a new home’s concrete block frame, troweling it to an even finish. Once cured (or dried), the exterior stucco is painted with the colors specified …
If you’re the happy owner of a new custom Florida home by ICI Homes, you probably know maintenance tasks will be necessary down the road. It’s a common obligation and one that embodies the old saying “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Taking care of tasks around the house when you …