Summer-proofing your home

Making your home summer-ready includes checking your outdoor watering systems to make sure they're watering the lawns and not the pavement.

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Have you ever thought about the importance of making your home summer ready? It's a time to go around your home, both interior and exterior, to make sure you're not wasting money.

KXAN's Rich Segal speaks with Stephanie Dempsey. She is the Education and Outreach Specialist with the Take Care of Texas initiative with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. She talks about several things homeowners can do to make sure their homes are energy efficient.

This includes checking air conditioning units, air ducts, and windows. She explains why it's so important to change the direction of your ceiling fans.

Stephanie also addresses things outside the home that will help with making your homes summer ready. This includes things like cleaning out your gutters and downspouts as well as making sure to address water systems. You want to make sure when you're watering outdoors that you're watering your lawns and plants ... and not your pavement.