High winds can damage roofing and siding, and ice dams can wreak havoc on your gutters and roofing. This can eventually undermine exterior walls, and cause bricks to loosen up. Your landscape is not immune from winter damage either. Because we had several heavy snows this season, check for damaged tree limbs. If they go untrimmed, it could lead to disease or additional damage to your trees.
Rodent damage is also common, as they look for a warm place to hide out for the winter.
One of the more common issues related to your foundation and basement is water - and the problems that can arise from too much of it. Wet or damp basements can be a problem this time of year particularly, and moisture in the basement can set the ideal environment for breeding grounds for spores, mold, mildew, fungi, and insects. Such an environment can aggravate respiratory and allergy ailments. Termites are also drawn to moisture, and they can cause additional damage on their own. When water is in contact with a porous surface, it is drawn to, and absorbed by, that surface.