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Call for Service

(530) 258-3474

Office Hours

Mon - Fri
8am - 5pm

Winterizing Specialist

Home Winterization Services for Plumas, Lassen, and Tehama

Slusher is your go-to when it comes to winterizing your home, vacation property or Business in Northeastern California.  Our confidence is backed by an unmatched guarantee that your home will not suffer any freeze related damage over the winter months.  Winterizing your home by professionals will ensure that your plumbing systems and appliances are protected.  Now that is peace of mind!

Winterizing Your Home Saves Money

We estimate, based on other clients’ experiences, who usually left their heat at 50* all winter, that winterizing your home (allowing the heat to be left off) will typically reduce annual fuel consumption expenses from $1000-3000.  That is a tremendous savings!  Winterizing is also good for the environment: offset your carbon footprint by eliminating the fuel used to heat your home over the winter months.

Should I winterize even If I live in my home during the winter months?

For those clients that want to continue to use their home over the winter months, we still recommend weatherization.  If you factor total fuel expense over the six months of winter that we experience in Northeastern California and come up with a break-even analysis comparing those costs to the costs of winterizing, most homeowners can come and go a total of 4 times and have spent the exact same to winterize as they would have to heat their home.  That equates to reducing the risk of freeze damage to ZERO at approximately the same expense as leaving heat on and assuming the huge liability of some type of freeze damage.  You can’t buy insurance like that anywhere else!

Winterizing your vacation home during the winter

For those clients that come up more frequently than 4 times a winter, we do have systems and procedures that can reduce the level of risk associated with leaving your home with heat on as protection from freezing weather. All of those services can be handled by Slusher Plumbing Heating Cooling Electric.

Services Include:

  • Periodic home inspections
  • Installation of a home temperature monitoring system via a WiFI thermostat
  • Installation of an automatic backup generator.


* Although, the methods have been proven effective, we CANNOT guarantee that your home will not suffer freeze related damage using these methods.

Need help opening your vacation home after a long winter?

Holiday openings and closings are our specialty.  We want you to be able to enjoy your home and experience all that the beautiful Southern Cascades and Northern Sierras have to offer regardless of the seaso.  Preparing your home for occupancy after it has been winterized can be challenging. Especially in cold and wet weather.  Our dewinterization services always ensure that your home is warm and cozy on arrival, ensuring that all of your mechanical systems are functioning normally. At a small additional expense, we also can have your driveway

cleared of snow and ice, have firewood delivered, and make sure your propane tank is topped off.  All you need to do is unpack your bags and enjoy!

Another advantage of having Slusher protect your home over the winter months is the thorough home inspection that is included with every weatherization and dewinterization service.  Any potential maintenance issues that arise during our visit can be remedied immediately saving the hassle of having to make a repair to one of your home’s mechanical systems before it can be comfortably occupied.  This is probably the most important part of these services and is a product that no other provider can match.

Preparing Your Home for Holiday Visits During the Winter

Holiday openings and closings are our specialty.  We want you to be able to enjoy your home and experience all that the beautiful Southern Cascades and Northern Sierras have to offer regardless of the season.  Preparing your home for occupancy after it has been winterized can be challenging.  Especially in cold and wet weather.  Our dewinterization services always ensure that your home is warm and cozy on arrival, ensuring that all of your mechanical systems are functioning normally.  At a small additional expense, we also can have your driveway cleared of snow and ice, have firewood delivered, and make sure your propane tank is topped off.  All you need to do is unpack your bags and enjoy!

Another advantage of having Slusher protect your home over the winter months is the thorough home inspection that is included with every weatherization and dewinterization service.  Any potential maintenance issues that arise during our visit can be remedied immediately saving the hassle of having to make a repair to one of your home’s mechanical systems before it can be comfortably occupied.  This is probably the most important part of these services and is a product that no other provider can match.

Winterizing Training Services

For customers that want to winterize their homes themselves, we offer complete winterizing training services so that you can have peace of mind that there hasn’t been anything left unchecked.  These trainings are done on-site where we will physically instruct you how each fixture and appliance is properly protected.  This service also includes a complementary procedure list.