Sioux Falls guides

Practical guides to hiring trades and looking after a house in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. What to ask before you sign, what the going rate covers, and what the weather here does to a roof.

• A seasonal guide to Sioux Falls pests

  A season-by-season guide to Sioux Falls pests: spring carpenter ants, the South Dakota bat exclusion window, summer wasps, autumn mice, and what to ask before anybody sprays.

  2026-07-20

• Ash trees, the quarantine, and hiring tree work in Sioux Falls

  Sioux Falls sits inside the South Dakota emerald ash borer quarantine. What the wood-movement rules say, how to decide between treating and removing an ash, and how to hire tree work.

  2026-07-20

• Hiring after a hail storm in Sioux Falls

  How the hail claim and repair process works in Sioux Falls, what to sign and what never to sign, and how to filter storm-chasing crews from permanent local contractors.

  2026-07-20

• A first-year maintenance calendar for a Sioux Falls house

  A season-by-season maintenance checklist for a Sioux Falls home, built around hard freezes, ice dams, hail season and the short exterior work window.

  2026-07-20

• Getting oriented in Sioux Falls: an area guide

  How Sioux Falls is laid out, from downtown and Falls Park to the south and west growth areas, and what the housing stock in each means for maintenance.

  2026-07-20

• Moving to Sioux Falls

  An orientation for new arrivals to Sioux Falls: taxes, winter, hail season, housing stock, the employment base and the first calls to make.

  2026-07-20

• What to ask before you hire a trade in Sioux Falls

  Trade-by-trade questions to ask Sioux Falls plumbers, HVAC contractors, electricians, roofers, concrete crews, landscapers and movers before work starts.

  2026-07-20

• How to vet a contractor in Sioux Falls

  What to check before hiring a contractor in Sioux Falls: South Dakota licensing, Secretary of State filings, insurance certificates, itemised bids and lien waivers.

  2026-07-20

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