What's on your home maintenance calendar?
We are basically lifelong apartment dwellers turned recent homeowners and I am trying to get a handle on all the things that need to be done on a regular basis around our beloved money pit. So far I’ve come up with:
1) Change furnace filters
2) Clean minisplit filters
3) Clean out dryer vent
4) Clean out gutters ( a personal favorite)
5) Fertilize lawn
What am I missing?
geezee
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yudashasom | 6 years and 10 months ago
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@cate, if you have an oil boiler, replace it. You’ll get your money back in 3-5 years.
cate | 6 years and 10 months ago
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If you have an oil boiler, get it serviced once a year. (Clean chimneys every few years.) Paint your iron fence. Spring and fall garden weeding, mulching, trimming.
murph | 6 years and 10 months ago
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Clear the flue line, dump root-killer down sewer line, check roof for leaks(also for stains on top floor ceiling), and bring livestock down from the high pastures.
rana-foroohar | 6 years and 10 months ago
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If you have any water access to the exterior – faucets or garden hoses – shut off the water that feeds them when it starts to get cold. And leave the faucet open when you do so that any water left in the pipes can leak out instead of freezing.
geezee | 6 years and 10 months ago
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Thank you! May I ask who does your windows?
nf85 | 6 years and 10 months ago
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Snake your sewer line, if you have roots. I like to have the windows professionally cleaned 1 or 2x a year. Vacuum the fridge coils. Check to make sure the toilet flappers aren’t leaking. Those are a few of my faves…