The ultimate home maintenance checklist
For many homeowners, home maintenance happens only when something goes wrong. A balky furnace, overflowing gutters, or a chimney which refuses to draw causes an expensive emergency call to service technicians who offer property refurbishments in West London. If the critical areas of your house are neglected for too long, your family's safety could be in jeopardy. Follow this home maintenance checklist regularly, to limit or even eliminate service delays.
● With a safety ladder, check lower roof and gutters for ice dams and remove as needed.
● Check that the covers are on the outside hose bibs.
● Use the winter season as your opportunity to clean your basement, garage, and other interior spaces.
● Keep an eye on your electrical service drop and the line which leads from your house to the power pole.
● Ensure that the ground next to your house is appropriately graded away from the home to prevent any inland flooding.
● Clean the gutters using a water hose and make sure that they drain.
● Examine the exterior siding for damage and repair as required.
● Check shingles, flashing, and vents for damage.
● Clean and replace the window screens.
● Trim back trees that have branches on your home. For branches near electric power lines, call your electric company for pruning.
● Reverse ceiling fans to make the vanes rotate in a counter-clockwise direction.
● Make repairs to your home's siding and paint the exterior as required.
● Clean and repair your outside deck.
● Wash wood fences and apply a sealant.
● Flush out your water heater to remove accumulated sediment.
● Clean debris from the window wells.
● Examine the sump pump by pouring water down the sump pit.
● Remove and store the window screens.
● If your house has storm windows, install them.
● Remove window unit air conditioners. Winterize your central air conditioning.
● Call in furnace service to perform annual maintenance.
● Call in a chimney cleaning service to clean the chimney.
● Winterize exterior hose bibs with foam covers.
● Clean garden ponds to remove leaves and debris.
● Reverse ceiling fans to make the vanes rotate in a clockwise direction.
● Perform regular quarterly maintenance.
5. Regular Quarterly Maintenance
● Make sure your carbon monoxide detector and smoke detectors are working.
● Examine the gauges on your fire extinguishers to make sure that they are still properly pressurized.
● Examine your water heater's temperature and pressure (T&P) valve to make sure that it will expel water.
● Make sure that the safety reverse function of your garage door is working.
● Flush the toilet, turn on both sink taps, and clean sediment rings from the bowl in guest or basement bathrooms.
● Remove sink aerators and showerheads and soak in vinegar to clean out accumulated sediment.
● Make sure that the dryer vent is appropriately venting to the outside.
● Test all GFCI outlets to ensure that they are working correctly.
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