Home Maintenance Tips
Maintaining your new home is very important in keeping the
quality of your home up. Performing regular preventative maintenance
helps to preserve your home. The following is a list of maintenance
considerations and tasks that should be checked monthly, quarterly,
or yearly:
Monthly
- Test GFI circuits
- Place ice in garbage disposal to clean & sharpen blades
Quarterly
- Replace furnace filters
- Clean sink traps
- Vacuum tracks an lubricate hinges on all doors and gates
- Clean tracks and weep holes of windows and caulk
- Pest control service
- Check landscape sprinklers
- Clean window tracks and screens
Twice Yearly
- Check rain gutters and drain pipes to make sure they are free from debris
- Check smoke detectors and change batteries
Yearly
- Dust heating vents
- Caulk and seal joints in bathrooms to prevent leaks
- Clean clothes dryer duct of lint
- Lubricate garage door
- Drain water heater
- Seal ceramic tile
- Seal granite counters
- Seal natural stone