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✅ Annual Maintenance Checklist

Interior

  • ☐ Change furnace filters (more than once a year)
  • ☐ Vacuum dust from fridge coils
  • ☐ Replace smoke detector batteries
  • ☐ Check to make sure CO detector installed and working
  • ☐ Sweep the fireplace
  • ☐ Remove lint from dryer vent has clear path outside
  • ☐ Flush water heater
  • ☐ Expiration date on fire extinguisher
  • ☐ Repair broken grout or caulk in bathroom
  • ☐ Tighten any handles knobs racks
  • ☐ Remove shower-heads and clean sediment
  • ☐ Check weather stripping on all doors and windows and repair

Exterior

  • ☐ Clean gutters
  • ☐ Check siding and roof for problems
  • ☐ Check sump pump
  • ☐ Test garage door opener
  • ☐ Check window screens and repair if needed
  • ☐ Termites and other bugs
  • ☐ Trees for power line interference
  • ☐ Recaulk any doors or windows as needed
  • ☐ Trim landscape
  • ☐ Inspect crawl space for bugs and leaks
  • ☐ Touch up peeling or damaged paint
  • ☐ Fertilize lawn
  • ☐ Close openings to crawl space
  • ☐ Check water valves
  • ☐ Wash exterior with garden hose and mildew cleaner
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