52 tips on how to keep your home in 2015 totals

Stack home maintenance projects, honey-do lists and spring cleaning to an already hectic schedule to fulfill these mundane tasks seem sometimes more than a chimera. But what if you did a little every week throughout the year?

2015 is to provide 52 things to put on and checklists clear form this year.

January

Take save the Christmas decorations and. Recycle lights do not work.

Check the furnace filter. "This is huge," said David beach, Appliance Service Technician Service K & D. "We do more service calls in a year on the situations with everything from dirty filter otherwise. Check each month. Bring what to do, like a trip to the calendar. It is likely to change often. If it's clean, let another month. A dirty, replace it. "

Fill holes in the walls and the paint in your living room and kitchen.

Remove from fridge and stove and clean underneath. Aspire refrigerator coils. Clean replace the cover and the filter.

February

Own heating and cooling registers, grilles and vents. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning ducts seven or eight years old must be professionally cleaned, depending on the beach.

Clean the vacuum.

For the new beds to remove and wash the mattress cover. Larger beds require little work.

"The old style (mattresses) as springs, I still recommend turning and turning them, usually every six months," Lynn Dela meters, owner of the Black Hills Dream Center, said. And wash the mattress. "In a conventional mattress, no dead skin. I think people are still looking (clean)."

Remove scratches on door frames, wood floors and furniture with almond Tibet Post.

March

Scroll down and clean all interior lighting.

Clean the oven.

Fill holes and touch up paint in bathroom and bedroom.

Inspect attic. Check fins for signs of rodents or other pests. "Raising the items stored on the floor and moves away from the walls to make the creation of an open space that feels safe for mice and squirrels, a house," suggests doors Roxanne with All Seasons Pest Control.

Check leaky faucets and replace washers if necessary. Soak to remove the head (s) of water in vinegar overnight to mineral deposits.

April

Power lawn rake. "Raking must supply in early spring or come before a steady growth," said Brock Heid, owner of turf career choice. "Power Raking removes excess straw directly to the roots." Recommended Heid every two or three years rake.

Take smoke detectors down and suck and ceiling or wall. Dust, a smoke detector to go, even if there is no smoke. Check fire extinguishers and carbon monoxide detectors.

Let the HVAC system service. "The system should be checked once a year," said beach. "You do not have to do it twice. Do it in the spring and the air conditioner and furnace checked at the same time." (Make sure to check the filter once a month.)

Clean the garage. Organize a charity sale or to donate unused items.

May

Ventilate the lawn. The ventilation is usually in the spring, "but it can be done at any time of the season, as long as you recover from the damage your lawn," Heid said. "Loosened Compacted soil and improves the flow of air and water to the root system."

The terraces and a private terrace. washing and sealing performance, if necessary.

Clean ceiling fans. Open a pillowcase and put it on the sheet. Remove dust, which is captured in the case on the merits. Changing the direction of the blades.

Fertilize the lawn. "Fertilization are performed three times a year, in spring, summer and autumn to maintain a healthy and vibrant grass," Heid said. "A healthy lawn is to eliminate the need for herbicides. By providing the area with the necessary nutrients, usually requires less water."

On the outside you wash all the windows.

June

Check foundations for cracks. Selle outdoor spaces where water or air can happen: seals around pipes or child went into the house and around windows and doors.

Take a battle damage assessment in the house and yard. "Blocking access to safe spaces underground and reproduce encourage pests find a new home," Gates said. Other suggestions "Proactive, not reactive, can pest problems before the start stop". Remove to reduce deposits inside and outside of garden waste rake of foundations Trim bushes hiding ... hanging cut more trees to prevent animals from preventing easy access to the roof. Move stacks of wooden house and raise them on the floor to prevent rodent infestation of ants or access to the house. Attach the piping and eliminate standing water. "All creatures need water in one way or another," Gates said.

Examine coating damage or flaking paint. Paint the house if needed. Wash vinyl siding.

Check the roof safely difficulties when to do it in a position. Replace missing or damaged shingles.

July

Tighten all screws loose in the house: knobs, handles, shelves.

Check the basement or crawl moisture. Clean and organize stored items and take them to the earth.

Wash inside window.

Fertilize the lawn again. "The application of the summer is a responsible," Heid said. "Of course grass growth slows down in the summer because of the heat. Fertilizers help with heat stress, with sufficient water. Water is the key."

August

Clean the thermostat. Consider installing a programmable thermostat to save energy.

Clean carpets and carpet shampoo.

Disconnect the power supply and switch panels with insulation foam. Add Inlet Protection for children fighting for added protection.

Check sockets damage. Repair and seal the holes with putty.

Drain the water heater and remove sediment.

September

Check driveway and sidewalks repaired cracks and before winter.

And clean cover or outdoor furniture store.

Planting of trees and shrubs. "Autumn is the best time to plant almost everything," Jim Kattke, owner of Horizon Landscape said. "The bottom warm and the roots to grow into a position."

For the winter, air conditioning. Remove or cover window units. Cover the outside air CPU with a tarp or plastic.

October

Seal cracks in the door molding and windows to keep the chill off.

Fertilize the lawn one last time. "When the grass begins to go dormant, make sure your lawn is healthy to bring life in the winter when there is no water, no nutrients," says Heid. "It's to prevent the healthy root systems."

Examine snow shovels and snow blowers that they are ready for the winter.

Clean the fireplace ashes. With fireplace professionally cleaned.

November

After the fall of the leaves, remove debris from gutters and downspouts, and rinse with water. Check the gaskets and tighten loose clamps.

Clean ceiling fans. Changing the direction of the blades.

Apply caulking to keep warm around doors and windows.

Inspect and replace caulking around showers, bathtubs and sinks.

Disposal Clean with ice and rock salt or vinegar, which freezes and "Scrubs" in the rubble. If you smell, cut a lemon and run by the removal.

December

Take the curtains, blinds and / or shutters. Wash or dry clean.

Wash the washing machine with hot water and bleach and warm water and vinegar. Move the clean, dry low. Clean the dryer duct. Keep as short as possible flexible conduit. "Each of these ribs (in the flexible conduit) is a collection point for lint. Especially in the Constitution start," said beach. "The less air flow resistance of the dryer will get dry." Beach clean the lint filter each load also points out.

Clean shower and sink drains arrives.

The water on a hot day. "They want to keep hydrated in winter the trees and some shrubs. People tend to forget to do it," said Kattke. "Once a month and slowly guide the water so that it takes them. You can not do when the ground is frozen. Keep doing in January and February."

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