routine maintenance stuff for your home

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What services do you have done regularly or semi-regularly. I feel like we're not doing things we should (eg. duct cleaning).

1) pest control 4/year
2) HVAC 2/year

Are we missing big things?

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1) Sprinkler turned on/off (Spring/Fall)
2) Windows washed (1/yr)
3) Gutters cleaned out (1/yr)

[chessie]

fall/winter cleanup
gutter clean out 2X;s a year
septic pumped
well inspected
winterize prep for equipment
summer prep for equipment (lawnmower, weed whackers, tractors, atv..etc)

We tend to do these all ourselves though. There is always routine stuff to do around here especially to prep for the next season..

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The only thing we have someone out to do is furnace/burner maintenance on our oil heat system yearly. Everything else we do ourselves.

[MixedBerryJam]

I'm surprised no one's mentioned filters. I change the hvac filter twice a year ane the whole-house water filter about 6times/year (monthly in the summer, less often the rest of the year).

Annual things include:
Lawn prep. Chemicals etc
Snow blower tune up
Gutters
Visual inspection of roof for loose shingles; careful inspection of attic for leaks spring & fall
Furnace inspection
Turn off irrigation system in the fall (I turn it on myself in the spring)

[Roc A Bee]

We suck. We don't do any of these. I think it is because we have mild winters? We live in California. We have had our Hvac serviced early, but haven't for summer yet.

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You guys are scaring me. HVAC? We change the filter about every 6 months. Should we be doing something else?

We have a company take care of the weed/grub/fertilizer stuff for our lawn. Other than that, we just clean things up when they look dirty and fix things when they aren't working. Our house is only 3 years old so I think some of the stuff others listed doesn't apply yet (such as gutter cleaning, there are no tall trees in our neighborhood since it is all new so nothing other than rain and dust get into the gutters).

[thumper55]

Jul 7, 2012 23:14:11 GMT -5 Roc A Bee said:

We suck. We don't do any of these. I think it is because we have mild winters? We live in California. We have had our Hvac serviced early, but haven't for summer yet.

ditto this..we are in Nor Cal

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Jul 7, 2012 23:42:43 GMT -5 @buckybells said:

You guys are scaring me. HVAC? We change the filter about every 6 months. Should we be doing something else?

The HVAC service includes him changing out the filters; I don't know what else he does but he inspects the units and is here for about 30 minutes??

[chessie]

Jul 8, 2012 0:56:20 GMT -5 thumper55 said:

Jul 7, 2012 23:14:11 GMT -5 Roc A Bee said:

We suck. We don't do any of these. I think it is because we have mild winters? We live in California. We have had our Hvac serviced early, but haven't for summer yet.

ditto this..we are in Nor Cal

50% of the prep is cause of winter..getting heat to the house is a 2 month chore a lone.