Fall home maintenance checklist

Fall home maintenance checklist

• Have your gutters cleaned and inspected — this is a must-do
• Trim trees — especially ones that hang over your roof
• Inspect and clean your chimney
• Remove leaves (or better yet, have them mulched) frequently
• Inspect and clean your chimney

Fall home maintenance checklist

• Pressure wash walkways, decks, patios, and your home
• Cover up any exposed wood with paint
• Add new weather stripping around doors and windows — keep the cold air out of your home this fall
• Have your HVAC serviced
• Change HVAC/Furnace filters
• Change smoke detector batteries
• Have your carpets cleaned
• Clean out your garage
• Winterize your sprinkler system — another must-do fall home maintenance
• Drain all of your garden hoses
• Clean outdoor furniture and properly store it
• Deep clean your oven and kitchen before Thanksgiving
• Paint interior rooms while you can still open the windows
• Set traps and check for any spots critters can get in your home
• Winterize your plumbing (insulate pipes where needed)
• Inspect your roof for loose shingles
• Clear brush and branches
• Create a fire safety plan and practice it

Fall home maintenance checklist

• Have your basement waterproofed and sealed — this is one people often forget when doing their fall home maintenance
• Protect floors and rugs with runners and throw rugs
• Pick up a bag of salt and a snow shovel before the first ice/snow
• Aerate your lawn
• Consider a programmable thermostat
• Clean your windows (outside and inside)
• Dust and clean baseboards
• Declutter! Pack away all of your summer things
• Sweet porches/decks and clear away corners from cobwebs

Fall home maintenance checklist

• Clean inside window tracks
• Check for any cracked/broken glass
• Vacuum/Clean refrigerator coils
• Schedule your pre-holiday (family coming over!) cleaning as soon as possible
• Do a run-through in your kitchen and toss expired items/spices
• Clean inside kitchen cabinets/drawers/pantry
• Deep clean kitchen and appliances before Thanksgiving
• Have landscaping properly sloped around your foundation
• Schedule any big projects ASAP (so you aren’t stuck with an unfinished home project for the holidays)
• Order a PSL, sit back, relax — obviously the most important part of your fall home maintenance!