As a homeowner, you would be well aware of the fact that maintenance works around the home never come to a halt. Once you are done with spring cleaning, you need to look up air conditioning maintenance; once you bid the summers goodbye, you need to look into repairing caulking to prepare for the winters. While your checklist of maintenance works would already be pretty long, there are certain tasks that you simply cannot miss out on, and given below are the five important home maintenance tasks that should be on your checklist this summer:
1.Servicing your boiler
Servicing your boiler should be on the top of your checklist this summer because summers are the ideal time to get this done. While boiler servicing may be the last thing you may want to think about given the scorching summer heat, servicing your boiler now would mean that your boiler would be up and working during the winters without any hiccups. It would also minimize the risk of your boiler breaking down during the winters and further lengthen its life.
2. Recycle whatever you can
Not only does recycling help the environment, but it also helps you get rid of the unwanted items in your home that you may have accumulated in the store over the years. You may consider recycling paper, cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, and old pieces of clothing. You may also consider scrap metal recycling for older appliances and other metal items you may have rusting away in your garage.
3. Cleaning your dryer vent
Your dryer vent is likely to have a lint build-up that gets accumulated over time. An excess of lint build-up is a probable cause of fires in many homes which is why you should clean your dryer vent duct every summer season. Even when your duct does not put your home at risk of fires, it is likely to increase the drying time and leave a musty smell in your interiors. If your dryer vent has several bends, you might need professional help.
4. Clean your window weep holes
Weep holes in homes are some of the most neglected places and people often forget to clean them altogether which leads to an excess or accumulated gunk and dirt. Weep holes are essentially small holes located around the outside bottom of your window frames. They essentially work as a drainage for the water that somehow leaks into your window frames. Weep holes need to be cleaned because they are prone to dirt, debris, and insects getting accumulated inside.
5. Perform bug inspection
If they find the space to grow and multiply, bugs can wreak havoc on your home and interiors. They can destroy woodwork, harm upholstery, and put the structural integrity of your home at risk in some cases. Hence, instead of dealing with the problem when it is too late and calling in an exterminator, it is recommended that you perform self-checks every few months and survey nooks and crannies in your home that can be prone to act as a breeding ground for bugs. An inspection is particularly necessary for the summer season because the hot weather acts as a catalyst for bugs to multiply.
