Prepare Your Home for Summer with These Home Maintenance Tips

With the official start of summer less than two months away, now is a great time to use warm days to get your home ready. Check these items off your to-do list to get your home ready to enjoy in the months to come.

  1. Have your HVAC system serviced by a professional and install a new furnace filter. Installing a new filter is a snap, just follow the steps in this how-to video
  2. Test and install new batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
  3. Prepare your barbeque grill for summer use with a deep clean. Follow the steps in this helpful video from Weber Grills.
  4. Touch up paint dings that have appeared over the winter using the simple method outlined in this how-to video
  5. Test your sump pump to make sure it is still functioning properly. Unsure how to do this? Watch this video to learn how.
  6. Give your home a thorough spring cleaning. Houzz suggests picking one of these six approaches to get your home clean, fresh and ready for summer. 

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