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Home Maintenance

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_repair#Maintenance

Maintenance

Periodic maintenance also falls under the general class of home repairs. These are inspections, adjustments, cleaning, or replacements that should be done regularly to ensure proper functioning of all the systems in a house, and to avoid costly emergencies. Examples include annual testing and adjustment of alarm systems, central heating or cooling systems (electrodes, thermocouples, and fuel filters), replacement of water treatment components or air-handling filters, purging of heating radiators and water tanks, defrosting a freezer, vacuum refrigerator coils, refilling dry floor-drain traps with water, cleaning out rain gutters, down spouts and drains, touching up worn house paint and weather seals, and cleaning accumulated creosote out of chimney flues, which may be best left to a chimney sweep.

Examples of less frequent home maintenance that should be regularly forecast and budgeted include repainting or staining outdoor wood or metal, repainting masonry, waterproofing masonry, cleaning out septic systems, replacing sacrificial electrodes in water heaters, replacing old washing machine hoses (preferably with stainless steel hoses less likely to burst and cause a flood), and other home improvements such as replacement of obsolete or ageing systems with limited useful lifetimes (water heaters, wood stoves, pumps, and asphaltic or wooden roof shingles and siding.

Often on the bottom of people's to-do list is home maintenance chores, such as landscaping, window and gutter cleaning, power washing the siding and hard-scape, etc. However, these maintenance chores pay for themselves over time. Often, injury could occur when operating heavy machinery or when climbing on ladders or roofs around your home, so if an individual is not in the proper physical condition to accomplish these chores, then they should consult a professional. Lack of maintenance will cost more due to higher costs associated with repairs or replacements to be made later. It requires discipline and learning aptitude to repair and maintain the home in good condition, but it is a satisfying experience to perform even seemingly minor repairs.


https://www.consumer.org.nz/topics/home-maintenance

Home maintenance

From your piles to your chimney pot, we explain the basic maintenance tasks most houses require, and how to respond to problems.

If you’re carrying out maintenance work yourself, always know your limits, check that you can legally carry out the work, and follow basic safety precautions.

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Home maintenance before you start hero Planning for maintenance 16nov diy or tradespeople hero DIY or tradespeople? Home maintenace apartments hero Apartments

Interior maintenance

   
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Moisture in the home
Home maintenance windows and doors hero Windows and doors
Home maintenance interior maintenance hero Living and sleeping Home maintenance interior maintenance roof space hero Roof space 17jan borer and other pests hero 1 Borer and other pests

Floors

   
Floors timber hero Timber floors Floors floor coverings hero Floor coverings Floors concrete hero Concrete floors

Kitchens and bathrooms

   
17jan kitchen benchtops hero Kitchen benchtops Walls floors and cabinets hero Walls, floors & cabinets maintenance Appliance maintenance hero Appliance maintenance
Baths and showers maintenace hero Bath and shower maintenance Plumbing and drainage hero Plumbing and drainage Moisture and dirt hero Moisture and dirt
Money saving tips hero Kitchen and bathroom money-saving tips    

Exterior maintenance

   
Pipes and guttering hero Pipes and gutterings Under the floor hero Under the floor Pools and spas hero Pools and spas
Garden house boundary hero Garden maintenance Fences hero Fences Septic tanks hero Septic tanks
Balconies hero Balconies Timber decks hero Open timber decks Cardeck hero Car decks

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Fibre cement hero Bitumen-impregnated fibre and fibre cement Asbestos cement hero Asbestos cement Weatherboard timber and sheet claddings hero Weatherboard, timber and sheet claddings
General roof maintenance hero General roof maintenance    

Roofs

   
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Other roof types hero Other roof types    

DIY

   
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