Last year we published our tips for summer maintenance for your custom home in out “6 Point Summer Maintenance Checklist.”
We’re back with a 7 more summer maintenance tips for your custom home. With summer already here, these are items you should look into right now.
- Take a peek at your roof: Annual roof inspections are a good idea, but with summer rains, you want to be sure you don’t have a pending leak issue. If you find holes, crumbling, blistering or rotting roofing, repair or replace it.
- Check your home’s crawlspace: Inspect for water damage, animals, or other foreign matter and then clean it out.
- Clean or power-wash: It is common in Florida for algae growth and mildew frequently appears on the siding.
- Check your AC system: These are grueling months for your HVAC system. Consider having it serviced by a professional. Change out the air filters. This will not only ensure you stay cool this summer, but also help keep your energy bill low and pollutants out of your home.
- Clean windows and repair any ripped screens. If a screen has a large hole in it, it’s time to replace it.
- Test any surge protected outlets: plug in a lamp, hit the test button and then the reset button to see if it turns the light off and then on again.
- Test Smoke Detectors: Test smoke detectors and replace batteries or devices if necessary.
We recommend you also look at the 6 Point Summer Maintenance Checklist from last year as well. These 13 points will give you some peace of mind, and likely a better summer.
Have a great, trouble free summer!