Home Maintenance Tips by Season

Following a few home maintenance tips is the perfect way to keep your property looking and functioning its best.

Maintaining your entire home and the land surrounding it can feel like an intimidating and overwhelming job. But divvying up the chores by season helps keep things a lot more manageable — not to mention the cost of all of these tasks can add up, so spreading them out over the course of a year makes it much more doable. Below you’ll find some tips for home maintenance for each season.

Continue reading to learn more.

Home Maintenance Tips for Spring

Here’s what you can do come spring to maintain your home:

• Check the exterior of your home and roof for damage caused by winter storms. 
• After spring showers, inspect your property for damage.
• Uncover outdoor spigots and faucets and look for leaks.
• Change the air filter in your furnace.
• Check your gutters for damage and clean them out.
• Clear window wells of debris.
• Fertilize your lawn.
• Address cracked, broken, and uneven areas in your driveway and walkways.
  

Home Maintenance Tips for Summer

Keep your home in tiptop shape this summer by doing the following:

• Turn on the water main and sprinkling system.
• Replace the air filter in your furnace
• Inspect children’s play equipment for damage and repair if necessary. 
• Replace any deteriorated decking materials.
• Trim trees, bushes, and maintain other aspects of your yard.
• Power wash siding and driveway.
• Repair or replace caulking around windows, doors, and around bathroom sinks, showers, and tubs.
  

Home Maintenance Tips for Fall

You’ll be ready for fall with the following tips:

• Turn off the water main and winterize sprinklers.
• Replace batteries in smoke alarms.
• Inspect and clean rain gutters.
• Clean out window wells.

• Have your HVAC system professionally tune-up.
• Mow lawn one last time and aerate your lawn.
• Have your fireplace and chimney professionally inspected and cleaned.
• Put away lawn furniture, tools, and toys.
• Cover outdoor faucets and spigots.
• Install an ice melting system 
  

Home Maintenance Tips for Winter

Winter can be tough on your home. Here’s what you can do to keep it functioning its best:

• Remove snow and sprinkle melting salt on walkways and driveway whenever necessary.
• Check basement and attic for leaks.
• Cover your air conditioning unit. 
• Clean up lint buildup in your dryer and exhaust ducts.
• Examine doors and windows for leaks and that they lock.
• Inspect all major appliances and have them serviced if required.
  

Contact Hudson Douglas Public Adjusters

When these home maintenance tips aren’t enough, and you need to file a claim with your insurance company, contact Hudson Douglas Public Adjusters for help during the claims settlement process. With over 50 years of experience in construction and disaster restoration, the team at Hudson Douglas understands the need for policyholders to have professional representation to quickly and fairly settle their insurance claims. Our team represents you, not your insurance company. If you live in Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey, contact us today for your free, no-obligation claims review.