October Home Maintenance Checklist

Real Living has created a series of monthly maintenance lists. Print them out and use them as handy reminders to help you keep your home in tip-top shape.

Remember that paying attention to basic home maintenance responsibilities will help protect your investment. Also keep in mind that maintenance needs vary from home to home and community to community, so you may want to add (or subtract) a few things from these lists, depending on where you live.

October Home Maintenance Checklist

• Disconnect garden hoses and shut off the valve to outside faucets.
• Caulk or place weather-stripping around windows and doors to prevent drafts.
• Replace or clean furnace filter.
• Remove screens from windows and install storm windows. Run all gas-powered lawn equipment until the fuel is gone. Plant spring bulbs.
• Test and change the batteries in all smoke detectors.

Check back in November for the next monthly home maintenance check-list.