For every month, you will see three category of tasks – reoccurring, maintain, and prep. Prep is for those who are way behind in home maintenance chores. I would suggest starting there if that sounds like you and then adding on what you can from reoccurring and then maintain. If you need help with those chores, join our free course, Prep. The chores listed under Maintain are the chores we are covering in our course.
🔁 Reoccurring Tasks
- Check water softener salt levels (if you have one- a must if you have a water heater and a softener.)
- Change HVAC filter (add a reminder to your calendar to check it again in 1 to 3 months.)
- Clean your kitchen disposal and/or drains. It keeps away odors and germs and helps you avoid clogs.
- Run water and/or flush unused toilets and sinks. It keeps water in the p-trap, which prevents sewer gas to seep through.
🛠️ Maintain
It’s hot and August seems to always be busy. So, just one thing on the list this time. If you happen to have a lot of free time, go back over the previous months and tackle anything you missed.
- Clean the refrigerator coils. Help your fridge live long and prosper.
- If you have time, go back and do the ones you missed this year or peek in the prep course and see if you have anything left there.
🧰 Prep
Haven’t been keeping up with home maintenance? Keep it simple and just do these tasks to start. These tasks are the one and done tasks you can do that will make future maintenance and DIY task so much easier.
- New? Join one of our orientation sessions
- Create a Vision
- Make a Floor Plan
- Make the Garage More Useable
Skills needed for the month
Kill the dust bunnies
Dust bunnies have been known to kill a good icebox. Don’t let that happen to you.
Have really dirty coils?
This guy came up with a cheap and though way to clean your coils.