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Although Rhode Island (RI) is still in the chill of winter, spring is right around the corner. That means now is the time to take out your home maintenance calendar and plan your service appointments for spring. Not sure where to start? No problem.

Home Maintenance Calendars
First off, if you don’t have a home maintenance calendar, there’s no time like the present for creating one. You can do this in any number of ways: on your computer, using a paper calendar, in a spiral notebook. Just work with a system that actually works for you. The point is to jot down all of the home maintenance tasks you perform and then flip forward further into the year and make notes for yourself so you know when to perform those tasks again. It saves you from wondering, “When did I last have the dryer vent cleared out?” and “When did I last caulk our home windows?” RI homeowners who have all of these tasks clearly mapped out for the year will find that fewer tasks fall through the cracks, and fewer cracks go unnoticed.

Spring Home Maintenance
In the spring, it’s important to inspect those systems that get the biggest workout or are exposed to the most potentially damaging environments during the winter. Your roof, gutters, heating system, chimneys, and fireplaces are all exposed to excess use or severe weather during the winter, as are your home windows. RI houses get snowed in, iced over, and hailed on during the winter, so it only makes sense to have the exterior of your home and the systems that keep it warm tested and inspected come spring. Several of these systems should be inspected and maintained by professionals, and they’re in high demand once the ground thaws. So plan ahead and make appointments for March or April in February.

DIY Spring Maintenance
Once the snow has all melted, you’ll be able to do a thorough home inspection, inside and out, to take stock of how your home fared during the winter. Some tasks, such as re-caulking your home windows, RI homeowners can typically do themselves. Check to ensure that your windows haven’t bowed, cracked, warped, or become stuck over the winter months. Do the frames need to be scraped and repainted? Are there any cracks in the glass?

Once it warms up enough to stop using the heat regularly, it’s time to flip your ceiling fan switches so you’re no longer pushing warm air down into your rooms but up and away. That’s a great time to dust and change bulbs as well. Finally, clean air vents and change your air filters. And if you haven’t done it lately, while you’ve got the ladder out, check those smoke detectors.

For more information on performing spring home maintenance or on maintaining your home windows, RI homeowners can contact us at 800-975-6666 or fill out the form on the right side of this page for a free in-home estimate.