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However, if you perform maintenance on a regular basis, it will essentially help prevent things from breaking as often.

In this home maintenance section, you will find items that every homeowner should do on a regular basis. We are going to start with maintenance you should be doing monthly and semi-annually:

Monthly Home Maintenance:

• Test your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. This is VERY IMPORTANT for your personal safety.





• This home maintenance is also important. Test all your ground fault interrupters (GFIs). GFIs are usually found in the kitchen, bathroom, garages and all outside outlets. A GFI is also known as a residual current circuit breaker (RCCB).

  It is a device that interrupts a circuit whenever it senses that the electric current is not balanced. The GFI is designed to disconnect quickly enough to prevent a person from getting shocked. They do not, however, provide protection against current overload or short-circuit conditions.

  To test your GFIs or RCCBs, you will need a voltage tester. Just press the test button on the GFI and use the voltage tester to make sure the power goes off.

  If you do not have a voltage tester, here is an inexpensive one.
  
  
  

• Check your garage door opener. You want to make sure that it reverses when an obstacle gets in the way or when its sensor beam is interrupted.

Semi-Annually Home Maintenance:

• This home maintenance tip is especially important. Vacuum out your clothes dryer's exhaust vent duct.

  IMPORTANT NOTE: If the exhaust vent ducting that runs from the dryer is plastic, it is important that you replace it with a rigid sheet-metal ducting. We suggest that you do this because the plastic ones are fire hazards.

  Click here to read more on dryer vent safety.

  Also, here is an article about clothes dryer vents when using dryer sheets.




• Replace the batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.

  NOTE: Even if they are hard-wired they have backup batteries and they must also be replaced.




• Clean the debris and leaves from the central air conditioner condenser.

Click here for winter maintenance tips.

Click here for fall maintenance tips.

Click here for exterior spring home maintenance tips.

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