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Home maintenance calendar: what to do each month

Nobody remembers to clean the dryer vent. Here's what your house needs this month, in small enough pieces to actually do. Tick things off as you go.

12months of home care

Every monthFive minutes, tops

  • 5 min
  • 2 minHow to

JanuaryThe middle of winter

  • 10 min
  • 10 minHow to
  • 15 min
  • 20 minHow to

FebruaryLook for what winter is hiding

  • 15 min
  • 5 min
  • 5 min
  • 30 min

MarchWalk the outside of the house

  • 20 min
  • 5 min
  • 10 min
  • 5 min

AprilSpring cleaning, for the house

  • 1–2 hrs
  • 15 min
  • 10 min
  • 45 min

MayGet ready to be outside

  • 20 min
  • 5 min
  • 30 min
  • 30 min

JuneThe ones everyone forgets

  • 45 min
  • 15 min
  • 20 min

JulyHelp the AC through the heat

  • 2 minHow to
  • 10 min
  • 5 min

AugustBefore the weather turns

  • 15 min
  • 1 hr
  • 15 minHow to

SeptemberBook it before everyone else does

  • 5 min
  • 5 min
  • 10 min
  • 15 min

OctoberClose up for the cold

  • 15 minHow to
  • 1–2 hrs
  • 1 hr
  • 5 minHow to

NovemberGet ahead of the first hard freeze

  • 10 min
  • 30 minHow to
  • 10 minHow to
  • 30 min

DecemberQuiet jobs and a safe holiday

  • 15 min
  • 1 min
  • 10 minHow to
  • 20 minHow to

Written for a typical U.S. home in a climate with real winters. Skip the freeze jobs if you live somewhere warm, and go by your equipment's manual where it says something different. Your ticks stay in this browser.

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