Get your home ready for the warmer months with these tasks and tips for indoor and outdoor spaces.
Welcome warm weather with these essential spring home maintenance tasks.
Complete each task yourself or hire a pro to help check things off your to-do list.
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Pay special attention to railings secured inconcrete, which can crackand expand in freezing conditions.
Similarly, evaluate driveways and sidewalks for any cracks and unevenness that could be tripping hazards.
If you’re ready for an overhaul, spring is a good time to invest in new energy-efficient windows.
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In the spring and summer, people spend more time outside their home.
Make suremotion-sensing lightsare functioning, too.
you’re free to also enhance curb appeal byupdating existing fixtureswith a new style.
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Service the Air Conditioner
Air conditioners work hard in the summerand so do AC technicians.
For window AC units,this how-to guidewill help you do a good DIY seasonal cleaning.
Replace or repair leaky, cracked hoses and spigots, and be sure tocheck sprinklers and irrigation systems.
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She also suggests starting spring cleaning in the primary bedroom.
“It also motivates you to keep going with the rest of the home.”
Spring is also a great time to enhance outdoor entertaining byinstalling porch screens.
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Power-Wash Surfaces
A thoroughpressure washingwill have the exterior of your home renewed for the season.
It’s a fast way to get rid of salt and grime that builds up over the winter months.
Many surfaces, including driveways, concrete pavers, decks, and siding, can be power-washed.
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Install or Update Ceiling Fans
Ceiling fan installations are a common springtime request forATLHandyman.
If you already have one, see to it the fan isturning the right direction.
Between pruning, planting, and fertilizing, there are a number of tasks to ready the yard.
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Thisspring gardening checklistis organized from early- to late- spring, so you won’t miss a beat.
Landscaping around the area might be damaged as well.
If it’s a lost cause, trybuilding a custom mailbox.
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