52 tips to keep your house humming in 2015

Stacking home-maintenance projects, honey-do lists and spring cleaning on top of an already hectic schedule can make completing these sometimes mundane tasks seem like nothing but a pipe dream. But what if you did a little bit each week throughout the year?

As 2015 dawns, we offer 52 things to put on and check off your lists in a more manageable manner this year.

January

Take Christmas decorations down and pack them away. Recycle lights that dont work.

Check furnace filter. That is huge, said David Strand, service technician at K&D Appliance Service. We do more service calls in a year for situations created by dirty filters than anything else. Check it once a month. Tie it in with something else you do, like flip the calendar. You probably wont have to change it that often. If its clean, let it go another month. If its dirty, replace it.

Fill holes in the walls and touch up the paint in your living room and kitchen.

Pull out refrigerator and stove and clean underneath them. Vacuum the refrigerator coils. Clean the range hood and change the filter.

February

Clean heating and cooling registers, grilles and vents. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning ductwork needs to be professionally cleaned every seven to eight years, according to Strand.

Clean the vacuum cleaner.

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52 tips to keep your house humming in 2015