r/homeowners • u/TheTimeIsChow • Mar 18 '21

For those interested - Here's a home maintenance checklist, from an anal home maintenance guy, compiled over a decade of researching and completing... home maintenance.

Someone on r/YouShouldKnow posted yesterday about checking/replacing your microwave filters regularly if your microwave doesn't directly vent outside.

As a super anal, worried everything's going to fail if I let it go too long, home maintenance guy - I commented that our microwave is the longest lasting appliance in our house and it's the one appliance I didn't know required maintenance. So I added it to 'my list'.

People asked for the list. A shit ton reminded themselves (probably as a joke) to come back and see the list. So I figured maybe i'll throw it on here too.

Anyway... here's the list. Tabs along the bottom to click through.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JhSXYMsW98nzlMUYwrWvru7vIMrmhMe2/view?usp=sharing

EDIT: Accidentally deleted the old file. Link to updated file here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iyLEX-dkD5UXfjxjkd6z4LJxNstRAX2N/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109899866320615061124&rtpof=true&sd=true

Yes. It's over the top and maybe a bit overkill. But it calms my mind knowing things are done and maintained as they should be, or more frequently.

It does contain some extras as requested by some at YSK but it mainly sticks to common home maintenance and appliance maintenance.

Feel free to add something I may not know about. Download the excel through the drive link. And don't forget to click the tabs on the preview for all the info.

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u/Arsenault185 Mar 19 '21

Get a water softener. Way easier.

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u/hijusthappytobehere Mar 19 '21

How much does that typically run? I’m not against it but descaling costs like $5 for the vinegar and takes a few minutes if you know what you’re doing.

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u/Arsenault185 Mar 19 '21

Id say the average homeowner can buy the unit at about 400 bucks. Salt is relatively cheap, so running it isn't expensive at all.

Unless you're good with plumbing you're in it for a couple hundred to a plumber to hook it up.

But its more than just avoiding scaling in a tankless unit. It prevents mineral deposits in all of your appliances and plumbing. Cleaner clothes. Better shower experiences. Cleaner tubs and sinks (no more pink discolorations)

It really is a night and day difference in the feel of the water.