- Howard Ryan
Home Maintenance Plan
An excerpt from Howard's Book: What My Builder Didn't Tell Me.

It is our pleasure to provide this guide to a maintenance program that is designed specially to provide information essential to maintain the wellbeing of your home.
General Information:
Clean up each room as required to prevent clutter and build-up of any junk,
Invent and form a place generally for everything,
DO NOT leave food scraps in sinks or on the cook top in pots,
Clean around the Hot Plate and kitchen sink edges,
A general way of organizing your home is to maintain a 15 minute a day clean-up of basic items,
Move stored goods and any obstacles away from doorways and stairs,
DON’T leave out small objects on floor areas,
ALWAYS turn off Dishwashers, Microwaves, Ovens and Hot Plates and Washing Machines and Dryers,
Learn to understand what is required to operate you’re Air Conditioning units and Hot Water Units.
You must carry out the following works every 3 months:
Clean out the gutters and flush out all the downpipe inlets,
Ensure the property grounds surface water inlet drainage points around the dwelling’s perimeter are not covered with leaves or blocked by any foreign objects,
Walk around your home and check the (visible) exposed slab edge for any potential termite leads!
Termite leads look like a dirt trail and are usually found in very tight and damp areas like under dripping Air Conditioner overflow pipes and hot water units overflow pipes,
Open and close all internal and external doors and check for gap difference and ensure they do not stick,
Generally, lubricate hinges and moving parts,
Open and close all aluminium or timber windows and check for differential movement,
Generally, lubricate hinges and or any moving parts,
Check window glass for any cracks,
Check windowsills internally for any water stains from external leaks,
Inspect cornices at ceiling to wall junctions, for cracking to internal and external corners and walls above the doors and windows
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