Get ready for the hottest season of the year with these home maintenance tips for summer!
This post is sponsored by One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning®. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
5 Home Maintenance Tips For Summer
Take care of all your “summer” cleaning!
Chances are, you haven’t cleaned the outside of your windows in months. You’ll want to clean that exterior glass and check all the window screens for damage. Summer is also the perfect time to pull out the power washer! Clean the exterior of your home (including those windows and doors!) then power wash your patio, walkways, and driveway! Your grass will love the extra watering! I also like to power wash a few of my rugs – especially the one we keep in our kitchen.
Clean your gutters.
We get quite a bit of rain living on the gulf coast! Just this week alone we’ve gotten 10 inches! Cleaning the gutters isn’t very fun – it’s usually really messy and it can be a pain to pull out the ladder and climb up but you’ll thank yourself later when it’s pouring rain and your gutters are cleared! Our trick to making the cleaning a little easier? We use our leaf blower!
Weather-proof your home.
While your checking your windows screens and cleaning those windows and doors, go ahead and check the seals around each of them. You want to make sure all your doors and windows are sealed properly – so apply new weather striping and caulk as needed. This will keep your home more energy efficient and hopefully cut down on your cooling costs this summer!
Check out your grill!
Summer means backyard barbecues and you can’t grill without fuel! Check that your gas grill has plenty of propane and ensure that all connections are secure. This is also a great time to give your grill a good cleaning! Use my deep cleaning hack to get your grill sparkling clean and ready for your next cook out!
Have your air conditioner serviced by a trained, skilled, and experienced technician.
We had our air conditioner serviced by our local One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning (part of the Direct Energy family of brands).
With these home maintenance tips for summer, we can enjoy a home all summer long that’s clean, cool, and comfortable. We’re always looking for indoor activities during the hottest months, and we were recently able to enjoy game night. The one family member who loves the AC the most? Definitely our fluffy pooch, Barkley 🙂
Karen says
Hi there,
I love your website and ideas. I wonder if you would share with me where you purchased the very colorful area rug you have in so many of your pics. Brightly colored red, orange blue greens.
Thank you
Amber Oliver says
Hi! I can’t find it in stock anywhere! But this is it: https://rstyle.me/n/c8v7rscfsh7