Basic Home Maintenance

Caring for your home starts with general home repair and maintenance routines. Whether you’re a first-time homeowner or you’ve lived in your home for years, we’re here to help you check basic maintenance activities off your home to-do list. Keeping up with maintenance routines — from daily maintenance tasks to weekly, monthly and yearly projects — means you’re less likely to end up with a long home repair list.

So, what needs to be on your basic maintenance checklist? First, think about quick tasks, such as changing air filters regularly and checking that your smoke alarms are working properly. Other home-care tips include cleaning your gutters, pressure washing your deck and giving your kitchen a deep clean. During the year, certain seasonal tasks will need to be completed too. It’s especially important to learn how to effectively winterize your home. You’ll also want checklists for tasks that need to be done in the fall, spring and summer. At Lowe’s, we have all the home maintenance products you need to make home maintenance easy.

If you run across anything that needs to be fixed, we also have home repair tips for you. And our help doesn’t stop there. Depending on the age of your home, choose from our guides for recommended 5-year maintenance, 10-year maintenance and 20-year home maintenance tasks to ensure your home stays in top condition. Use MyLowe’s Home for reminders on when to complete certain tasks on your maintenance checklist, making it even easier to care for your home.