Home Maintenance Checklist

November 18, 2010

Experience is the best teacher, it's true.  As a first-time homeowner, the unfortunate experience of a broken water pipe taught me to always disconnect the garden hose from the outside water faucet or else I'd have a big mess and a pretty hefty plumbing bill. I've never forgotten that. Local weather forecasters are predicting a great weekend ahead. So before the snow flies, I suggest going through Bob Vila's Home Maintenance Checklist. If you're a novice like me, you can do some of the preventive maintenance yourself; especially with the aid of MCPL's Home Improvement Collection and Home Improvement Reference Center databases. However, for the difficult, dangerous, or technical tasks and for the sake of "safety first", I recommend calling a professional.

Gayla S.
Colbern Road Branch