Monthly & Annual Maintenance Jobs

Clean exterior dryer ducts twice a month.

Delime dishwasher.

Nov. through March: Check and replace air filters on three furnaces in common house and one in garage.

August through mid-Nov. and Feb. through May:  Adjust schedule of east carport lights and site lights twice a month.

Sweep dumpster enclosures.

Sweep gutters.

Sweep path.

Late April-October: Mow lawns weekly.

Late April-June:  Mow or weed whack

• orchard
• wild area
• berms
• north field/alley
• east field

April-July:  Weed lawns, berms, etc.

Replace batteries in smoke and CO detectors.

Trim big trees

Trim fruit trees.

Put a cup of water down floor drains: bathrooms, laundry, fridge, ice maker, messy crafts room.

Turn off fireplace pilot light.

Get wood chips for paths and garden boxes.

Clean gutters after elm seeds have fallen.

Tighten clotheslines if needed.

Put clothespins on clotheslines for summer.

Turn on community irrigation water.

Check all drip and sprinkler stations for needed repairs.

Weed thistles

Clean carpets.

Prep swamp coolers.

Evaluate what needs painting or caulking.

Inspect roofs and gutters for needed repairs.

Aerate lawn and apply compost.

Pick up sticks and rocks.

Program sprinkler control boxes.

Prep swamp coolers.

Shop vac seeds from deck.

Evaluate what needs painting or caulking.

Inspect roofs and gutters for needed repairs.

Clean drains.

Level pathway bricks.

Clean drains.

Linseed oil on dumpster enclosures, including behind c.h. Oil clothesline poles.

Oil outside benches.

Oil garden bib poles.

Clean gutters after leaves have fallen.

Winterize swamp coolers.

Light pilot on fireplace.

Sweep leaves from top of carports.

Put clothes pins in laundry room for winter.

Rake leaves and seed pods from lawns.

Turn off community sprinkler water.

Clean gutters after leaves have fallen.

Winterize swamp coolers.

Disconnect hoses from unit bibs.

Shop vac leaves from decks.

Gather clothespins from clotheslines, put in pin bag, and store inside laundry room for winter.

Sweep leaves from top of carports.

Distribute snow shovels and deicer in covered buckets with screw lids.

Begin community discussion on tree work for coming year.

Rake leaves and seed pods from lawns.

Sand and oil wooden-handled tools; label as WCCA; store in garage.