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Maintenance Jobs

Monthly

Common House
Paved Areas
Clean exterior dryer ducts twice a month. Sweep dumpster enclosures.
Delime dishwasher. Sweep gutters.

Sweep path.

Annual


Common House & Workshop
Paved Areas
Grounds/Plants
Units
January

Check and replace air filters on four furnaces.

Replace batteries in smoke and CO detectors.


Trim big trees. Replace batteries in smoke and CO detectors.
February
Check and replace air filters on four furnaces.

Trim big trees

Trim fruit trees.


March

Check and replace air filters on four furnaces.

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

Turn off fireplace pilot light.

Put away snow shovels and deicer in garage.

Get wood chips for paths and garden boxes.

Put a cup of water down floor drain in utility room.
April
Clean gutters after elm seeds have fallen.

Weed lawn.
Clean gutters after elm seeds have fallen.
May

Clean carpets.

Prep swamp coolers.

Check sprinklers.

Tighten or replace clotheslines. Put out clothes pins.

Aerate lawn and apply compost.

Pick up sticks and rocks.

Check drip systems.

Weed lawn.

Mow lawn weekly.

Mow or weed whack

- orchard

- wild area

- berms

- north field/alley

- east field

Prep swamp coolers.

Shop vac leaves from deck.

Evaluate what needs painting or caulking.

Inspect roofs and gutters for needed repairs.

June
Clean grease traps in stove hood.

Clean drains.

Level pathway bricks.

Clean drains.

Mow lawn weekly.

Weed lawn.

Mow or weed whack

- orchard

- wild area

- berms

- north field/alley

- east field

Clean membrane roofs under decks: units 1, 5, 11, 15, ...
July
Put linseed oil on trestle wood posts and beams.

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

Oil outside benches.

Paint/touch up site-light posts and hoods.

Mow lawn weekly.

Put linseed oil on trestle wood posts and beams.
August

Arrange snow plow contract for coming winter.

Mow lawn weekly.


September


Mow lawn weekly.


October

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.

Mow lawn weekly.

Rake leaves and seed pods from lawns.

Clean gutters after leaves have fallen.

Winterize swamp coolers.

Disconnect hoses from unit bibs.

Shop vac leaves from decks.

November
Check and replace air filters on three furnaces.

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.

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

Shop vac leaves from decks.
December
Check and replace air filters on four furnaces.
Trim big trees.