Spring is about to come; this is the time for all of us to pay attention to getting the house ready for Summer. This is the time to clean the windows, closets and other parts of home. One of the major tasks for this spring season is to clean and maintain some of your large appliances as like HVAC unit. Here are few important tips about spring cleaning from George Lloyd, owner of Lloyd HVAC in Toronto. Company; you will take just a few seconds to get started with it:
- Before a new season knocks your door, it is time to check the HVAC system for sign of wear, noise and other indicators of a much-needed tune up
- It is always important to replace air conditioning filters as well as furnace filters once per month. Reviews gathered from market says that fiberglass filters can serve properly just for one month whereas HEPA filters are well known for their amazing performance up to almost six months and they can be easily cleaned with vacuum nozzle.
- Never forget to clean the drainage hole of your air conditioner; it can be done by using a wire or pin to poke inside this hole during cleaning.
- In order to keep your dehumidifier working under normal conditions, never forget to remove its housing so that unit can dry completely.
- Cleaning of bathroom fans once in a year is also essential part of spring cleaning. Power off your fan and then clean blades with the help of a toothbrush, wash it away with soapy water.
- Flappers of toilet must be checked time to time; before their service starts decreasing with over age, it is good to replace them with new one.
- Faucet handles must be cleaned from inner portion while checking their screws etc.
- Batteries of smoke as well as carbon-monoxide detectors must be changed at least two times in a year.
- Make sure to charge your fire extinguisher up to full charging level and keep at such a location where it is much easier to reach.
- Check your windows by opening and closing them; if they have some problem in this operation then check weather stripping.
- Never forget to clean gutters that are full of winter debris and also check them if there is any damage due to ice; it is good to install gutter screens to keep them out of it.
- Make sure that slope of gutter is exactly towards down-spouts.
- In order to clean screens for spring season, you can make use of kerosene for rubbing them properly and then rinse the area with soapy water. Note that Kerosene fumes are very dangerous for health so prefer to do this task in some open or highly ventilated area.
- Select some effective technique for repairing screen tears; you can pull two halves of tear at same position and then apply masking tape over it. You can apply dome household cement to that tear and use putty knife to make it smoother; once it goes dry then remove the tape carefully and apply cement over other side.