Seasonal
Checklist

To ensure that your house remains in prime condition over the years, a program of preventative
maintenance is required. By making a thorough inspection of your home inside and out once a
season you can detect and repair problems before they become emergencies. This can save you
time, worry and often money.

Mosaik Homes has included a checklist of activities that should be carried out on a seasonal basis.
This checklist highlights the various areas which will require attention I your preventative maintenance
schedule.

Use of Checklist

The seasonal checklists should be used when conducting quarterly inspections to ensure that you are not
forgetting or overlooking anything.

If you follow the checklist faithfully, making necessary repairs at vulnerable points, you can rest assured
that you are doing everything you can to protect your valuable investment.

Please refer to the checklist below.

Exterior Inspection:

  • Remove accumulated debris from eaves trough. Clean leaf situations at the mouth of downspouts. Check for clogged elbows and downspouts. Check for loose joints and leaks
  • Inspect Roof. Apply roof tar cement to loose shingles. Replace missing or damaged shingles. Examine flashing for looseness between chimney, roof and flashing
  • Lubricate hinges and hardware on the garage door
  • Check driveways and walks for cracks etc.
  • Plan landscaping and check lawn preparation
  • Check exterior finishes
  • Check exterior caulking and grouting. Remove crumbling caulking; clean and apply new caulking where doors and windows meeting siding or brick
  • Check foundation flashing
  • Check exterior ventilation grills and vents for blockage and proper ventilation
  • Check windows and screens
  • Check louvers to ensure they are open for ventilation but screened to keep out insects. Remove leaves and check caulking.
  • Check siding and re-nail and siding. Replace rotted areas, paint siding if required; check for carpenter ants and wasps nests. Check mortar between bricks; repair if necessary
  • Check that the rain diverter is set in the proper position. It is best to drain the downspout into a dry well.
  • Inspect the driveway. Chip out and fill cracks, or seal with blacktop. Add gravel if needed and align curbing.
  • Inspects locks.
  • Check the chimney for loose mortar, bird’s nests and the condition of the draft deflector. Check the cap. Cover the chimney if it is not used.
  • Oil moving parts of garage doors.

Interior Inspection:

  • Check smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors (monthly; clean the appliances themselves once a year)
  • Arrange for annual inspection of Air Conditioner system
  • Balance heating system (if necessary). Adjust the air flow in unused rooms as required. However, do not entirely close off the registers or the air control flap in the duct work itself
  • Inspect venting of high-efficiency furnace
  • Clean/replace furnace filters
  • Oil furnace motor
  • Vacuum inside registers to prevent any blockages of air
  • Drain and clean humidifier
  • Check pressure relief valves on water heater
  • Arrange for annual fireplace cleaning (if applicable)
  • Clean/replace range hood filter
  • Check exhaust fans
  • Check attic ventilation and evidence of roof leaks