New Year, new home projects! Here’s a good New Year’s Resolution idea for homeowners: Focus on improving your home, health, and comfort with this property maintenance checklist for more home project ideas.

Home Projects: Your Property Maintenance Checklist for the New Year

Decluttering is a good home project for mental and physical health. Removing excess items and tidying up can be a stress reliever, especially in areas meant for relaxing. Because clutter collects dust, pet dander, and can lead to mold growth, clearing out anything that makes cleaning easier and helps you maintain a Healthy Home environment is a must!

Testing for radon is important, as not every mess around your house is one that can be seen or smelled. Radon is an odorless, colorless gas that can seep into your home through cracks or gaps in the foundation. Extended exposure to radon can cause lung cancer, so testing a key property maintenance home project to ensure you’re protected from radon threats. An AprilAire Short-Term Radon Test Kit or consultation with one of our radon-certified Healthy Air Professionals can help you assess your risk.

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Radon is the #1 one cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers. The only way to know if you’re being exposed is to test.

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Changing your air filters ensures your HVAC system is running efficiently and capturing contaminants from the air you breathe. Swapping out your AprilAire Air Filters every 6–12 months (depending on the model) is an important home project to start the year off right!

Like your filters, changing the batteries inside your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms is an annual property maintenance must for maintaining a safe, healthy home.

Ceiling fans are a great way to circulate air, but they need to be spinning in the right direction for you to enjoy warming wintertime benefits. A home project that can help is making sure your fans in the wintertime go clockwise to create an updraft that circulates warm air throughout each room.

This last New Year’s Resolution idea is a home project for the whole family! Making an emergency plan and stocking up on important emergency supplies should be a priority and checked each year.

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