House maintenance schedule
Every task here carries its own interval: a month for the smoke alarm test, a year for the boiler service. Record a task when you do it and its clock restarts; sort by freshness and whatever has waited longest rises to the top.
24 items
Makes your own editable copy. No account needed.
The items
- Every month
- Test the smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
- Run the washing machine empty and hot, wipe the door seal
- Clean the dishwasher filter
- Boiling water down the plugholes
- Every three months
- Descale the kettle and the coffee machine
- Degrease the extractor hood filterSoak it, do not scrub it.
- Wash the bins inside and out
- Press the test button on the fuse boardThe RCD should trip instantly. If it does not, call an electrician.
- Twice a year
- Clear the gutters and check the downpipesAfter the leaves fall and after the pollen — the two times they actually block.
- Turn the mattress
- Vacuum the fridge coils and dust behind it
- Clean the ventilation grilles and change the filters
- Check the bathroom sealant, regrout anything black
- Once a year
- Boiler servicedBook it in summer — engineers are free and the fault they find is not urgent yet.
- Chimney swept, if you burn anything
- Bleed the radiators before the heating season
- Defrost the freezer
- Replace the smoke alarm batteriesSkip if the alarms are sealed ten-year units — the monthly test still stands.
- Oil the locks and hinges, check the window seals
- Drain the outdoor tap before the first frost
Makes your own editable copy. No account needed.
Questions people ask
- How do the intervals work?
- Each task ripens from green to red across its interval, like fruit. Recording it done resets the window — no dates to enter, no reminders to configure.
- Are these intervals right for every home?
- They are the common defaults. Open a task to shorten or stretch its interval — a wood stove needs the chimney swept more often than a gas fire does.